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GENERAL NEWS REPORTS
(2005)
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Fugitive lawyer held at KLIA
01/01/2005 The Star BY LOURDES CHARLES KUALA
LUMPUR: A lawyer who allegedly embezzled hundreds of thousands of ringgit
belonging to the Government has been arrested at the KL International Airport
while attempting to flee the country
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Rumah retak menanti roboh
01/01/2005 BH-SENTRAL penduduk di Jalan Bukit
Mewah 20 dan 21, Taman Bukit Mewah,
KAJANG: "Takkan nak tunggu orang mati atau kena hempap
batu, baru nak bertindak atau membaik pulih keadaan rumah."
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Beware the risks 01/01/2005 NST-PROP
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400 setinggan anjur demonstrasi 03/01/2005
KOSMO
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Finalise agreement first, developer told
03/01/2005 Malay Mail
Kampung Chim Lee squatters
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Penduduk desak baiki rumah retak
04/01/2005
Utusan Malaysia
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Flash floods problem after start of housing scheme
05/01/2005 Malay Mail
Taman Mewah 8 residents are concerned over a housing project taking place
near them. Their concern centres on the drainage for the scheme.
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Residents living in fear of boulders
05/01/2005 NST
JOHOR BARU, Tues. - Residents of
Taman Flora Heights in Bandar Seri Alam here are living in constant fear of
three huge boulders hanging precariously at the edge of a 10-metre hill overlooking
their homes. Housewife Nikrosmawati Awang, 32, feels the continuous heavy
rainfall lately may cause the boulders to be dislodged and crash into their
homes
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Mangsa kerenah birokrasi kecewa
05/01/2005 HM
SAYA menyesal mengambil pinjaman perumahan dari sebuah syarikat kewangan.
Tahun lalu, bank berkenaan meluluskan permohonan pinjaman perumahan saya.
Ini disusuli dengan prosedur bank yang saya selesaikan bagi menjaminkan kelancaran
pelepasan pinjaman itu. Baru- baru ini, pihak pemaju menghantar surat kepada
saya dan pihak bank sebagai pemberitahuan awal supaya bank dapat melepaskan
pinjaman itu kepada pemaju. Surat berkenaan diterima awal-awal lagi dan kami
diberi tempoh selama sebulan.
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Don't sign anything with developer, villagers told
07/01/05
The Star
400 squatter families in Kampung Chim Lee, Kepong, have been urged to be united
and not to sign any agreement with the developer of the village until certain
conditions have been met.
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Periksa bangunan lebih kerap
07/01/05 HM
PUTRAJAYA: Semua bangunan melebihi lima tingkat di Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala
Lumpur dan Putrajaya akan diperiksa lebih kerap berbanding 10 tahun sekali
sekarang, bagi memastikan ketahanan strukturnya dalam menghadapi bencana alam
termasuk gempa bumi. Pemeriksaan itu akan diselia pihak berkuasa tempatan
(PBT) di kedua-dua kawasan berkenaan bermula tahun ini.
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No compromising on quality, says condo developer
07/01/2005 The Star
THE developers of the Sri Putramas Towers condominium in Sri Hartamas clarified
that the residents there have not been shortchanged on the quality of work.
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Projek banglo terbengkalai 07/01/2005
Harian Metro PEMBELI TERANIAYA,
Jitra, Kedah
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Self-certification or self-destruction?
08/01/2005 NST-PROP National House
Buyers Association
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Counter-checking crucial to quality
08/01/2005 NST-PROP National House
Buyers Association of Malaysia
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CIDB exempts more builders from levy
08/01/2005 NST
ALL housing projects with at least 50 per cent IBS (Industrialised Building
Systems) content will be exempted from the Construction Industry Development
Board (CIDB) construction levy of 0.125 per cent this year.
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Pemaju gagal tepati janji 09/01/2005
Kosmo
Menteri Besar Selangor, Datuk Seri Dr. Mohamad Khir Toyo menegaskan, jumlah
tersebut adalah diskaun yang diberikan bagi setiap rumah kos rendah.
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Residents fear for their safety 09/01/2005
Malay Mail Taman Gemilang Apartments in Cheras
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MB mahu penghuni urus pangsapuri
10/01/2005 Utusan Malaysia
Kerajaan negeri mewajibkan penubuhan perbadanan pengurusan di semua perumahan
pangsapuri di bawah pentadbiran Majlis Perbandaran Subang Jaya (MPSJ) mulai
tahun ini.
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Rumah retak tangungjawab pemaju 10/01/2005
Utusan Malaysia
MajIis Perbandaran Kajang (MPKj) mahu pemaju bertanggungjawab memperbaiki
keretakan yang berIaku ke atas beberapa buah rumah di Taman Bukit Mewah, Kajang
dekat sini.
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All approvals obtained, says developer
10/01/2005 The Sun
Mentari Properties, the developer of the Desa Mentari low-cost apartments
on Jalan Kelang Lama, was unaware of a planning exemption granted for the
project by the Selangor government until it was brought up in court last year.
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Council panels start hearing assessment objections
11/01/2005 The Star
The Seberang Prai Municipal Council (MPSP) presided over 2,000 cases on the
first day of its hearing of objections from ratepayers over this year’s assessment
rates.
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Pembeli kecewa pemaju berdolak-dalik
11/01/2005 Utusan Malaysia
Para pembeli projek perumahan baru, Bandar Alam Perdana yang terbengkalai
lebih dua tahun lalu kecewa dengan sikap berdolak-dalik pemaju untuk menyiapkan
projek tersebut dengan segera.
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`It felt as if the earth was splitting into half'
12/01/2005 MM
PUCHONG: After enduring it for three years, the residents of Jalan Tempua
3, 4, 16 and 17 in Bandar Puchong Jaya have had enough. The area's residents
committee deputy chairman Quek Keng Hong said yesterday that blasting on a
hilltop about 500 metres from where he lives, has been a nightmare for the
residents.
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Spiral waste bin ruling for high-rise buildings in Shah Alam
12/01/2005 MM
SHAH ALAM: Developers of high-rise projects in Shah Alam are now required
to use the spiral waste bin refuse system instead of the roro (roll-on roll-off)
open bins. Completely enclosed, the rectangular bin resembles a mini compactor.
It will crush and compact the rubbish inside and at the same time, reduce
odour.
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End in sight to Bukit Jelutong folks' woes
13/01/2005 The Star
BUKIT Jelutong residents have been promised
swift action by Shah Alam mayor Ramli Mahmud with regards to their grouses.
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Choo Cheng Kay flats get `clean' image
13/01/2005 MM
KUALA LUMPUR: Jalan Choo Cheng Kay, infamous
for its vice activities since the early 70s, has undergone a complete `makeover'
in the past two years. And at the centre of it, the cluster of apartment blocks,
notoriously known for the sex trade, has undergone a massive clean-up, leaving
only `genuine' residents behind.
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Yuran selenggara RM2,300 setahun
13/01/2005 Berita Harian YANG TERANIAYA, Batu Caves, Selangor.
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Problems plague Putra Prima Folk
14/01/2005 The Star
FOR many people who moved into Taman Putra Prima, Puchong, two years ago,
their lives have been anything but blissful due to the number of problems
they claim the authorities have been slow to act upon.
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Tong sampah baru syarat dapat CF
14/01/2005 Berita Harian
Majlis Bandaraya Shah Alam (MBSA) akan mewajibkan penggunaan tong sampah moden
spiral waste bin (SWB) di projek pembangunan baru di kawasan pentadbirannya
bagi menjamin kebersihan.
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Pemaju ingkar punca MPSJ bayar RM5.4j
14/01/2005 BH-SENTRAL
SERDANG: Kerajaan Selangor mengesan empat pemaju perumahan yang gagal menjelaskan
pampasan sebanyak RM7,000 sekeluarga kepada penduduk setinggan di kawasan
mereka sehingga Majlis Perbandaran Subang Jaya (MPSJ) terpaksa menanggung
kos pampasan sebanyak RM5.4 juta. Menteri Besar, Datuk Seri Dr Mohamad Khir
Toyo, berkata pampasan itu sepatutnya dibayar kepada penduduk setinggan bagi
membolehkan mereka membeli rumah di kawasan lain sekali gus memberi ruang
kepada pemaju berkenaan melaksanakan projek perumahan.
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Pemaju gagal siapkan rumah 14/01/2005
Berita Harian PEMBELI TERANIAYA, JITRA KEDAH
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No phone lines
in Bandar Botanic 15/01/2005
The Star Story and photo by ELAN PERUMAL
RESIDENTS of Bandar Botanic in Klang have urged Telekom Malaysia to speed
up its efforts to provide the township with permanent telephone lines.
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194 pembeli kecewa rumah tiada pintu
17/01/2005 BH
Kira-kira 194 pembeli rumah Bidara Palma, dekat sini, yang sepatutnya menerima
kunci rumah kelmarin, terperanjat apabila mendapati rumah yang akan diserahkan
kepada mereka tidak mempunyai pintu.
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Residents
seek end to stinking problem
17/01/2005 The Star
RESIDENTS of Medan Idaman Gombak are losing their heads from the overpowering
stench emanating from a nearby sewage treatment plant. According to Idaman
Putra Condominium Residents’ Association chairman Albert Lee, residents of
the 408-unit Idaman Putra Condominium are the worst hit, as the condo is right
next to the plant.
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Projek terbengkalai tempat biak aedes
18/01/2005 BH
Tapak pembinaan dan projek terbengkalai di daerah Gombak dikenal pasti antara
tempat pembiakan utama nyamuk aedes sekali gus menjadi punca kes denggi berleluasa
di daerah itu.
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Siapkan projek rumah terbengkalai sebelum mula projek baru
18/01/2005 KOSMO
Wajibkan pemaju siapkan projek perumahan terbengkalai sebelum dibenar meneruskan
projek baru.Itulah harapan Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri (ADUN) Sikamat, Datuk
Md. Yusof Harmain Shah terhadap pihak berkuasa dalam membendung sikap sesetengah
pemaju yang mengabaikan projek apabila menghadapi masalah kewangan.
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A long list of woes residents can do without
20/01/2005 The Star
WHEN Taman Saujana Puchong residents bought their homes three years ago, they
weren’t bargaining for a long list of problems. For instance, the access road
is confusing. There are two lanes on each side of the road with contra-flow
on each set. One was meant for light vehicles and the other for heavier ones.
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Rumah tiada air, eletrik
20/01/2005 BH Tsalimy Abdullah, Kuala Lumpur
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Residents urged to organise clean-up
21/01/2005 MM
The Health Ministry has reminded associations (RAs) to play a more effective
role in the fight against dengue as the number of cases nationwide is likely
to increase drastically.
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Application approved 21/01/2005 The
Star
THE Penang Government has approved an application by the developer of Bandar
Cassia project in Batu Kawan to build an additional 338 units of five-storey
low-cost flats.
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Rumah impian retak 22/01/2005
BH
Tanah mendap juga membuatkan penduduk gelisah kemungkinan berlaku kejadian
tidak diingini. Itulah situasi yang terpaksa dihadapi kira-kira 500 penduduk
di Taman Seri Timah sejak Ogos 2003.
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Self-certification, as architects see it
22/01/2005 NST-PROP
What actually is the position of Persatuan Akitek Malaysia (PAM)? Are professional
architects competent enough to issue CFs? Can the house-buying public trust
architects to perform this task without prejudice , or are they just agents
of developers, as made out by the HBA?
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New law to address community living
22/01/2005 NST-PROP
The Bill, which will be proposed by the Ministry of Housing and Local Government,
is likely to take the form of the “Common Property Management Act” and will
cater to the interim period between the completion of a project and the handing
over of strata titles.
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Interest of residents must
come first 22/01/2005
The Star
I WISH to refer to the report ‘Close down disco, MB urged’ (The Star, Jan
20) in which residents of Jalan Landak in Taman Century, Johor Baru, have
had to endure music played loudly until 6am almost every day for the last
10 years
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Need to safeguard new buildings 24/01/05
The Star S.C. Cheah
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Penghuni flet minta Telekom pasang kabel
24/01/2005 HM
KAMI penduduk di Blok C dan D Flet Kos Rendah Petaling Utama, Jalan PJS 1/52,
Jalan Klang Lama, Petaling Jaya, ingin menarik perhatian Telekom Malaysia
Bhd, supaya dapat menyegerakan pemasangan kabel dan tiang telefon di kawasan
kami. Sejak mendiami kawasan ini tiga tahun lalu tidak ada usaha pihak terbabit
untuk menyediakan telefon bagi kediaman rumah di sini yang rata-rata begitu
memerlukannya khidmat itu.
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All pain, no gain 25/01/2005 MM
KUALA LUMPUR: Some 180 purchasers of a `guaranteed investment scheme' have
complained that they have not been getting their promised monthly returns
since October. These purchasers, who are owners of 400 units of hostel rooms
in Sibertel at Taman Universiti in Bangi, have formed a special committee
to fight their case.
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10 tahun dinding retak 25/01/05 HM
Keselamatan penghuni 28 rumah di sepanjang Jalan 5, Taman Tenaga, di sini
terancam berikutan masalah keretakan dinding dikesan sejak 10 tahun lalu.
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Move to stretch housing loans over two generations
26/01/05 The Star Housing and Local Government Minister
Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting
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Dua taman perumahan tiada CF
26/01/2005 BH
Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri (Adun) Sikamat, Datuk Mohd Yusof Harmain Shah,
berkata, dua taman terbabit ialah Taman Desa Rhu yang mempunyai kira-kira
500 unit rumah dan Taman Pelangi lebih daripada 350 unit rumah.
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No lights, phone lines or water for new home owners
26/01/2005 The Star
About 60 families who moved into Seri Damai
Low Cost Flats in Taman Saujana Puchong are far from being happy with their
new homes.
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Stok rumah
mencapai 3.4 juta unit 26/01/2005 Kosmo
KUALA LUMPUR - Stok hartanah kediaman di Malaysia meningkat 1.3 peratus kepada
3,401,687 unit berikutan peningkatan ketara unit siap dibina kepada 45,167
unit pada suku ketiga 2004.
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Bank taking long time to process housing loan
28/01/2005
The Star T. Y. NG, Petaling Jaya.
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Developers:
We agree licences should be revoked 28/01/2005
Daily Express
Kota Kinabalu: The Sabah Housing and Real Estate Developers Association (Shareda)
agreed that if developers fail to deliver their obligation to house buyers
their licences should be revoked.
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Standard format
for house eligibility
28/01/2005 The Star KUAlA LUMPUR: Applicants for low-cost houses nationwide
will be given marks in six categories under a standard format to determine
their eligibility soon.
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Pemaju rumah jual tapak kosong 29/01/2005
Berita Harian
Keadaan itu dialami pembeli Projek Taman Rasah Indah yang dimulakan sejak
2001 mengandungi kira-kira 300 unit rumah teres kos rendah, sederhana dan
banglo berharga antara RM35,000 hingga lebih RM300,000.
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We are ready and able, say engineers
29/01/2005 NST-PROP
The Association of Consulting Engineers Malaysia (ACEM) argues why self-certification
will benefit house buyers and rebuts the comments made by the National House
Buyers Association in our Jan 8 issue.
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Semporna housing
developer ordered to repair two units 29/01/2005
Daily Express
Tawau: A housing developer in Semporna has been ordered by the Consumer Claims
Tribunal to carry out the necessary repairs on two houses there. Heng Loong
Trading Sdn Bhd must also cut down the coconut trees that have been causing
safety concerns to the occupants of the two houses located in Taman Mansiu,
Semporna, after getting consent from the owner of the coconut farm.
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No lifestyle control for communities
29/01/2005 NST-PROP
WHILE developers of gated communities would like to see controls, such as
those imposed in a Deed of Mutual Covenants (DMC) incorporated in amendments
to the Strata Title Act, their hopes could remain just that. This is primarily
because since a DMC is a mutual agreement between a developer and residents
of a specific project, it would be difficult to write a law that would satisfy
all the conditions in the many diverse projects in the country.
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Take steps to foil thefts 30/01/2005
The Star
The Consumer Claims Tribunal ticked off some apartment management companies
for not employing more guards to prevent thefts in their premises. “If you
feel four guards are not enough, please increase the number. And please get
insurance as well,” said its president Yang Zaimey Yang Ghazali.
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Residents want mill relocated
31/01/2005 MM
KAJANG: Residents of Sunway Semenyih and Desa Mewah, here want to know when
the oil palm mill in their schemes will be relocated. They claimed that when
they bought their respective schemes, they were told by the developers that
the mill would be relocated before they got the keys to their homes.
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Syarat miliki rumah mesra rakyat dilonggar
31/01/2005 Berita Harian
Syarikat Perumahan Negara Berhad (SPNB) melonggarkan beberapa syarat bagi
membolehkan golongan miskin memiliki rumah sendiri melalui Skim Rumah Mesra
Rakyat yang dilancarkan sejak tiga tahun lalu.
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Digging stops after protest from residents
31/01/2005 The Star
A group of residents in Taman Saikat here showed that solidarity is key to
overcoming problems in their areas. The residents from Persiaran Pinggir Rapat
5 got together to protest after a company started digging for iron ore in
a vacant plot of land near their area, resulting in three big ponds.
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