One-stop centres get 2,055 applications
14/06/2007 The Star

KUALA LUMPUR: The one-stop centres (OSCs) for fast-track approval of housing projects received 2,055 applications since it was introduced two months ago.

Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting said all applications must be processed within four to six months.

“Before the setting up of OSCs, it was almost impossible to process the application completely within this time frame,” he told newsmen.

Ong said the 1,175 applications submitted before the launch of the OSCs must be processed by Oct 31.

On April 13, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi announced comprehensive changes to the property development sector, as part of the move to improve the public delivery system.

Among the initiatives were the setting-up of one-stop centres in every state for fast-track approvals for housing projects, replacing the Certificate of Fitness for Occupancy (CFO) with the Certificate of Completion and Compliance (CCC) and giving incentives to developers who adopt the build-then-sell (BTS) concept.

Ong said all 92 local authorities in the peninsula had set up the OSCs.

He said the ministry provided training and courses on the OSCs to 1,151 government officers and stakeholders.

“For the long term, we want to set up a training institute to provide training to local authority officers so that they can serve the people more efficiently,” he said.

On the 533 new posts involving the coordination work of OSCs, Ong said 310 vacancies had been filled and the officers had reported to the respective centres from May 1 to yesterday.