Sarawak to study change to housing law
27/02/2007 The Star

KUCHING: Sarawak’s Housing Ministry will study the details of an amendment to the housing development law requiring developers in Peninsular Malaysia to give a 24-month guarantee period for defect liability.

It would then decide whether Sarawak should follow suit.

In Sarawak, developers are currently required to provide a guarantee period of 12 months for defect liability, Housing Minister Datuk Abang Johari Tun Abang Openg told reporters after chairing a meeting of the Kuching division development task force yesterday.

Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting said on Sunday that the amendment, to be implemented in April, would extend the guarantee period from 18 months to 24 months in the peninsula.