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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