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Buyers and developers make
Budget wishes
01/09/2007 NST Zoe Phoon
It's that time of the year again, when not just house buyers but
developers too look forward to seeing their hopes turning into concrete
reality. Will they get what they want in Budget 2008, which is to be
tabled in Parliament this coming Friday?
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In a quandary over strata titles
03/09/2007 The Star By JADE CHAN
A GROUP of flat owners in Jalan Union are frustrated that they have not
received the strata title for their flats for over 20 years. “Without the
strata title, we can’t transfer or sell our property,” said Peter Simon
Thomas, a 46-year-old businessman who was representing the nine flat
owners of Lots 345, 346 and 347 at Section 79, Jalan Union, Sentul.
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Rumah
terbiar syurga pendatang
03/09/2007 HM Oleh Erywan Norshal
SERI KEMBANGAN: Pemilik rumah Taman Lestari Permai, dekat sini, bukan saja
kecewa kerana rumah gagal disiapkan, malah lebih marah apabila bangunan
terbiar itu dijadikan tempat 'penempatan' warga asing. Projek yang dua
tahun terbengkalai itu menyusahkan pembeli yang terpaksa membayar ansuran
pinjaman kepada bank.
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True picture of guarded areas
in Kota Kemuning needed
03/09/2007 The Star
I REFER to the recent views in The Star – “Unlawful roadblocks” (Aug 11)
and “Stop roadblock nonsense now” (Aug 27). I feel the writers did not
give a true picture of guarded areas in Kota Kemuning.
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Rumah
terbiar syurga pendatang
03/09/2007 HM Oleh Erywan Norshal
SERI KEMBANGAN: Pemilik rumah Taman Lestari Permai, dekat sini, bukan saja
kecewa kerana rumah gagal disiapkan, malah lebih marah apabila bangunan
terbiar itu dijadikan tempat 'penempatan' warga asing. Projek yang dua
tahun terbengkalai itu menyusahkan pembeli yang terpaksa membayar ansuran
pinjaman kepada bank.
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Hands off visitors’ driving
licences
05/09/2007 The Star By V.P. SUJATA
PUTRAJAYA: Security firms at housing estates and high-rise residences have
no authority to insist that visitors hand over their driving licence to
get a pass to enter the premises.
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Usia 26 tahun harta RM2j
05/09/2007 HM Oleh Nazarali Saeril
SHAH ALAM: Usianya baru 26 tahun, tetapi seorang pegawai Pejabat Tanah dan
Galian (PTG), Selangor sudah mengumpul kira-kira RM2 juta habuan daripada
syarikat pemaju. Duit haram diperolehnya pula digunakan untuk masa depan
apabila RM400,000 disimpan dalam akaun simpanan tetap selain membeli rumah
berharga RM150,000.
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Pemaju curi air masuk jerat
05/09/2007 HM Oleh Sarah Zulkifli
PUCHONG: Syarikat pemaju pangsapuri Suci, Taman Sri Jati di sini, terus
berdegil apabila masih melakukan penyambungan paip air secara haram ke
kediaman terbabit meskipun pernah diberi amaran sebelum ini. Dalam operasi
dilakukan Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor Sdn Bhd (Syabas) cawangan Wilayah
Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur dan Jabatan Kawal Selia Air Selangor kira-kira
jam 1 tengah hari semalam, pemeriksaan di paip utama pangsapuri mendapati
dua paip `haram' berukuran saiz enam dan empat inci dipasang.
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BPR siasat pegawai kerja 3
tahun, ada RM500,000
05/09/2007 BH Oleh Tuan Nazuri Tuan Ismail
SHAH ALAM: Walaupun baru berusia 26 tahun dan tidak sampai tiga tahun
berkhidmat, seorang pegawai Pejabat Tanah dan Galian (PTG) di Selangor
memiliki wang tunai hampir setengah juta ringgit dalam akaun simpanan
tetap dan dua kereta mewah. Selain kereta mewah yang masing-masing
berharga RM150,000 dan RM170,000 itu, pegawai kumpulan profesional dan
pengurusan itu memiliki rumah berharga kira-kira RM150,000. Rumah
berkenaan kini disita kerana dipercayai dimiliki hasil daripada rasuah,
manakala harta lainnya dirampas mengikut Seksyen 26 Akta Pencegahan Rasuah
1997.
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Bigger role soon for KL
residents’ associations
06/09/2007 The Malay Mail by By NURADZIMMAH DAIM
THE Federal Territories Ministry will soon introduce a new initiative that
will enable residents’ associations in Kuala Lumpur play a bigger role in
City Hall’s development programmes.
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HBA: Allow EPF Monthly
Withdrawals For Completed Houses Only
07/09/2007 Bernama
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 7 (Bernama) -- The government should allow Employees
Provident Fund (EPF) contributors to make monthly withdrawals from the
balance in Account 2 to repay loans for completed houses only, said the
National House Buyers Association (HBA).
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Chance for all to own a home
07/09/2007 The Star By WONG CHUN WAI
TAN Sri Nor Mohamed Yakcop is fond of telling his friends that there are
two important assets in a man’s life – his wife as an emotional asset
and his house as the physical asset.
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EPF To Announce Details On New
Housing Withdrawal In December
07/09/2007 Bernama.com
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 7 (Bernama) -- The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) will
announce details on the new monthly housing withdrawal in December.
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'Love And Affection' Property
Transfer Exempted From Stamp Duty
07/09/2007 Bernama.com
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 7 (Bernama) -- The government is proposing that the
instruments for transfer of property between husband and wife on the basis
of "love and affection" be exempted from stamp duty.
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MPAJ issues stop work order
against developer
07/09/2007 The Malay Mail by By NURADZIMMAH DAIM
AMPANG Jaya Municipal Council (MPAJ) yesterday issued a stop-work order
against a developer accused by residents of “jumping the gun” in clearing
a plot of land in Taman Kelab Ukay.
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Govt Proposes 50 Pct Stamp Duty
Exemption For House Purchase
07/09/2007 Bernama.com
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 7 (Bernama) -- The government is proposing a 50 percent
stamp duty exemption on documents of transfer for the purchase of one
house costing not more than RM250,000, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah
Ahmad Badawi said today.
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Pemaju diberi masa sebulan
07/09/2007 BH
PORT DICKSON: Pemaju projek perumahan Taman D'Ambang Kota, Lukut, dekat
sini diberikan tempoh sebulan untuk menetapkan tarikh baru menyiapkan
pembinaan rumah kedai di kawasan terbabit bagi mengelakkan pembeli
daripada terus menanggung beban kewangan.
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Easing burden for property
buyers
08/09/2007 The Star
M. RAGENI has one “headache” less now. She will be able to use part of her
monthly salary for other expenses with the announcement that EPF
contributors will be allowed to make monthly withdrawals from their
Account Two for housing loan repayment.
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Budget 2008: Stamp duty discount good
08/09/2007 NST By Chang Kim Loong
THE 50 per cent stamp duty exemption on transfers of houses under
RM250,000 is intended to stimulate the property market and reduce the
overhang in residential property.
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Protection
from bullies
08/09/2007 NST
For a decade, more than 50 owners of a 90-unit condominium diligently
paid to their developer their share of the project�s quit rent, as
apportioned by a surveyor.
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A-G slams Lada over housing
project
09/09/2007 SUNDAY STAR By ELIZABETH LOOI
PETALING JAYA: The Langkawi Development Board (Lada) spent about RM78,000
over 15 months to repair and maintain houses that were unsold under its
public housing project, the Auditor General reported.
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Meeting disrupted by robbers
10/09/2007 The Malay Mail by By MOHD YAAKOB YUSOF
A GROUP of five men — two armed with parang and one with a stick — barged
into a developer’s office in Batu 3, Shah Alam, yesterday and robbed those
present of their belongings.
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Land title in bank’s possession
missing
10/09/2007 The Malay Mail By DAWN CHAN
HOW could an important document
in the possession of a bank go missing? In businessman Thong Lou Hoong’s
case, he claimed that’s what happened to his land title.
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RM100,000 fine hangs over
developer
10/09/2007 The Malay Mail By DAWN CHAN
THE developer operating a sewage treatment plant in Bandar Utama, will be
charged with allegedly discharging effluents beyond the permitted level,
which resulted in the deaths of thousands of fish in the Kota Damansara
retention pond on Aug 8.
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Stamp duty cut for transfer
of titles welcomed
10/09/2007 MM By Ayu Musa Kamal
THE National House Buyers Association welcomed the 50 per cent stamp duty
exemption on transfers for residential purchases under RM250,000. However,
the association believes that the move is intended to stimulate the
property market and combat overhang of residential property, which is not
much of an incentive.
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Uproar
over hillslope project
10/09/2007 NST By Nisha Sabanayagam
KUALA LUMPUR: Residents of Medan Damansara are in an uproar over an
upcoming housing development in an area with a history of minor
landslides. The latest landslide was two weeks ago in Jalan Kasah after
heavy rain.
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Medan Damansara residents up in
arms against project
11/09/2007 The Star
MORE than 20 upset residents gathered to protest against the proposed
construction of 21 bungalows at Medan Damansara recently.
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2-year wait for condo
11/09/2007 MM By Rohaizan Ramli; Rushdi Saldi; Syahirah Shukri
CHEW of Kuala Lumpur is worried about her new condo which was supposed to
be delivered on June 4, 2005. "I bought a unit at Nusa Mewah in Bukit
Pandan from Mudi Angkasa Development, which is part of Talam Corporation
Group of Companies.
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Groups: Credit EPF savings to
banks, not personal accounts
12/09/2007 The Star
KUALA LUMPUR: Several organisations want the monthly withdrawals from the
EPF Account 2 to be credited to the financial institution from which the
housing loan was taken instead of to the contributor's personal account.
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Ready-made homes going for a
song
12/09/2007 The Star By CHARLES FERNANDEZ
THE developer of D’Tropica Taman Kristal 2 in Dengkil is offering a a 10%
discount to the first 33 buyers of its build-then-sell (BTS) double-storey
houses.
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Selangor ditegur tidak
bertindak ke atas pemaju
12/09/2007 BH Oleh Azman Zakaria; Norfatimah Ahmad;
KUALA LUMPUR: Laporan Ketua Audit Negara 2006 menegur kerajaan Selangor
berhubung projek penswastaan pembangunan penempatan kawasan Orang Asli di
Kampung Air Kuning, Bukit Cerakah kerana gagal mematuhi syarat perjanjian.
Ketua Audit Negara, Tan Sri Ambrin Buang, berkata projek yang sepatutnya
siap Mac 2007 masih gagal disiapkan sepenuhnya, tetapi pemaju terbabit,
Syarikat Ecoasli Development Sdn Bhd tidak dikenakan penalti pada kadar
lapan peratus setahun seperti dipersetujui.
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Guard posts and roadblocks are
illegal
12/09/2007 The Star
I REFER to 'Guardhouses and roadblocks are there for a good reason' (The
Star, Aug 29). The writer 'JC' suggested that, in the name of personal
security, the residents in his area are entitled to privately erect
illegal guard posts over public roads to keep strangers out and get
visitors to register with the guards.
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Tremors felt in Penang, too
13/09/2007 The Star By BERNARD SEE
PENANG: Tremors caused by the 7.8-magnitude earthquake off Sumatera
Thursday morning caused more than 4,000 workers from three government
buildings here to flee their offices.
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Quake felt in Malaysia
13/09/2007 The Star
KUALA LUMPUR: The massive earthquake off the western coast of
Indonesia’s Sumatra island sent “shudders” to several parts of Malaysia.
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Selangor denda pemaju tak
siapkan projek
13/09/2007 BH Oleh Wan Jailani Razak; Azmi Md Derus
SHAH ALAM: Kerajaan Selangor sudah mengenakan penalti lapan peratus
terhadap tunggakan pemaju yang gagal menyiapkan projek penswastaan
pembangunan penempatan kawasan Orang Asli di Kampung Air Kuning, Bukit
Cerakah. Menteri Besar, Datuk Seri Dr Mohamad Khir Toyo, berkata tindakan
itu dikenakan terhadap Syarikat Ecoasli Development Sdn Bhd (Ecoasli
Development) selepas meneliti rayuannya berikutan kegagalan menyiapkan
projek pada Mac lalu.
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Huge sinkholes swallow parts of
houses and trees
14/09/2007 The Star By CHAN LI LEEN
IPOH: As earthquakes hit Sumatra, people here were hit with huge sinkholes
that, in one case, swallowed parts of two houses.
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Dinding
merekah
14/09/2007 HM Oleh Zuliaty Zulkiffli
KUALA KEDAH: Lapan keluarga di Taman Bersatu bimbang dengan keadaan rumah
mereka yang mengalami keretakan semakin serius berikutan projek pembinaan
sekolah yang terletak kira-kira 50 meter dari situ. Penduduk mendakwa,
sejak kerja menanam cerucuk bangunan itu dijalankan, rumah mereka merekah
di beberapa bahagian dan ia berlaku sedikit demi sedikit sejak lima tahun
lalu.
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Tunggu
10 tahun pindah rumah baru
14/09/2007 HM
TELUK INTAN: Penantian selama 10 tahun membabitkan 30 pembeli rumah di
Taman Seri Murni, di sini, berakhir apabila rumah yang dibina sejak 1995
memperoleh Sijil Layak Menduduki (CF), baru-baru ini. Projek perumahan
yang dimulakan sejak 12 tahun lalu itu gagal disiapkan sepenuhnya oleh
pemaju menyebabkan kesemua 30 pembeli fasa satu di situ terpaksa naik
turun pejabat pemaju dan Majlis Perbandaran Teluk Intan (MPTI) untuk
mendapatkan penjelasan.
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There's hope yet ...
15/09/2007 NST By G. Umakanthan
THE National House Buyers Association (HBA) feels disappointed that Budget
2008 did not consider helping buyers who have to pay off bank loans for
houses in projects that have been abandoned.
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Perjanjian jual beli perlu
guna Bahasa Malaysia
15/09/2007 Utusan Malaysia Oleh SAIFULIZAM
MOHAMAD
KUALA LUMPUR 14 Sept. – Tribunal Tuntutan Pembeli Rumah (TTPR) mahu
perjanjian jual beli (S&P) diubah daripada bahasa Inggeris kepada Bahasa
Malaysia kerana majoriti pembeli rumah di negara ini tidak faham hak
mereka kerana teks perjanjian itu terlalu rumit dan teknikal mengikut
bahasa perundangan.
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There's
hope yet...
17/09/07 NST-PROP By G. Umakanthan
The National House Buyers Association (HBA) feels disappointed that
Budget 2008 did not consider helping buyers who have to pay off bank
loans for houses in projects that have been abandoned. Nevertheless, the
association is not giving up hope, considering that even the official
body representing developers, the Real Estate and Housing Developers'
Association (Rehda), has expressed its concern over the plight of such
buyers.
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No takers for
build-and-sell concept houses in Johor
17/09/2007 The Star By MEERA VIJAYAN
JOHOR BARU: There have been no takers for the Build and Sell concept in
Johor since its launch earlier this year. Local Government and Health
Committee chairman Datuk Halimah Sadique told the state assembly Monday
that not a single developer had come forward to submit applications under
that concept from the time it was launched on April 12.
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Houses cracking up
18/09/2007 The Star By YIP YOKE
TENG
PILING works for the new 1 Shamelin shopping mall in Taman Shamelin,
Cheras, are believed to have caused cracks to appear on the walls and
floors of the adjacent row of houses. Residents of the nine houses along
Jalan Perdana 7/3, Pandan Perdana, are a bundle of nerves as the cracks,
some as wide as 5cm, are expanding by the day.
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Condo residents furious over
water cut
19/09/2007 The Malay Mail By
KALBANA PERIMBANAYAGAM
TEMPERS ran high at the Desa View Tower after Syarikat Bekalan Air
Selangor (Syabas) disconnected water supply to four condominium blocks in
Jalan Genting Klang near Taman Melawati yesterday.
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Tanggung rugi RM130,000
19/09/2007 HM
KOTA BHARU: Syarikat Timuran Padu Development Sdn Bhd (Timuran Padu)
mendakwa mengalami kerugian berikutan ditipu sebuah syarikat pemaju
perumahan berpangkalan di ibu negara berhubung cadangan membina 500 unit
rumah untuk peneroka Felda di Gua Musang. Malah, syarikat berkenaan
mendakwa turut menyerahkan RM50,000 sebagai bayaran bon kepada syarikat
pemaju berkenaan untuk membina projek rumah peneroka terbabit.
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Impian
miliki rumah berkecai
19/09/2007 HM Oleh Ramli Ibrahim
GUA MUSANG: Harapan lima keluarga peneroka Felda Perasu, dekat sini,
mendiami rumah baru sempena Aidilfitri ini tidak kesampaian gara-gara
ditipu sebuah syarikat pemaju perumahan berpangkalan di ibu negara.
Sebelum ini, peneroka dijanjikan rumah baru itu boleh disiapkan dalam
sebulan, namun selepas empat bulan, mereka terpaksa tinggal di pondok
usang selepas kediaman lama dirobohkan.
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Sinkhole nearly ‘eats up’
vehicle
20/09/2007 The Star Story and
Photos by R. SURENDRAN
Closer look: JKR technician Johari Ahmad (inside sinkhole) and Yusof (in
tie) checking the sinkhole in Taman Sinar Mentari, Bedong, on Wednesday.
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Sudden water cut shocks condo
residents
22/09/2007 The Star By FAZLEENA
AZIZ
IT surely was a rude shock for residents of Desa View Tower, Jalan Klang
Gate, Kuala Lumpur, when their water supply was suddenly cut off without any
prior notice or warning.
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Selangor to appoint
Commissioner of Buildings 'soon'
22/09/2007 NST By Chris Prasad
The existing confusion over who is Selangor's Commissioner of Buildings (CoB)
is nearly over, with the decision that town and municipal council heads
will take up the position for their respective districts.
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Pembeli digesa benarkan SPNB
ambil alih projek
24/09/2007 Berita Harian
KUANTAN: Nasib 828 pembeli rumah Taman Perumahan Datuk Rashid Salleh, Jalan
Pintasan Kuantan Pelabuhan, di sini yang terbengkalai sejak 10 tahun lalu
dijangka selesai apabila Syarikat Perumahan Negara Berhad (SPNB) sedia
mengambil alih projek berkenaan.
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10 tahun tunggu rumah
24/09/2007 Berita Harian Oleh
Mohd Roji Abdullah
Pembeli kediaman di Taman Mengkibol Kluang minta kerajaan campur tangan
supaya projek terbengkalai diteruskan
KLUANG: Selepas hampir 10 tahun menanti, 351 pembeli rumah di Taman
Mengkibol, di sini terus menaruh harapan untuk menduduki rumah idaman
mereka satu hari nanti walaupun hingga kini tiada tanda pemaju akan
meneruskan projek yang terbengkalai sejak dua tahun lalu.
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Mewah Court folks want a better
retaining wall
24/09/2007 The Star By GEETHA
KRISHNAN
THE retaining wall built behind Mewah Court Apartments in Taman Cheras
Mewah, Kuala Lumpur is not high enough and might be unable to prevent a
landslide. Mewah Court Apartments Residents Association president Tung
Siew Loong said based on an agreement with the previous developer of the
landed properties being built behind the apartments, the wall was supposed
to be higher and longer.
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100 tuntut janji
24/09/2007 HM Oleh Ahmad Fitri Che Musa
PUCHONG: Hampir 100 pembeli sekali lagi membuat bantahan kerana tidak
tahan dengan sikap degil pemaju yang masih gagal menyiapkan projek
perumahan rumah teres dua tingkat, De Elina, Amarylis, Artemisia dan
Camelia di Taman Lestari Puchong, Bandar Putra Permai, di sini, yang
terbengkalai sejak dua tahun lalu.
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Service tax streamlining
will create level playing field: Agents
24/09/2007 NST-PROP
By P. Rajan
Budget 2008's removal of the threshold above which professionals must levy
service tax is good for the industry, say the country's estate agents.
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Residents want a proper
study
25/09/2007 The
Star By SALINA KHALID
MEDAN Damansara residents are up in arms against the proposed development
on a slope near their houses. They say the project should at least be
postponed until a proper study has been conducted.
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Quota, land transfers delay
plan
25/09/2007 The Star By ROYCE
CHEAH
PETALING JAYA: A RM42mil joint development in Tumpat, Kelantan between the
district council and the developer was delayed because only 15% of the
property was set aside for non-Malay buyers and appeals to increase the
quota were rejected.
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Pemaju iklan
projek tak siap
26/09/2007 BH Oleh Noraziah Othman
PORT DICKSON: Pembeli rumah di Taman Crystal, dekat sini terkejut apabila
mendapati projek rumah berkenaan yang terbengkalai hampir 20 tahun
diiklankan semula untuk dijual kepada orang ramai di sekitar bandar ini,
minggu lalu. Seorang pembeli, Yaacob Jamil, 55, yang membeli dua unit
rumah secara tunai di taman berkenaan terkejut apabila diberitahu rakannya
rumah yang dibeli di taman perumahan itu diiklankan kepada orang ramai
untuk dijual semula.
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Lepas
tangan
28/09/2007 HM Oleh Md Fuzi Abd Lateh
BUKIT BERUNTUNG: Penduduk di Perumahan Jalan Adenium RT1, dekat sini,
kesal dengan sikap pemaju yang didakwa lepas tangan hingga gagal
menyiapkan jalan susur masuk ke taman mereka. Pemaju dikatakan perlu
menyiapkan jalan masuk melalui laluan utama Jalan Sungai Choh ke Bukit
Beruntung sejauh 350 meter sebelum menyerahkan projek itu tiga tahun lalu
untuk diduduki pembeli.
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Pengguna
bayar air mahal
28/09/2007 HM Oleh Erywan Norshal
PUCHONG: Lebih 420 keluarga Apartmen Palmville dan Palmterrace di Taman
Kinrara, dekat sini, tidak berpuas hati berikutan perlu membayar kadar
harga air dua kali ganda lebih mahal kepada pengurusan bangunan itu
melalui penggunaan meter pukal. Penduduk, Chong Kok Leong, 44, berkata
harga air yang dikenakan kepada penghuni, RM1.38 setiap meter isipadu
adalah tidak munasabah serta membebankan berikutan majoriti pemilik adalah
berpendapatan sederhana.
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Masalah lif
tak selesai
28/09/2007 HM
PUCHONG: Sudah berbuih mulut penduduk Pangsapuri Enggang, Bandar Kinrara 6
di sini, mengemukakan aduan sama, namun masalah lif rosak dihadapi sejak
mendiami penempatan itu lebih setahun lalu, gagal mendapat perhatian pihak
berkenaan. Penduduk bertambah runsing apabila mereka yang sepatutnya
menikmati dua kemudahan lif pada setiap blok terpaksa berebut kerana hanya
sebuah lif dapat digunakan.
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Moving into homes without
CF The 13 house buyers remove barricade to get to their units
30/09/2007 The Star
KEPALA BATAS: Thirteen angry house buyers moved into their dream homes in
Taman Abdullah Fahim here despite not having the keys and certificates of
fitness (CF). They removed a barricade at one of housing scheme’s
entrances and started unloading things from their cars into the open
units.
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