GENERAL NEWS REPORTS 2007-03

MARCH 2007

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House keys only after CCC is issued 02/03/2007 The Star
PONTIAN: Developers can only hand over keys to house owners after the issuance of Certificate of Completion and Compliance (CCC) under changes made to the Housing Development Act which will become effective in April.

Be fair, say condo owners 02/03/2007 The Star Maniam, Wangsa Maju
I LIVE in a condominium in Kuala Lumpur, which I bought for RM94,000 in 1990. I bought it because I could not afford the double-storey houses in the neighbourhood, which cost RM140,000 each.

Developer claims RM5.5m damages 02/03/2007 MM
A HOUSING developer in Kota Baru filed a RM5.5 million suit against Kelantan Menteri Besar Incorporated (KMBI) for allegedly contravening an agreement. The company, Muhajirin Service Apartment Sdn Bhd (MSASB), alleged that KMBI had breached the agreement when it decided to cancel the agreement to jointly build a `Kondotel' (condominium cum hotel) costing RM38 million on Lot 262, Mukim Kota Baru, with the plaintiff as the main developer.

Rainwater down the drain instead of flushing toilets 03/03/2007 By Sonia Ramachandran
PETALING JAYA: It’s an irony that has irked water experts for years: millions spent on treating water, only to flush it down the toilet again.

Illegal fencing must go, residents told 03/03/2007 The Star By Meera Vijayan
JOHOR BARU: Housing estates that have illegally fenced up their areas must now pull down the structure before Johor Baru City Hall takes action against them.

Defect warranty to be extended to 24 months 03/03/2007 NST By Evi Abdul Jabar
NEXT month, when amendments to the housing law passed by Parliament last December are gazetted, developers will have to provide a defect liability period of 24 months for the houses they build. The amendment to the Housing Development (Control and Licensing Act) extends the existing period by six months, which the National House Buyers Association (HBA) has welcomed as "an additional safeguard for buyers".

15 pemaju kena denda RM250,000 04/03/2007 BM Oleh Tuan Nazuri Tuan Ismail
SHAH ALAM: Lima belas syarikat pemaju perumahan di Selangor didenda RM250,000 masing-masing kerana melakukan pelbagai kesalahan mengikut peraturan pihak berkuasa tempatan (PBT) termasuk tidak menyediakan kolam takungan air. Menteri Besar, Datuk Seri Dr Mohamad Khir Toyo, berkata denda maksimum RM250,000 tanpa diskaun itu memadai dengan kesalahan serius pemaju kerana ia membawa masalah besar kepada pembeli seperti kejadian banjir.

260 resah belum terima CF sejak dua tahun 05/03/2007 HM
KAJANG: Kira-kira 260 pembeli rumah di Taman Sutera di sini, masih lagi menanti sijil layak menduduki (CF) sejak menduduki kawasan perumahan itu, dua tahun lalu. Lebih dikesali, walaupun dalam keadaan demikian, penduduk terbabit masih diminta untuk membayar cukai pintu kepada pihak berkuasa tempatan (PBT).

Federal counsel accused of fraud 05/03/2007 NST By Sharanjit Singh
GEORGE TOWN: A representative of 22 beneficiaries of one of Penang’s biggest landowners has lodged a police report against a senior federal counsel.

Punish errant developers 06/03/2007 NST By S. RAGUNATHAN, Petaling Jaya
I WISH to refer to the article "Elusive strata titles" (NST, Feb 10) which highlighted the present state of affairs concerning the issue.

Development puts the heat on cities 06/03/2007 The Star By V.P. SUJATA
PUTRAJAYA: Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Johor Baru and the administrative capital of the nation, Putrajaya, are 5 °C hotter than other cities in the country.

Talam and IJM form joint venture 06/03/2007 The Star
KUALA LUMPUR: Talam Corp Bhd said it has, via its unit Mutual Prosperous Sdn Bhd, formed a 50:50 joint venture with IJM Properties Sdn Bhd.

Man sues council for depriving him of home 06/03/2007 The Star
SUNGAI PETANI: A kacang putih seller is suing the Sungai Petani Municipal Council (MPSPK) for depriving him of his resettlement “dream home” promised to him 14 years ago by a housing developer which has since gone bust

Thousands of Malaysian workers all shook up 07/03/2007 The Star
JOHOR BARU: It was about noon when the furniture started moving. Then Ronald Chong’s office on the fourth floor of Wisma Peladang started to tremble.

Tremors felt on the west coast 07/03/2007 The Star
PETALING JAYA: A 6.3 magnitude earthquake which hit the island of southern Sumatra sent tremors through the west coast states of Peninsular Malaysia.

Retain ex-mining ponds 08/03/2007 The Star By Mazni Mustafa
HOUSING developers in Perak have been encouraged to retain former mining ponds found at their project sites.

Abandoned project to be turned into city’s signature building 08/03/2007 The Star
ONCE an eyesore, the 19-storey commercial building project in Jalan Dato Ahmad Said, Ipoh, which was abandoned for the past 10 years, has been revived.

Kemuka sendiri permohonan CF miliki Sutera miliki CF 08/03/2007 HM
KAJANG: Majlis Perbandaran Kajang (MPKj) semalam memaklumkan, hanya 141 unit rumah di Taman Sutera, di sini, bakal memperoleh sijil layak menduduki (CF) manakala selebihnya perlu mengemukakan permohonan sendiri.

Allow use of EPF savings to settle debts 11/03/2007 The Star By EPF HOPEFUL, Penang.
I AGREE with the suggestion by 'EPF member' on the use of EPF savings to settle debts (The Star, March 6).

Freeze on IDR land deals lifted 11/03/2007 The Star
JOHOR BARU: The freeze on all land transactions within the Iskandar Development Region (IDR) has been lifted with immediate effect.

Rekindling the spirit of neighbourliness 12/03/2007 The Star By Hamdan Raja Abdullah
TANGKAK: Residents in villages and housing schemes have been urged to care for those living in their vicinity to uphold the culture of neighbourliness as practiced by the older generations.

Better late than never 12/03/2007 The Star By YENG AI CHUN
After almost 30 years, the land-owners who paid a total RM49,000 in the 1970s for Lots 415 and 416 in Mukim 6, have finally received individual land titles for the 2.83ha land.

Rumah tiada elektrik 13/03/2007 BH Oleh Hanisah Selamat
SERI KEMBANGAN: Apabila Majlis Perbandaran Subang Jaya (MPSJ) memberikan Sijil Layak Menduduki (CF) kepada Cheong Kin Seng, 59, di atas pembelian rumah teres dua tingkat barunya di Fasa 10A Puncak Jalil, di sini, hanya kegembiraan yang mampu diluahkan. Selepas menanti hampir empat tahun, pesara itu tidak teragak-agak membuat persiapan membawa keluarganya berpindah, tetapi impiannya tertangguh sejak Jun 2006 sebaik saja mendapati tenaga elektrik tidak disalurkan sedangkan bekalan air dan kemudahan lain sedia untuk digunakan.

EPF withdrawal to settle debts a bad idea 14/03/2007 The Star By NIK AFFENDI JAAFAR, Senior Manager, Public Relations, Employees Provident Fund. WE REFER to the letter in Allow use of EPF savings to settle debts dated March 11 regarding the use of EPF funds to settle debts.

Overrun with undergrowth 14/03/2007 The Star By Sira Habibu
Almost half of the 614 units in the first phase of the housing estate built by the Langkawi Development Authority (Lada) in 1996 are yet to be occupied after 11 years.

Government Urged To Amend Laws To Stop Fraudulent Land Transaction 15/03/2007 Bernama
KUALA LUMPUR, March 15 (Bernama) -- The Bar Council and four other associations are urging the government to take immediate action to amend laws to stop fraudulent land transaction from taking place.

Syabas explains why it wants owners to register 16/03/2007 The Star By Dharmender Singh
SYARIKAT Bekalan Air Selangor Bhd’s (Syabas) move to make it compulsory for property owners to register their accounts personally is aimed at ensuring that innocent parties do not become victims and have to face large arrears.

TPJ dapat bekalan elektrik 16/03/2007 BH Oleh Hanisah Selamat
KUALA LUMPUR: Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) memberi jaminan bekalan elektrik akan disalurkan ke Fasa 10A Taman Puncak Jalil (TPJ) Seri Kembangan pada April ini sebaik kerja membaik pulih diselesaikan. Ketua Jabatan Perhubungan Luar TNB, Sidek Kamiso, berkata persetujuan itu dicapai hasil mesyuarat pada 5 Mac lalu di pejabat Pengurus Kawasan TNB KL-Selatan yang bertanggungjawab di atas urusan bekalan elektrik ke kawasan perumahan terbabit.

Tighten rules to prevent land scams, govt urged 16/03/2007 NST
KUALA LUMPUR: Businessmen, developers and land- owners worried over land title fraud cases have urged the government to impose more stringent regulations.

Call to amend National Land Code to curb forgery 17/03/2007 NST
KUALA LUMPUR: Dozens of landowners have had their properties sold by forgers and cannot get them back.

Residents need to get strata titles first 17/03/2007 The Star
GETTING strata titles and forming management committees can be a problem faced by residents of high-rise buildings like those in Seberang Prai, Penang.

High walls, guard no barrier to robbers 17/03/2007 The Star
MIRI: They thought they had it all – 24-hour armed security guard, high fences and alarm systems.

Developer ordered to pay 9 house buyers 17/03/2007 Daily Express
Kota Kinabalu: A housing developer has been ordered by the Consumer Claims Tribunal to pay, within 14 days, a total of RM27,000 or RM3,000 each to nine house buyers.

Landowners lodge report over name change 17/03/2007 The Star
IPOH: A group of landowners were shocked to discover that their plot of 1.6ha at Fair Park here is no longer in their name.

Bluestone's KL city rendezvous 17/03/2007 NST By Chris Prasad
BLUESTONE Group Malaysia (BGM) will be making no attempt to keep its rendezvous in Kuala Lumpur's Golden Triangle a secret. Mid week, its subsidiary Taragon Capital Malaysia Sdn Bhd entered into an agreement with Rendezvous Hotels International Pte Ltd (RHI) to lease its up-and-coming four-star hotel project in Jalan Pudu.

Bogus lawyer practised in three states 18/03/2007 Sunday Star By Wani Muthiah
KLANG: He was cool and convincing enough to fool his clients, judges and lawyers. He knew enough legal jargon to appear in court and even mentioned cases on behalf of his “fellow” lawyers.

When a will has no way 18/03/2007 Sunday Star By Shaila Koshy
THE first thing a fresh working adult does upon getting a job is to open a savings account for his employer to bank in his salary.

Families become victims of oversight 18/03/2007 Sunday Star By Leanne Goh and Joseph Loh
IT’S compounded grief when you lose your loved one and then find out that the nest egg from the Employees' Provident Fund (EPF) you were counting on will be going to someone else.

Bar Council fine-tuning proposal for EPF 18/03/2007 Sunday Star By Shaila Koshy
KUALA LUMPUR: If your spouse has failed to name you and your children as beneficiaries of his or her savings in the Employees Provident Fund (EPF), you will not lose out on his or her death under a new proposal.

Residents want to know Syabas plan 19/03/2007 The Star By K.W. MAK
A hundred condominium residents want Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor (Syabas) to reveal the proposal on migration of water meter control from management companies to Syabas.

Lawyer gave con man his first court case 19/03/2007 The Star
KLANG: Cheated and violated! This is how a lawyer here described his feelings for having helped a man who had masqueraded as a lawyer here for eight months in 2004.

Rules for the gated and the guarded 20/03/2007 The Star By Salina Khalid
ALL gated and guarded developments in Selangor will have to adhere to new guidelines starting next month.

Thumbprint rule to curb fraud in land deals 20/03/2007 NST
KUALA LUMPUR, TUES: Property owners will have to provide thumbprints, as well as signatures, when applying for replacement title deeds at the Kuala Lumpur Land and Mines Office.

Several Areas In Shah Alam Flooded After Heavy Rain 21/03/2007 Bernama
SHAH ALAM, March 21 (Bernama) -- Several areas here were flooded following heavy rain since 2am today.

National Botany Park A Blessing For Two Klang Villages 21/03/2007 Bernama
Meanwhile, Housing, Building Management and Squatters committee chairman Datuk Mohd Mokhtar Ahmad Dahalan told the Assembly seven of the 97 abandoned projects in the state had been completed and 11 more had been revived.

Council workers’ claims struck off 21/03/2007 The Star
PENANG: The Housing Tribunal has struck off the claims by nine Penang Municipal Council workers against the council over alleged defects in the council’s turnkey housing project in Jalan Veterinari.

24,408 rumah terbengkalai 21/03/2007 HM
SHAH ALAM: Sejumlah 24,408 unit rumah kediaman, komersial dan pembesaran kampung daripada 57 projek pelbagai kategori di Selangor masih terbengkalai sehingga Februari lalu.

Plans afoot to solve stalled housing projects 21/03/2007 NST By Neville Spykerman
SELANGOR has the most number of abandoned real estate projects in the country.

Residents act to curb the threat 22/03/2007 The Star by Stuart Michael
BANDAR Country Homes Residents Association (BCHRA) should be looked upon as an example when it comes to fighting the dengue menace.

Landslide buries 23 cars, 1,200 evacuated 22/03/2007 The Star
PUTRAJAYA: Around 1,200 residents were evacuated early Thursday morning when a part of a 12m high hillslope crashed down on a parking lot, burying 23 cars under tonnes of soil and undergrowth.

Court extends remand of bogus lawyer by five days 22/03/2007 The Star
KLANG: The magistrate’s court here has extended by five days the remand of a man, who had masqueraded as a lawyer in 2004.

Putrajaya landslide: Police keeping eye on vacated homes 22/03/2007 NST
Police have given the assurance that the situation in the area where a landslide occurred in Precinct 9 early today is under control and advised the affected residents not to worry.

Developers can upgrade unsold low-cost units 22/03/2007 NST By Rizalman Hammim
SEREMBAN: Developers in the state will be allowed to upgrade their unsold low-cost houses to medium cost, to help sell them.

Living in gated areas while crooks go free 22/03/2007 The Star By Ariff Khalid, Hamilton, New Zealand
I REFER to The Star report on the new rules for gated and guarded housing areas as I am very concerned about the level of crime in Malaysia.

Selangor kesan projek tak siap 22/03/2007 BH Oleh Tuan Nazuri Tuan Ismail
SHAH ALAM: Sebanyak 57 projek pelbagai kategori di Selangor masih terbengkalai sehingga Februari lalu membabitkan 24,408 unit kediaman, komersial dan pembesaran kampung. Pengerusi Jawatankuasa Tetap Perumahan, Pengurusan Bangunan dan Setinggan negeri, Datuk Mohd Mokhtar Ahmad Dahlan, berkata projek terbengkalai itu adalah antara 97 projek di Selangor yang gagal disiapkan.

335 families in Precinct 9 apartments evacuated 23/03/2007 NST BY Hamidah Atan and Deborah Loh
PUTRAJAYA: A torrent of mud, dragging trees and rocks with it, roared down a hillside early yesterday morning, stopping just inches away from three 15-storey government apartment buildings in Precinct 9.

23 vehicles buried In Putrajaya landslide 23/03/2007 Bernama
PUTRAJAYA, March 22 (Bernama) -- Twenty-three vehicles were buried in a massive landslide at Precinct 9 here, forcing about 1,000 residents to vacate their homes at 4.30am Thursday.

Bukit Gasing residents fear landslide may occur 23/03/2007 The Star
PETALING JAYA: Residents of Fraser Towers in Bukit Gasing are living in fear of a landslide after part of the hill slope on top of the condominium gave way on Wednesday.

State Govts agree with new method to expedite processes on land development 23/03/2007 The Star By V.P.SUJATA
PUTRAJAYA: All state governments have agreed with the Government's proposed new concept and method to expedite processes on land development.

Family of five living in fear 23/03/2007 The Star By Marsha Tan
MALACCA: A family of five are worried that their new double storey corner house, which started cracking and sinking two years ago, might crumble on them.

Abandoned project set to be completed by early next year 23/03/2007 The Star By Yip Yoke Teng
THE Kuchai Square project in Kuchai Jaya, off Jalan Kuchai Lama, stalled since four years ago, finally sees a ray of light.

New Method To Speed Up Approval Of Development Projects 23/03/2007 Bernama
PUTRAJAYA, March 23 (Bernama) -- A new method has been formulated for the speedy approval and implementation of development projects both in the public and private sectors.

Residents affected by landslide allowed to collect belongings 23/03/2007 NST
The occupants of government quarters in Precinct 9 who were evacuated due to a landslide in the area yesterday were allowed to return home today to collect their belongings.

Major boost for high end property 23/03/2007 The Star By KEITH HIEW
PETALING JAYA: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, who announced the scrapping of the real property gains tax (RPGT) from April 1, hopes the move would “inject more excitement and dynamism to both the property and financial sectors.”

MNKT Lulus Kaedah Baru Bagi Kelulusan Projek 23/03/2007 BERNAMA
MESYUARAT Negara Bagi Kerajaan Tempatan (MNKT) ke-57 DI Putajaya menggariskan satu kaedah baru bagi meluluskan projek-projek untuk pembangunan di sesuatu kawasan.

Expediting land development projects 24/03/2007 NST
PUTRAJAYA: The National Council for Local Governments yesterday approved a new system to ease procedures for land development projects.

Leaking pipes ruled out as cause 23/03/2007 NST
PUTRAJAYA: The engineers studying the cause of the Precinct 9 landslide have tentatively ruled out leaking pipes as part of the cause.

Tangki air bocor mungkin punca tanah runtuh 23/03/2007 BH
KUALA LUMPUR: Kementerian Kerjaraya tidak menolak kemungkinan kejadian tanah runtuh di Presint 9, Putrajaya, pagi semalam, berpunca daripada kebocoran tangki air di atas bukit berdekatan pangsapuri itu. Bagaimanapun, Menterinya, Datuk Seri S Samy Vellu, berkata kesahihan mengenainya belum diketahui kerana ia masih dalam siasatan Cawangan Kejuruteraan Cerun, Jabatan Kerja Raya (JKR) dan Institut Kerja Raya Malaysia (Ikram).

States agree on way to speed up projects 24/03/2007 The Star
PUTRAJAYA: State governments have given their “ayes” to a new method of speeding up land development, including for high-impact projects and homes built under the “build then sell” concept.

Tiga kawasan berisiko tinggi tanah runtuh 24/03/2007 Utusan Malaysia Oleh Abdul Yazid Alias
SHAH ALAM 23 Mac – Kawasan lebuh raya, pusat peranginan dan perumahan di tebing dan tanah tinggi di semenanjung terutama Gombak, Selangor; Sabah dan Sarawak didapati berisiko tinggi terdedah kepada kejadian tanah runtuh berikutan hujan lebat berterusan sepanjang minggu ini.

Merging Water And Waste-Water Industries Will Bring Economies Of Scale 26/03/2007 Bernama
SHAH ALAM, March 26 (Bernama) -- The possible merger between the water and sewerage industries as envisaged under the Water Services Industry Act 2006 (WSIA) may bring potential benefits to the country because it allows management by a single entity and economies of scale in terms of operation, said General Manager of Indah Water Konsortium (IWK) Ir Muhammad Haniffa Abdul Hamid.

Sykt Perumahan Negara revives 2 housing projects 27/03/2007 www. btimes.com.my
SYARIKAT Perumahan Negara Bhd (SPNB), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Minister of Finance Inc, has successfully revived two housing projects, including Bandar Pinggiran Subang.

Residents put out fire 27/03/2007 The Star
ABOUT 20 apartment residents formed a bucket brigade to put out a fire on the seventh floor of the Fettes Park apartment building in Penang.

Selangor records highest number of housing complaints 27/03/2007 NST
The Housing and Local Government Ministry received 4,542 complaints from housebuyers last year and about 45 per cent of them in Selangor.

Housing developers irked by RM50,000 'social contribution fee' 27/03/2007 NST
A move by the Selangor government to impose a "social contribution fee" has not gone down well with housing developers. Real Estate and Developers Association of Malaysia president Ng Seing Liong described the RM50,000 fee per 0.4ha for projects in town areas as unfair.

SPNB revives 2 housing projects 27/03/2007 NST
SYARIKAT Perumahan Negara Bhd (SPNB), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Minister of Finance Inc, has successfully revived two housing projects, including Bandar Pinggiran Subang. Some 1,482 buyers of the three-room medium-cost apartments have been suffering since the project was abandoned in late 2001, after the previous developer faced financial difficulties.

Baik pulih dua projek 27/03/2007 HM
SYARIKAT Perumahan Negara Berhad (SPNB), syarikat milik penuh Menteri Kewangan Diperbadankan membaikpulih dua projek perumahan terbengkalai membabitkan lebih 1,482 pembeli rumah di Bandar Pinggiran Subang, Shah Alam dan Taman Desaria, Petaling Jaya, Selangor. Kerja pembinaan projek itu dimulakan pada Jun 2005 selepas SPNB menerima kebenaran daripada pihak terbabit dan isu perundangan diselesaikan selain diarahkan Kementerian Perumahan dan Kerajaan Tempatan.

Pemaju bina rumah tanpa kebenaran PBT 27/03/2007 BH Oleh Nahar Tajri
HULU LANGAT: Tindakan segelintir pemaju perumahan yang tidak bertanggungjawab di sini, membangunkan projek perumahan tanpa kelulusan pihak berkuasa tempatan (PBT) dilihat boleh mengundang masalah pada masa depan. Menurut sumber, kebanyakan pembeli tidak menyedari rumah yang dibeli belum ditukar status tanahnya daripada pertanian ke kediaman serta tidak mendapat kelulusan daripada Majlis Perbandaran Kajang (MPKj) sebelum dibangunkan sebagai kawasan perumahan.

Developer gets leave to appeal 27/03/2007 MM
THE Federal Court yesterday granted developer Sri Seltra Sdn Bhd leave to appeal against the Appeal Court's decision in allowing the appeal of 45 housebuyers of Taman Nirwana, in Ampang, for damages for their defective houses.

Cheer for 1,400 housebuyers 28/03/2007 The Star
OVER 1,400 housebuyers of two abandoned projects can look forward to getting the keys of their units.

Harvesting rainwater on roofs 28/03/2007 The Star
PUTRAJAYA: The sky is the limit for the country's latest water conservation initiative.

Builders seek higher price for cheap units 28/03/2007 The Star By Nik Khusairi Ibrahim
PENANG: Developers here want the price of low-cost and low medium-cost housing units to be in-creased in view of rising cost of building materials.

453 housing developers blacklisted 28/03/2007 NST By Heidi Foo
KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 453 errant housing developers have been blacklisted by the Housing and Local Government Ministry for various offences.

Finally, a RIP place for Kota Damansara 28/03/2007 The Star By Salina Khalid
THE first Muslim cemetery in Kota Damansara will be ready next month, according to Kota Damansara state assemblyman Datuk Mokhtar Ahmad Dahlan.

Residents want greens, not graves 28/03/2007 The Star By Jayagandi Jayaraj
Mallek: The green lung should be preserved. ABOUT 100 environmentally concerned residents staged a peaceful protest against the clearing of part of the Section 9 Kota Damansara Forest near Section 8 for a Muslim cemetery on March 26.

2,029 aduan rumah tak siap 28/03/2007 HM
KUALA LUMPUR: Selangor dikesan negeri yang mempunyai bilangan projek perumahan bermasalah paling tinggi di negara ini. Menurut laporan yang dikeluarkan Bahagian Pengawasan dan Penguat Kuasa Kementerian Perumahan dan Kerajaan Tempatan (KPKT), pada tahun lalu saja 2,029 aduan diterima daripada pembeli di negeri itu iaitu kira-kira 45 peratus daripada keseluruhan aduan.

Ministry website lists out those who committed serious offences 29/03/2007 The Star
ERRANT housing developers are listed on the Housing and Local Government Ministry website.

High-rise buildings may need to be quake-proof 29/03/2007 The Star
ROMPIN: The Government is studying the possibility of compelling future high-rise buildings to be able to withstand certain degree of tremors from the frequent earthquakes in the region, Science, Technology and Innovation Minister

Developer ordered to demolish houses on Govt land 29/03/2007 MM
SELANGOR Government has ordered Koperasi Malaysia Airport Bhd, the developer of the Taman Gemilang housing scheme in Seri Gombak, to demolish a row of 20 houses as they were built on State land. Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Mohamad Khir Toyo said the decision was made as the developer had encroached Government land while asking it to approve a buffer zone for the project which was located near a dam.

Hundreds fear for their lives 29/03/2007 NST By Sim Bak Heng
JOHOR BARU: Hundreds of flat dwellers at Taman Flora Height in Pasir Gudang have been living on the edge since January.

Dedah pemaju bermasalah 29/03/2007 BH
KUALA LUMPUR: Dua persatuan yang mewakili pengguna dan pembeli rumah mahu nama syarikat pemaju yang disenaraihitamkan disiarkan dalam akhbar supaya pembeli tahu syarikat bermasalah perlu dielakkan. Mereka berpendapat langkah itu juga memudahkan pengguna untuk memeriksa pemaju yang tulen sebagai panduan sebelum membeli rumah.

138 terima kunci rumah 30/03/2007 HM
KAJANG: Seramai 138 pembeli rumah kos rendah di Taman Tasik Semenyih di sini, menerima kunci rumah masing-masing pada majlis yang diadakan di taman berkenaan, petang semalam. Majlis penyerahan kunci kepada pembeli yang juga anak jati Kampung Tanjung Semenyih dan Kampung Sentosa itu disempurnakan Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri (Adun) Semenyih, Datuk Ahmad Kuris Mohd Nor.

‘Aye’ to rainwater plan 30/03/2007 The Star
PETALING JAYA: Water and housing associations have lauded the proposal to create a rainwater harvest system for building owners but voiced reservations over its effective implementation.

Penang CM: Low-cost housing must be affordable 30/03/2007 The Sun By Regina William
PENANG (March 30, 2007): The state government has to consider the lower income group's ability to purchase low and low-medium cost housing before agreeing to the Real Estate and Housing Developers Association (Rehda)'s request for a price increase.

Making way for buffer zone 30/03/2007 The Star By Dharmender Singh
A block of 26 completed double-storey houses built by the Malaysia Airports Bhd Employees Co-operative (Komab) in Selayang will be torn down to create a buffer zone near a dam there.

Developers, don’t get flowery 30/03/2007 The Star
YOUR ‘Boob Watch’ March 23, in which the writer commented on the grammar of a housing development’s promotional material, caught my eye. May I comment on the corrections suggested?

RM84,000 in lift parts stolen 30/03/2007 The Star By Bernard See
Their latest target is the 22-storey Kedah Road flats where 21 panels, complete with their electronic components worth RM84,000, were stolen early yesterday morning.

A tree for every house 31/03/2007 The Star By VIVIENNE PAL AT THE PETALING JAYA CITY COUNCIL (MBPJ) FULL BOARD MEETING THE STATE government has insisted that the back-to-basics programme continue in all local councils, said Petaling Jaya mayor Mohamad Roslan Sakiman.

Message for developers 31/03/2007 The Star
USE profits from higher-cost housing projects to subsidise the cost of building lower-cost units.

Long wait nears end 31/03/2007 The Star
BUYERS of the abandoned Taman Widuri housing project in Nibong Tebal, Penang, can heave a sigh of relief as the nine-year wait for their houses will finally be over.

MB beri amaran kepada pemaju Desa Gemilang 31/03/2007 BH
GOMBAK: Kerajaan Negeri Selangor memberi kata dua kepada pemaju projek perumahan Taman Desa Gemilang sama ada mengukuhkan cerun atau berdepan risiko 26 unit rumah teres dua tingkat yang sudah siap dibina dirobohkan. Menteri Besar, Datuk Seri Dr Mohamad Khir Toyo yang melakukan pemeriksaan mengejut di tapak perumahan itu semalam, mengarahkan kerja pembinaan dihentikan serta-merta sehingga laporan keselamatan cerun dikeluarkan Institut Kerja Raya Malaysia (Ikram).

Foreign developers face tighter control 31/03/2007 Daily Express
Penampang: The Local Government and Housing Ministry may introduce several measures to have a better control over foreign companies carrying out housing projects in Sabah.