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Advice to Taman Ketiau
residents
01/07/2007 Daily Express Sabah
Putatan: The residents of Taman Ketiau, near here, have been advised to
register their residents action committee in compliance with the Local
Authorities Act so that all their complaints can be heard and attended to
legally.
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Settle fees on time, flat dwellers urged
Wong: Management needs funds to maintain common properties
02/07/2007 The Star
FLAT owners should settle their maintenance fees on time
to ensure quality maintenance from the management, said Bayan Baru MP
Datuk Wong Kam Hoong.
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Malaysia to be made property
hub
02/07/2007 The Star By Yap Leng Kuen
RM50mil grant each from Govt and private sector for promos
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Many owners of HDC houses not
paying loans
02/07/2007 The Star By Jack Wong
KUCHING: Owners of many low-cost houses built by the state-owned Housing
Development Corporation (HDC) have failed to service their loans.
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Fuming over renovations
02/07/2007 The Star By Salina Khalid
BUKIT Rimau residents are concerned about the grand renovation works
carried out by the neighbouring house owners. They are worried that the
alterations to the original structures would not only affect the
structure of the building next-door but also affect the property value
of the other units.
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Set up JMB fast, residents of
high-rise buildings urged
03/07/2007 The Star By Esther Chandran
DEVELOPERS and property owners need to work together to form the Joint
Management Body (JMB) committees to replace pre-management committees set up
at high-rise buildings in Serdang.
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Easier way to deal with
councils
03/07/2007 NST By : Minderjeet Kaur
KUALA LUMPUR: The setting up of one-stop centres in Putrajaya, Labuan and
here will make dealing with local authorities easier and faster.
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FOR years, stratified property owners have
cried foul over the lack of protection from the processing of strata titles
that seemingly take years to claims that Management Corporations (MC) were
abusing maintenance and sinking funds.
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Developer's Background Must Be Checked, Housebuyers Told
04/07/2007 Bernama
KUALA LUMPUR, July 4 (Bernama) -- The people have been reminded to check
the background of a property developer before proceeding to buy any
property from the developer in order to avoid being cheated.
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Low-cost house owners
not repaying loans
04/07/2007 The Star By JACK WONG
KUCHING: Owners of many low-cost houses built by the state-owned Housing
Development Corporation (HDC) here have failed to service their loans.
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Sabah to investigate
reports on land grabbing by businessmen
05/07/2007 The Star
KOTA KINABALU: Sabah will conduct an internal probe on claims of alleged
grabbing of land by businessmen using "gangsters" in which victims
claimed that police failed to act on many reports lodged over the past
15 years.
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Syor semak status pemaju
05/07/2007 BH
SURUHANJAYA Syarikat Malaysia (SSM) menasihatkan bakal pembeli rumah
menyemak status pemaju perumahan sebelum membuat keputusan membeli rumah
daripada syarikat terbabit bagi mengelak ditipu.
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PAM happy with centre
06/07/2007 The Star
KUALA LUMPUR: The service provided by one-stop centres (OSCs)
for fast-track approval for housing projects has been commended by the
Malaysian Institute of Architects (PAM).
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Housing Ministry Face Teething
Problems In OSC Implementation
05/07/2007 Bernama
KUALA LUMPUR, July 5 (Bernama) -- The implementation of the one-stop-centre
(OSC) to speed up approval of development plans by 98 authorities since June
13 is facing teething problems due to conflicting interpretation of the
guidelines.
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Architects run into
problems with one-stop centres
06/07/07 NST
KUALA LUMPUR: One-stop centres (OSCs) at local
authorities handling applications for development projects have run into
teething problems.
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Police quarters finally ready
06/07/2007 NST
JOHOR BARU: After a decade of waiting, the Johor Baru South police quarters
at Bukit Cagar here was finally completed and officially handed over to the
police.
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19 pembeli saman
pemaju, MDKS
07/07/2007 Utusan Malaysia
KLANG 6 Julai - Seramai 19 orang pembeli rumah di Taman Wawasan, Tanjong
Karang mengemukakan saman untuk menuntut ganti rugi di Mahkamah Sesyen
di sini hari ini berikutan rumah yang dibeli sejak enam tahun lalu gagal
diduduki.
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Buyers' right to
Build-Then-Sell system
07/07/2007 NST
Letters-to-Editor By S.M. Mohamed, Consumers Association of Penang
We refer to the Viewpoint "Far from being rotten" (NST-Property, June
23, by Datuk Eddy Chen, the immediate past president of the Real Estate
and Housing Developers' Association (Rehda).
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Broken promises and
devastating nightmares
07/07/2007 NST
Letters-to-Editor By Norhidayah Yeoh Abdullah, Kuala Lumpur
I refer to the Viewpoint from the immediate past president of the Real
Estate and Housing Developers' Association (Rehda) ("Far from being
rotten", NST-Property, June 23).
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Oh, ...ehvens
07/07/2007 NST PROP TALK By Andrew Wong
You probably just missed it, sleepy heads: 7.07am, 7.7.07. The next time
anything this significant comes around will be in 70 years.
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Too good to be true
07/07/2007 NST
Call them what you like? leasebacks, buy-to-let, cash back or own-for
free. Developers have indeed come up with many creative plans to woo
investors to their yet-to-be-built properties.
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Residents the cause
of service termination
09/07/2007 The Star By
Charles Fernandez
POOR payments from residents have resulted in the termination of
maintenance services by management companies and this has caused
problems between both the parties.
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Players aiming for
world-class standards
09/07/2007 The Star By
Angie Ng
Competitive market calls for higher quality
EFFORTS to woo foreign property investors to Malaysia will motivate
industry players to strive for world-class standards and further enliven
the country's property landscape with more international-class products.
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Homes: Review 'sell then
build' system
09/07/2007 NST By S. RAGUNATHAN, Petaling Jaya
I REFER to the report "Grappling with contention" (NST, June 30). The
National House Buyers’ Association (HBA) has maintained that there are flaws
in the "sell then build" system.
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Committee wants more
bite
10/07/2007 The Star By Bavani M.
The Condominium, Apartments and Highrise Committee (CAHC) is putting
together a working paper to get more residents in the Federal Territory
to join the committee to help tackle housing woes
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Fraudulent land
transfers up
10/07/2007 NST
THE number of land transfers executed by forged signatures has been
climbing steadily since 2001. There were 16 cases in 2001 of land
owners’ signatures being forged on transfer forms. The number rose to 19
the following year and 22 in 2003.
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Closer to strata titles
11/07/2007 The Star
AFTER 17 years, residents of the Bercham flats in Ipoh are finally
getting closer to obtaining their longed-for strata titles. The Perak
Land and Mines Department has urged the residents of the 560-unit flats
to submit their applications for their strata titles through their
residents’ association.
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Condominium Buyers
Want Nightmare To End
11/07/2007 Bernama
KUALA LUMPUR, July 11 (Bernama) -- More than 30 buyers of abandoned Casa
Riana Phase 16 condominium project in Taman Puncak Jalil, Puchong, here
want the developer to complete the project quickly.
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No Plans To Make Thumb Print
Mandatory To Prevent Fraud
11/07/2007 Bernama
KUALA LUMPUR, July 11 (Bernama) -- The government has no plans yet to make
the thumb print mandatory on all legal documents for the transfer of
property or land ownership to prevent fraud.
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Half of landowners in
Negri yet to pay quit rent
12/07/2007 The Star
SEREMBAN: Almost half of the landowners in the state did not pay their
quit rent this year, Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan said.
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Work resumes on stalled
projects
14/07/2007 The Star Story and photo by Salina
Khalid
LAGOON Perdana and Belvedere Service Apartment buyers can now sigh in
relief as their abandoned apartment projects have been revived.
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Don’t go overboard CM:
Builders must keep their prices competitive
14/07/2007 The Star
PENANG: Developers must make sure that their property prices remain
competitive or risk losing potential buyers.
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Sri Ram: Ignore wrong
rulings
14/07/2007 NST
PUTRAJAYA: Court rulings which wrongly interpreted existing laws need
not be followed as precedents, Court of Appeal judge Datuk Gopal Sri Ram
said.
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Provision for
differing views
14/07/2007 NST
KUALA LUMPUR: It is perfectly fine for a judge of a lower court not to
follow a ruling of a superior court.
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Land Deal: Court of
Appeal declares ... Federal Court ruling wrong
14/07/2007 NST By V. Anbalagan
Members of the appellate court, Datuk Md Raus Sharif (left) and Datuk
Hasan Lah, have called for a review of the case but say they are bound
by the apex court’s ruling in line with the doctrine of binding
precedent.
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Protection from
deception needed
14/07/2007 NST By Zoe Phoon
An insurance to protect homebuyers, one that gives the reassurance that
their legal interest in a property is safeguarded for as long as they,
or their heirs, own it.
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Bar Council backs
Court of Appeal ruling
15/07/2007 NST By David Yeow
Roger Tan believes the solution lies in the reform of the National Land
Code
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Landowners need protection
15/07/2007 The Star
PETALING JAYA: The Bar Council wants the Government to amend the
National Land Code to protect landowners and bona fide purchasers from
losing or buying property through others' fraudulent actions.
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Hopes rise with verdict
15/07/2007 NSUNT
KUALA LUMPUR: Gary (not his real name) was at home on an oil palm estate
when a stranger showed up and claimed he was the new owner of the
property. Since that day three years ago, Gary has been locked in a
legal tussle over the ownership of the 3.72 hectare estate in Perlis.
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Council: Don’t turn
flats into mini zoos
16/07/2007 The Star By DERRICK VINESH
High-rise housing dwellers should not turn their units into a mini zoo,
Seberang Prai Municipal president Farizan Darus said.
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Quit rent waiver for
pre-War houses
16/07/2007 The Star
MUAR: The Malacca Government is considering exempting quit rent for
owners of pre-War traditional houses.
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Seret pemaju ke mahkamah
16/07/2007 HM
BUKIT BERUNTUNG: "Kami ingin mengheret mereka ke mahkamah untuk mendapat
pembelaan terbaik," kata Husin Abdullah yang mewakili penduduk Jalan
Adenium dekat sini, mengenai pemaju kawasan perumahan itu yang gagal
menyempurnakan kerja penyelenggaraan prasarana asas di taman itu. Dia
mewakili 29 pembeli lain yang kini menetap di Jalan Adenium projek
perumahan RT1 Bandar Bukit Beruntung membuat laporan polis kerana tidak
berpuas hati terhadap pemaju berkenaan.
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Fund to help petty traders
buy homes
17/07/2007 The Star
PENANG: Petty traders, fishermen and others who can afford to buy a
house but do not have documents to prove their income will soon be able
to rely on a revolving fund as collateral for housing loan applications.
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Electricity deposit up for
review
17/07/2007 The Star
PETALING JAYA: Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) is reviewing the deposit
paid by its 5.7 million users nationwide.
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Housing projects: Compile data
to identify problems
17/07/2007 By: V. THOMAS, Sungai Buloh, Selangor
IT is necessary for the various authorities and associations to collect all
available information on the reasons for the problems plaguing the housing
industry, especially the delay or abandoning of housing schemes that have
led to much anguish and loss to thousands of housebuyers nationwide.
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`Segerakan
proses jual beli'
18/07/2007 BH Oleh Rosmalina Abd Kadir
KUALA LUMPUR: Penghuni blok F3 dan F12 Seksyen 1, Wangsa Maju, di sini
berharap pihak berkaitan menyegerakan proses penjualan rumah yang mereka
duduki sejak 20 tahun lalu kerana ia masih berstatus sewa beli.
Kedua-dua blok berkenaan yang mengandungi 70 unit rumah adalah rumah
awam milik Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur (DBKL), yang dibeli daripada
pemaju pada 1985, iaitu lebih 20 tahun lalu dan disewakan kepada
penduduk dengan kadar RM124 sebulan.
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Grappling
with contentions
18/07/2007 NST-PROP By National House Buyers Association
We refer to the Viewpoint presented by Datuk Eddy Chen, a past president
of the Real Estate and Housing Developers' Association (Rehda) and
chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Rehda Institute "Far from being
rotten" (NST-Property, June 23).
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Rehda masking real issue
19/07/2007 NST-PROP
The Viewpoint in NST-Property on June 23 ("Far from being rotten")
refers. Lengthy and seemingly complicated debates can often be reduced
to a single salient point if we focus on the core issue. The rest are
just verbosity and obfuscations.
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HBA keeps fingers crossed
on new housing regulations
21/07/2007 NST By Zuhaila Sedek
THE path to implementing the Build-Then-Sell (BTS) mode of housing
delivery is now clear - except for one aspect: How it will be
incorporated in the standard Sale and Purchase Agreement (SPA).
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Long wait for apartment buyers is
over
23/07/2007 The Star
AFTER waiting nine long years, Taman Kristal Block C apartment buyers
in Penang can finally move into their new homes.
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One bill for water, sewerage
charges
23/07/2007 NST
SITIAWAN: Sewerage charges will be merged with the water bill as
sewerage is part of the "water cycle", Energy, Water and Communications
Minister Datuk Seri Dr Lim Keng Yaik said yesterday.
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IWK takes 15,181 defaulters to
court
23/07/2007 The Star
SHAH ALAM: A total of 15,181 Indah Water Konsortium Sdn Bhd (IWK)
subscribers have been charged in court up to May this year for failing
to settle their arrears in unpaid bills.
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Tembok
runtuh hempap tujuh kereta
23/07/2007 BH
KUALA LUMPUR: Tujuh kereta yang diletakkan di tempat letak kenderaan di
Blok 19, Rumah Pangsa Taman Bukit Angkasa berhampiran tapak pembinaan
rosak apabila tembok setinggi 2.5 meter runtuh, di sini, semalam. Dalam
kejadian hujan lebat kira-kira jam 2 petang itu, tiga kereta yang
diletakkan kira-kira dua meter di bawah kawasan pembinaan mengalami
kerosakan teruk, manakala yang lain mengalami kerosakan kecil.
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`Saya
sangka bangunan runtuh'
23/07/2007 HM Oleh Sarah Zulkifli
KUALA LUMPUR: "Saya terkejut apabila mendengar bunyi dentuman begitu
kuat seakan-akan bunyi bangunan runtuh. Sejurus kemudian, pagar
keselamatan runtuh mengakibatkan beberapa kenderaan diletakkan di
kawasan berhampiran rosak," kata suri rumah, Milah Senan, 50,
menceritakan detik cemas ketika menyaksikan kejadian gelongsoran tanah
di kawasan pembinaan di flet Taman Bukit Angkasa, Pantai Dalam, di sini,
petang semalam.
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Government to review land
code Bar Council calls for amendment
25/07/2007 The Star
PUTRAJAYA: The Government has agreed to look into a Bar Council proposal
to amend the National Land Code, following a recent Court of Appeal
ruling over a land purchase.
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Group: Sabah, Sarawak land codes
are different
25/07/2007 The Star By
MUGUNTAN VANAR
KOTA KINABALU: Sabah and Sarawak’s land codes will not be affected by
the controversial Federal Court’s 2001 decision on the Adrona Properties
vs Boonsom Boonyanit case.
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Pemilik serbu pejabat TNB
26/07/2007 HM
BANGI: Beberapa pemilik pangsapuri Sky Villa di Serdang, dekat sini, `menyerbu'
pejabat Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) kawasan berkenaan semalam, bagi
meminta penjelasan selepas kediaman mereka tidak mempunyai meter
elektrik walaupun sudah siap dibina sejak Mac lalu. Pemilik pangsapuri
itu dikatakan sudah menjelaskan semua bayaran yang diminta pihak
bertanggungjawab serta sudah memiliki kunci namun ketiadaan meter
elektrik menyebabkan pemiliknya gagal mendiami rumah masing-masing.
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Penduduk tuntut janji
26/07/2007 HM Oleh Maiamalina Mohamed Amin
PETALING JAYA: Penduduk Flet Impian Baiduri, di sini, sepakat membantah
tindakan pihak berkuasa tempatan (PBT) yang didakwa melanggar janji
untuk menyediakan padang bola dan beberapa kemudahan asas kepada
penduduk termasuk rumah ibadat. Bantahan itu disuarakan melalui
perhimpunan secara aman di tepi jalan bersama sepanduk yang tertera
pelbagai luahan rasa tidak puas hati penduduk terhadap apa yang berlaku
selain menuntut kemudahan itu disegerakan.
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Board to handle strata title
grouses
26/07/2007 The Star
PUTRAJAYA: The soon-to-be-formed Strata Titles Board will handle all
complaints regarding strata titles.
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Talam awaits nod for
debt revamp
26/07/2007 The Star
KUALA LUMPUR: Talam Corp Bhd is awaiting Securities Commission (SC)
approval for its proposed scheme to restructure RM830mil debt, said
executive chairman Tan Sri Chan Ah Chye.
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New board members for K
Euro soon
26/07/2007 The Star
KUALA LUMPUR: Kumpulan Europlus Bhd (K Euro), which is now controlled by
Tan Sri Chan Ah Chye, will soon see new faces in its board after IJM
Corp Bhd completes the purchase of 25% stake in the group.
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One sold despite pleas by owners
of 21 units
28/07/2007 The Star
OWNERS of 21 apartment units along Jalan Penang Free in Penang pleaded
to the public not to take part in an auction of their homes. However,
much to their disappointment, one unit was eventually sold in the
exercise on Saturday.
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Headaches of a new
fangled law
28/07/2007 NST By G. Umakanthan
WHILE people living in stratified buildings may have welcomed the recent
enactment of the Building and Common Property (Maintenance and
Management) Act 2007 (BCPA), there are many facets of this law that
would have escaped their attention, according to an expert. Penang-based
lawyer Lee Kim Noor said the BCPA, which took six years to take shape,
started out as a move to empower the buyer. Today, this law makes
property management a totally new ball-game.
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Ministry building up a matrix
of accountability
29/07/2007 Sunday Star
KUALA LUMPUR: Architects, engineers, plumbers and electricians will all
have to take responsibility for their parcel in building a house.
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Act comes under scrutiny
30/07/2007 The Star
There is a lot of uncertainty pertaining to the Building and Common
Property (Maintenance and Management) Act, 2007 and industry players,
including purchasers, want it to be further fine-tuned
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Strata Act amended recently
to defuse time bomb
30/07/2007 The Star
THE Strata Titles Act (STA) 1985 has been amended recently to help
defuse the “time bomb” over the management of properties issued or to be
issued with strata titles.
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Penduduk Impiana Baiduri, pemaju diminta bincang
30/07/2007 HM
PETALING JAYA: Majlis Bandaraya Petaling Jaya (MBPJ) menyarankan
penduduk Flet Impian Baiduri, di sini, berbincang dengan syarikat pemaju
yang melanggar perjanjian apabila tidak menyediakan padang bola dan
beberapa kemudahan asas kepada penduduk termasuk rumah ibadat. Datuk
Bandar MBPJ, Roslan Sakiman, berkata kawasan lapang itu adalah tanah
sekata dan pihaknya akan mengkaji mengenai pembangunan secara komersial
di lokasi berkenaan.
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Tayar
kena pancit kerana rebut tempat letak kereta
30/07/2007 HM
KUALA LUMPUR: Penghuni rumah pangsa kos rendah Blok 20 Taman Bukit
Angkasa di sini, bimbang kereta mereka dicalar atau tayar dipancitkan
sekiranya menghalang kenderaan lain, berikutan masalah kekurangan tempat
letak kenderaan di flet berkenaan. Difahamkan, sebelum ini berlaku
beberapa pergaduhan membabitkan pemilik kenderaan apabila masing-masing
tidak puas hati selepas mendapati kereta mereka dirosakkan.
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