VAEA Public Notice

Please be informed that the following Acts of Parliament are the ONLY legislative provisions that govern and regulate the ownership, administration, maintenance and management of stratified commercial and residential properties in the country:

• Strata Titles Act,1985 (Act 318) [ST Act] ; and
• Building and Common Property [Maintenance and Management] Act, 2007 (Act  663) [BCPMM Act]

New Schedules G, H, I & J Gazetted

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Budget 2008 - Stamp Duty (Remission) (No. 3) Order 2007

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PAM Contract 2006

The Pertubuhan Akitek Malaysia (PAM) 2006 has been officially launched by YB Dato' Seri S Samy Vellu, Minister of Works on 5 April 2007, Thursday.

The PAM Contract 2006 is available for sale at RM12.00 per copy (With Quantities) and RM10.00 (Without Quantities) and can purchased at:

Pusat Binaan Sdn Bhd
c/o PAM Centre
4 & 6 Jalan Tangsi
50480 Kuala Lumpur
T: 03-2693 2843 (SK Victor)

Real Property Gains Tax (Exemption) (No.2) Order 2007

The Real Property Gains Tax (RPGT) has been removed by way of an exemption order. Click here to download.

New Property Laws Passed

The following property-related laws have been given the Royal Assent and is available for download. The dates for the enforcement will be released soon. For printed copies, please contact Percetakan Nasional Malaysia Berhad (PNMB) KL Bookshop at 03-92366888 ext 6912

• Act 1289 - Housing Development (Control and Licensing) (Amendment) Act 2007
• Act 1290 - Strata Titles (Amendment) Act 2007
• Act 1286 - Street, Drainage and Building (Amendment) Act 2007
• Act 1287 - Architects (Amendment) Act 2007
• Act 663 - Building and Common Property (Maintenance and Management) Act 2007

PAPER : An Analysis of Competitiveness of Housing Developers in Malaysia

June 2006
by Assoc Prof Abdul Rashid Abdul Aziz
Ho Shiew Yi
School of Housing Building and Planning
University Sains Malaysia
Penang

Extract

Introduction

In 2004-2005, a research was conducted to determine the resources required to compete in the speculative housing development sector in Malaysia. It was funded by INSPEN under the NAPRIC programme. While practitioners may intuitively know what these resources are, this study makes them explicit by adopting the scholastic approach. As promised to the respondents, this paper makes public the research findings of the study. It begins by describe the adopted research methodology before dwelling briefly on the research outcome.

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