Retirement Home & Lifestyle: The Australian Experience
4 August 2010 
by Dato' Michael Yam
President, REHDA
BUDGET CONSULTATION 2011
THEME: TOGETHER, STRIVING TOWARDS A HIGH-INCOME ECONOMY
With due cognizance of the budget theme ‘Together, Striving Towards a High Income Economy’ and the aspirations of the Nation as expounded in the Government Transformation Plan, the New Economic Model and the Tenth Malaysia Plan, REHDA Malaysia would wish to submit the below listed for due consideration of implementation for Budget 2011.
Housing Industry: Opportunities and Challenges
12th International Surveyor's Congress
by Dato' Michael Yam
Deputy President, REHDA
Deputy President, REHDA
SPEECH : REHDA President, Datuk Ng Seing Liong, J.P. At The Official Opening Ceremony Of MAPEX 2010 At MVEC On 19 MARCH 2010
"MAPEX is a testimony of REHDA’s commitment towards promoting the housing and property investment and home ownership amongst the Malaysian public. Held over the last 12 years to drive investment and ownership based on the “under one roof” concept, MAPEX has proven to be very relevant to the industry, both in good and trying times. We at REHDA will ensure that developers and buyers alike will continue to benefit from the organizing of MAPEX which has remained the only nationwide property exposition in the country."
Property Developers' Perspective: Professional Qualification and Certification of Construction and Project Development Personnel
This paper was presented at the Forum on Professional Certification and Internationalisation of Construction Personnel for Project Excellence on 28 January 2010. The paper covers REHDA's viewpoint of the current state of the industry, the country's aspirations and how best to place our step to become more competitive on an international level.
Foreign Investment Guidelines 2010
The latest FIC Guidelines is effective from 1 January 2010, raising the threshold of non-Malaysian ownership of residential property to those priced at RM500,000 and above, among other matters.
Read REHDA's stand on the matter here. REHDA is currently appealing to the Government for the ruling to be revisited.
An Update on the Malaysian Property Market (2009)
This paper was presented to the media in mid-December detailing the 2009 property scenario using recent statistics by REHDA Institute in collaboration with REHDA Malaysia.
The Malaysian Property Market (August 2009)
This paper was presented at the Malaysian National Real Estate Convention on 11 August 2009 and covers the following areas:
- Malaysia Property Development: The History
- Malaysia Property Development: The Current Scenario
- Malaysia Property Development: Outlook
- Malaysia Property Development:: Issues and Challenges
- Malaysia Property Development: REHDA's Proposal
MEMORANDUM BUDGET 2009
REHDA’s Memorandum of Budget 2009 to the Ministry of Finance on 21 April 2008 are aimed to strengthen the enabling conditions, improve transparency of governance, promote home-ownership and sustain private sector investment in the housing industry.
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]
Water Services Industry Act 2006 (Act 655) Enforced
The Water Service Industry Act 2006 (WSIA), which came into force on 1 January 2008, applies only in Peninsular Malaysia and Federal Territory of Labuan. Following are some highlights of the changes with the enforcement of WSIA.
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)
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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