Saturday October 22, 2011
By YVONNE LIM
PETALING JAYA: The Housing and Local Government Ministry is working on a new Strata Management Act which would help “guide” those living in stratified property.
“Among other things, the new Act would put the guidelines on stratified property owners’ rights and responsibilities in place,” said its minister Datuk Seri Chor Chee Heung.
The new Act will replace the Building and Common Property Maintenance and Management Act, which was passed in 2007.
Chor said the new Act was necessary as selfishness made it difficult for those living in condos, apartments and flats.
He added that many Malaysians were not civic-conscious and were unwilling to pay for management and maintenance fees.
“I have seen unpainted apartment blocks which look terrible,” he said after launching the Real Estate and Housing Developers’ Association Malaysia’s (Rehda) third Malaysia Property Expo (Mapex).
On the affordable housing projects announced by the Government, such as the My First Home scheme, 1Malaysia People’s Housing (PR1MA) and the People’s Housing Program (PPR), Chor said more details would be announced soon.
Chor also said the ministry had successfully revived 83 out of 167 abandoned housing projects.
“The 83 projects involved more than 15,000 abandoned houses and efforts to rescue the remaining 87 are ongoing,” he said.
Under the Budget 2012, RM63mil was allocated to help revive 1,270 abandoned houses.
Chor invited private developers with a good track record to be “white knights” for these projects so that more revival could take place.
Mapex 2011 will run until Oct 23 at Mid Valley Exhibition Centre. Exhibition hours are from 10am to 9pm daily. Admission is free.
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