Will the people of Taman Kepong get their Permanent Title after 43 years?
LET'S SEE IF NAJIB'S SLOGAN RAKYAT DIUTAMAKAN WILL MEAN ANYTHING? RESIDENTS HAVE ALREADY APPROACHED THEIR LOCAL MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT, YB DR TAN SENG GIAW TO HELP. FOR 53 YEARS SINCE MALAYSIA BECAME INDEPENDENT, THE LAND LAWS HAVE NOT BEEN REVISED TO PROTECT THE HOUSEBUYERS. YB DR TAN HAS AGREED TO RAISE THIS IN THE PARLIAMENT SOON.
14 NOVEMBER 2010
YB DR TAN SENG GIAW
MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT KEPONG
DEAR YB DR. TAN
40 YEARS OF NEGLECT
RESIDENTS OF TAMAN KEPONG HAVE SUDDENLY AWAKENED TO THE FACT THAT THEIR LAND TITLE ISSUE HAS BEEN NEGLECTED FOR THE PAST 40 YEARS SINCE PURCHASING THEIR HOMES IN THE EARLY 1960S/70S. MY FAMILY AND I HAVE ALSO LIVED IN THIS HOUSING ESTATE, AND I ONLY CAME TO KNOW ABOUT IT SLIGHTLY OVER A WEEK AGO.
ON BEHALF OF MY MOTHER AND THE OTHER RESIDENTS IN TAMAN KEPONG, WE URGE YOU TO EXPOSE THIS ISSUE AND RAISE IT UP IN THE PARLIAMENT TO ASK BOTH THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND THE MINISTRY OF LAND AND COOPERATIVES WHY LAND TITLE ISSUES HAVE CONTINUED TO PLAQUE HOUSEBUYERS.
THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING & LOCAL GOVERNMENT IS SUPPOSED TO MONITOR THE DEVELOPERS TO ENSURE THAT THEY FULFIL THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES TO THE HOUSEBUYERS. THE MINISTRY OF LAND AND COOPERATIVES IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE LOOKED INTO ISSUES OF LAND AND RESOLVE THEM A LONG TIME AGO, INSTEAD OF ALLOWING THINGS TO CONTINUE TO DRAG FOR SO LONG.
NOW, AFTER NUMEROUS CALLS TO THE FEDERAL TERRITORY LAND OFFICE, I AM TOLD THAT THERE MUST BE AN APPLICATION FOR LAND TITLE EITHER BY THE DEVELOPER OR THE HOUSEBUYERS, BEFORE IT WILL BE PROCESSED. WHY? DOESN’T PURCHASING A HOUSE ALSO INCLUDE THE LAND AS WELL? IF THE DEVELOPER HAS FAILED TO DELIVER, WHO IS AT FAULT NOW?
WHEN I CONTACTED THE FEDERAL TERRITORY LAND OFFICE, THEY ALSO BLAMED THAT THE SURVEYORS DEPARTMENT FOR NOT PROVIDING THEM WITH THE SURVEYORS’ LAYOUT PLAN. I WAS GIVEN A MOBILE NUMBER OF SOMEONE TO CONTACT THE SURVEYORS DEPARTMENT. IN THE END, THERE WAS THIS “DING DONG” STORY.
AS RAKYAT, WE DEMAND THAT THE FEDERAL TERRITORY LAND OFFICE AND SURVEYORS DEPARTMENT BUCK UP AND SOLVE THIS ISSUE IN TWO MONTHS AND HOPEFULLY THIS CAN BE AN ANGPOW FOR US JUST BEFORE THE CHINESE NEW YEAR ON FEBRUARY 3 NEXT YEAR. THERE ARE ISSUES THAT I CAME TO KNOW ABOUT: TAMAN DAYA AND SRI DELIMA, OF WHICH THEIR MPS AND STATE ASSEMBLYMEN SHOULD ALSO RAISE THE ISSUE. WE CANNOT ALLOW THE LAND ISSUES TO CONTINUE TO PLAQUE HOUSEBUYERS. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!
WHILE YOU RAISE THIS ISSUE IN PARLIAMENT, I WILL ALSO WRITE PERSONALLY TO NAJIB@PMO.GOV.MY AND SIDEK@PMO.GOV.MY TO INSIST ON THE PRIME MINISTER AND THE CHIEF SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE AND OTHER LAND-RELATED MATTERS URGENTLY IN LINE WITH THE PRIME MINISTER’S PROMISE OF “RAKYAT DIUTAMAK
AN” AND HIS GOVERNMENT TRANSFORMATION PLAN (GTP); OTHERWISE, THIS IS NOTHING BUT AN EMPTY SLOGAN.
THANK YOU.