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SEREMBAN - Majlis Perbandaran Nilai (MPN) mem-perkenalkan sistem ePBT dalam usaha meningkatkankualiti perkhidmatan kepada seluruh masyarakat di dalamkawasan pentadbirannya.

Yang Dipertuanya, Datuk Abd. Halim Abd. Latif, berkata, .sistem berkenaan mula beroperasi pada 1 Mac lalu me- 'rangkumi tiga komponen utama iaitu sistem aduan, se-makan penyata dan perlesenan boleh dilayari diWWW.mpn.gov.my.. I

"Tiga komponen yang diperkenalkan bersesuaian dengankehendak penduduk dengan sistem yang mampu me- Imudahkan orang awam menyalurkan aduan kepada MPNdengan pantas.

"Malah aduan akan direkodkan mengikut kategori danakan disalurkan kepada jabatan serta pegawai berkenaanuntuk memastikan aduan dapat diatasi dengan segera,"katanya dalam satu kenyataan di sini semalam.

Tambah beliau, semakan penyata pula dibahagikan ke-padatiga iaitu taksiran, sewaandanpelesenan. I

Katanya, taksiran bertujuan memudahkan orang awam Iuntuk membuat semakan penyata cukai taksiran terkinisecara online kerana mereka tidak perlu datang ke pejabatdan hanya boleh melakukannya di rumah. I. "Sewaan memberi peluang kepada orang awam mem- !

buat semakan bil sewaan gerai dan pasar secara online."Pelesenan pula bertujuan memudahkan membuat se-

makan billesen malah pengguna boleh menyemak status!terkini lesen dengan memasukkan nombor akaun lesenmereka," katanya.

Ujarnya lagi, melalui semakan kompaun masyarakat Iboleh membuat semakan kompaun kenderaan yang di~ Ikenakan ke atas kesalahan kompaun kenderaan di kawasan .Nilai Sentral. I

Katanya, beliau berharap orang ramai akan meng-:gunakan sistem yang diperkenalkan itu bagi memastikan .hasrat masyarakat celik teknologi maklumat tercapai. ;

SHAHALAM:The Selan-gor government will goahead with its plan to giveconsumers in the state 20cubic metres of waterfree every month fromnext month and a tariffincrease expected nextyear had no bearing onthe matter, said MenteriBesar Tan Sri AbdulKhalid Ibrahim.

He said SyarikatBekalan Air Selangor SdnBhd (Syabas), the waterconcessionaire for Selan-gor, had no powers to de-termine tariffs and onlythe Water, Energy andCommunications Min-istry could make anychanges, 'That (watertariff) is something thatwe will address later. Asit is, no decisionhas beentaken on it yet. Wewill goaheadwithwbat we haveplanned (give the freewater)," he told a pressconference on Saturday.

Abdul Khalid said thisis in response to the rev-elation by Sekinchan as-semblyman Ng Suee Limin the State Assembly on

Tan Sri Abdul KhalidIbrahim

Wednesday that con-sumers in the Klang Val-ley would face a 37 per

. cent tariff increase forwater, whichwouldmakea cubic metre costRM1.90from next year.

Nghad claimed thatSyabas recently hadbriefed some assembly-men about the impendingincrease.

NQw,users pay 57 senper cubic metre for thefirst 20 cubic metres,RM1.03 per cubic metrefor the next 20 cubic me-tres followedby RM2percubic metre thereafter.

Ministrycanonlyplaythe S1A~

role of mediator in disputes ,'IsSINCE1990, only 1%of the 2.3millionunits of residentialproperties in the country hadnot been completed.

Housing and LocalGovernment MinistrySecretary-General DatukAhmad Fuad Ismail (picture)said another 3%were deliv-ered late.

He said a high delivery ratewas achieved as most of thedevelopers in Malaysia wereresponsible, and also becausethey were governed under theHousing DevelopmentAct1966.

The law makes it mandatory for developersto submit a progress report every six months,or face a minimumpenalty of RM50,OOOto amaximumpenalty of RM250,OOO,or threeyears jail term, or to both.

"Besides going through the report, we alsodo onsite inspections," he said.

And if the consultant who prepared thereport was found to have falsified the details,the architect or engineer concerned wouldfacea RMIOO,OOOpenaltyor imprisonmentfor a term not exceeding fiveyears, or toboth.

Ahmad Fuad said it was also mandatory fordevelopers to submit a financial report annu-ally,or face-a maximumRM250,OOOfine.

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The Ministry is also empow-ered to freeze the account oferrant developers. --

"We have to act.fast,because by the time we wantto freeze their account, themoney would have been takenout from the account. Eventhe board of directors wouldhave changed." -

AhmadFuad advised buyers I

to do their research beforepurchasing property.

He said the contract isbetween the developer andthe house buyer, and theMinistry is not a party to the

agreement."Anyonecan be a buyer, sign the sales and

purchase agreement (SPA), pay 10%,arrangefor a bank loan and own a house. TheMinistry is not involved.

"They don't ask if their (the developers')business is viable or not. Buyers are expect-ed to know what they are doing. If they don'tknow, (then) they should ask.

"Buyers come to us and ask, 'What is theMinistry doing?' But our powers are limited(in issues relating to abandoned projects).The Ministrycan only play the role of a medi-ator. We do not want to frustrate the buyers. rWe want to facilitate matters so that there isa good outcome for them," he said.

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~, ...i..~ltiPU~ 25 Mei - ProjekPlaza Rakyat yang terbengkalai sejak 10tahun lalu tetap akan diteruskan pembinaan-nya, kata Pengarah Hal Ehwal Undang--Undang Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur(DBKL), Rohayah Karim.

Beliau berkata, walaupun projek itu telahlama terbengkalai, namun pembinaannya iatetap akan diteruskan kerana lokasinya yangstrategik iaitu di tengah-tengah ibu kota sertapembinaan bertujuan memberi kemudahankepada semua pihak. .

Sehubungan itu, kata beliau, satu memo-randum persefallaman (MoU) akan ditanda-tahgani oleh DBKL, Kementerian WilayahPersekutuan dan pemajunya, Plaza RakyatSdn. Bhd. pada awal Julai ini.

"Projek ini akan diteruskan walaupun sebe-lum ini ia terbengkalai agak lama disebabkanpemaju asal menghadapi masalah kewanganakibat kegawatan ekonomi pada 1997," kata-nya pada Program Bertemu Media di sinibaru-baru ini.

Rohayah berkata, memandangkan PlazaRakyat merupakan salah satu projek pen-swastaan yang dilaksanakan oleh DBKL,ma-ka tidak tinibul soal ia akan dihentikan.

Tambahan pula, katanya, struktur asas ba-

ngunan itu telah siap dan hanya memerlukankeIja-keIja untuk menyempurnakan bangu-nan itu sahaja.

Beliau menambah, walaupun projek terse-but telah terbengkalai, namun pemantauandilaksanakan setiap maSa bagi mengelakkansebarang kejadian yang tidak diingini berlakudi situ.

Beliau turut menafikan berlaku pencerobo-han oleh orang awam atau penagih dadah kekawasan pembinaan tersebut.

"Kawasan itu dip agar dan dikawal olehpengawal setiap masa dan orang awam tidakdibenarkan sarna sekali berkeliaran di kawa-san itu.

"Selain itu, pemaju turut melakukan pe-nyemburan kabus di kawasan berkenaan bagimengelakkan kawasan binaan tersebut men-jadi temp at pembiakan nyamuk aedes," kata-nya.

Sehubungan itu, beliau meminta orang ra...mai supaya tidak menyalah tafsir sekiranyamelihat orang keluar masuk ke kawasan ber-kenaan kerana mereka adalah pekeIja yangsedang melaksanakan tugas.

Baru-baru ini, Utusan Malaysia melapor-kan mengenai desakan orang ramai supayaprojek Plaza Rakyat dipulilikan kerana iabukan sahaja mencacatkan landskap KualaLumpur malah diperlukan bagi mengganti-kan Hentian Puduraya yang sesak.

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sebaliknya.

"Tidakperlu menunggu la-gi, saya mahu ketua polis

BATANG KALI:Semuadaerah menurunkan kuasaketua polis daerah d

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i kepada anggota mereka me-Selangor diarahkan. nyaman kedai besi burukmengeluarkan saman ...yang tumbuh b~gaikan cen-

duakali seminggu terhadap \4a:wan se1epashujanini.premis pembeliilllbarangan '~Aduan diterima pendu-lusuh dan terpakai yang duk tempatan bahawa ba-membeli besiburuk curi dan nyak barangan curi sepertimelanggar undang-undang barangan elektrik terpakai,bagi membendung kegiatan besi dan keluli dijual secarajenayah yang semakin ber- terbuka kepada pemilik pre-leluasa, berkuat kuasa ser- mis barangan itu," katanyata-merta. pada program dialog ber-

KetuaPolisSelangor,Datuk sarna jawatankuasa pendu-Khalid Abu Bakar, berkata duk dan program Kembaraketua balai polis juga digesa Bermotosikal Kempen Pen-mengerahkan anggotanyale- cegahan Jenayah dan Kese-bib kerap menggeledahkedai lamatan Jalan raya Selangorbesi buruk. di sini, kelmarin.

Di samping itu, katanya, Hadir sama, PegawaiDae-polis akan meningkatkan arah Hulu Selangor, Norkerjasaina dengan pihak Hisham Ahmad Dahlan, Ke-berkuasa tempatan (PBT) tua Polis Daerah Hulu Se-bagi mengesan premis langor, Superintendan Norelyang menjalankan pernia- Azmi Yahya Affandi dan

, gaan membeli barangan Yang Dipertua Majlis Da-terpakai itu secara sah atau erah Hulu Selangor

(MDHS), Tukiman Nail.Terdahulu, Khalid menja-

wab .pertanyaan mengenaiisu kecurian yang semakinberleluasa di Hulu Selangoryang dikemukakan KetuaKampung Sungai Masindisini, ketika sesiraniah mesrabersama wakil JawatankuasaKeselamatan dan KemajuanKampung OKKK) dan Ka-wasan Rukun Tetangga(KRT).

Katanya,penjualanbesibu-ruk yang dicuri dari masjid,taman perumahan dan kam-pung itu dilakukan penje-nayah terdiri 'warga tempa-tan dan asingsetiaphari tan-pa bimbang dan takut.

"Kegiatan jenayah ini di-lakukan penagih dadah danwarga asing yang mencarijalan mudah mendapatkanwang dengan menjual ba-rangan curi di kedai ber-kenaan. Mereka yang disa-bitkan dengan kes itu perludisaman dan ditangkap se-kiranya terbukti bersalah.

"Setiap hari ada pening-katan kejadian kecurian besiburuk di Selangor.Tindakandrastik ini langkahwajarme-nyelamatkan keadaan dari-pada terus menjadi serius,"katanya.

Khalid berkata, polis me-ngesan sindik~tmenjual besiburuk didaJarigipemilikpre-mis berkenaan yang sentiasamemberikan kerjasama ke-pada penjenayah.

"Apabila siasatan (sesuatukes kecuriap) dilakukan, po-lis mendapati barangan yanghilang itu dapat ditemui se-mula di premis yang disyakiitu. Pemiliknya tidak serikmelakukan kesalahan samaitu.

"Di Hulu Selangor,tiga ka-wasan mencatatpeningkatankes kecurian besi buruk iaituSerendah, Bukit Beruntungdan Bandar Barn Batang Ka-li. Banyak rumah dan lotkedai yang kosong disewapengusaha perniagaan ini,"katanya.

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Seeingred overshoddyjob

. By Halim Saidhafimsajd@nst.com,my

SUBANG JAYA: The MutiaraPerdana Apartments in PJS7Bandar Sunway are l~eady foroccupancy, hut housebuyersare seeing red over the failureofits developer to deliver unitsin good condition,

"Most of the lmits are in re-ally had shape, The electricalfittings are poorly instaUedand some do not even have anywiring,

"The same can be said forthe pipeworks," said ZainJYahya, ti1e housing scheme'sresidents' represental;ve '

The apartments, whichwere latmched in 2002, com-l>rise four blocks 01'232 units,

In spite of the incompletecondition of the flats, house-huyers were appalled to learnthat the Subang Jaya Mwuci-pal Council (MPSJ) bad nev-erthless granted Ille develop-ment a Certificate of Fiiness ofOccupation (CF),

"The CF was awarded inApril last year, but the utilitiesare stili not in order," said Zai'IU, adding that the developerwas also a year late in meetingthe delivery date of tile units,as stipulated in the sales andpurchase agreement.

hI fact, the developer, for allintents and pmposes, nolonger exists,

"The developer, WestcomtCorporation Sdn Bhd, wluchmanaged tlus property, wasdissolved fow' months afterthe CFwas issued," he said,

Zailu's ll'ustration echoedthe sentiments of many fellowhouse buyers,

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"As housebuyers, we ,neverfailed to pay the instalments,But look at what tile developerdid to ow' dream house," hesaid,

That ITustration is shared byJessica Tan, 36, who said thatshe has live in a rented placeelsewhere, as her Mutiara

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poking outfrom the wall,

Perdana flat lacks electricalwirings and pipeworks,

"It is a bmden for us havingto pay the instaIments for theapartment and also omrentals elsewhere, said Tan,

She said the residents hadforwarded their complaints tothe Local Goverll1l1ent andHousing Ministry severaltimes, and also met up withMPSJ president Datuk AdnanMd lkhsan to air theirgrievances, but to no avail,

"WJ've been told by ministryofficials that tlley are review-ing om five per cent rectifica-tion claim in case of developerdefault and the S&P contract isto be subnlitted to theMalaysia msolvency Depart-ment.

"The claJms comprise resi-dents' fimds to repair theirunits, but if they are renlittedby the department, they wouldnot be retll1'ned to us, Theywould only go to the developerand its creditors," said Tan,

Zaini Vahya: Residents aresuffering due to shoddy job,

Jessica T~n: Complaintsforwarded to localGovernment and HousingMinistry

But the residents' com-plaints have not gone un-heard, as Subang Jaya assem-blyman Hannah Yeoh and Ke-lana Jaya member of Parlia-ment Loh' Gwo Bmne visitedthe housebuyers recently tolisten to their grievances,

Following the meeting, Yeohsaid that she will discuss theresidents' issues with MPSJsoon,

"I've been told that some ofthem had to take matters intotheir own hands and fork outat least RM7,OOOto get theirunit's electricity and watersystems in order,

"That is for occnpants whocan afford to pay such anamount. But what ahont thosewho camlot afford the rectifi-cation fee at all?," she said,

Yeoh said she hopes that the

state goverll1l1ent will scruti-nise the developer, which stillconducts business under a dif-ferent name,

"The company history mustbe checked throughly, If it isdeternlined that they failed tocomplete a housing project,then they shouldnot be given alicense for other projects, asthis will only create moreproblems for the people," shesaid,

Meanwhile, Loh said he willhighlight the housing issue inParliament. He said'develop-ers who flouted their contractsmust be blacklisted,

When contacted by Streets,MPSJ deputy president Yusof

Ghazali said he was aware ofthe residents' problems andwas working on its solution,

"We have dealt with the de-veloper before and theypronlised three months ago tosort out the issue in phases,"

. he said,"On the issuance of the CF,

we had only granted a tempo-rary CF, as opposed to a fullone, Om decision was basedon a report from the technicaldepartment, and inspectionsby the Fire and Rescue de-partment and Syahas,

"This temporary CF is re-newed every year," he said,adding that it was issued afterthe residents had demanded it.