Housing woes in Sabah to be solved : Dr. Yee
Saturday, 28 June 2003 (Source: Sabah Times)

KOTA KINABALU: Api Api Assemblyman Dr Yee Moh Chai said Local Government and Housing Minister Datuk Salleh Said Keruak has assured to tackle the housing problems in the state.

He said the Minister gave the assurance when he called on him at his office here yesterday.

Dr Yee who is also PBS Deputy President said he raised the issue of consent clause that has been unfairly used against house buyers in most sales and purchase agreements. “And the Minister in response, assured he will direct his housing controller to look into the matter so that in the future the consent clause will be fair and reasonable to the house buyers.”

On the developers’ refusal to provide an account of management fees and deposits collected, Dr Yee said Salleh had also agreed to direct his housing controller to ensure there would be a specific clause in future agreements to state that house buyers have a right to the account.

He added that in the meantime, the Minister has appealed to housing developers to provide the account to the house buyers.

On the issuance of strata titles, the Minister has also promised to do all he could to speed up the issuance of these titles.

“In fact the Beverly Hill apartment purchasers will get their strata titles soon as I was told by the Minister that the titles are now being printed,” Dr Yee said.

He hoped that the developers adopt the right attitude towards the strata title issue.

According to him, the Minister also said developers should act as trustee during the period when they are the interim management corporation.

“And if they do their work professionally, then the problem the house buyers faced today would not have occurred,” Dr Yee said.

Meanwhile, he said the Minister would meet with the developer of the Peak Condominium to resolve some issues which the buyers have raised.