YB Dr Tan Seng Giaw (MP of Kepong) with residents of Taman Kepong at the FT Land & Mines Office
30 December 2010 (Thursday)
A group of eight representatives from Taman Kepong Action Group (TKAG) accompanied YB Dr Tan Seng Giaw (Member of Parliament, Kepong) to meet the Director of Federal Territories Lands and Mines Office at Federal House, Jalan Sultan Hishamuddin, KL.
Latif bin Ali, Deputy Director, who sat in the meeting confirmed that :
(a) There are two phases of Taman Kepong involved. Phase One is made up of 524 houses, while Phase Two has another 600 houses. Therefore, there is a total of 1124 houses in the entire housing estate.
(b) For Phase One of the houses, En Latif confirmed that the layout plan has been certified by the Survey and Mapping Department (JUPEM), only awaiting conversion from Imperial system (i.e. Square Feet) to Metric System (Square Metre). This is consistent with what was mentioned earlier by one of the staff at the Land Office, Encik Azlan (see earlier blog).
(c) Of the 524 houses in Phase One, Latif Ali has confirmed that 48 files have been handed to them by JUPEM. As of today, another 100 files have been delivered to his office. The rest of the 376 files are awaiting JUPEM's final conversion from Square Feet to Square Metre. This has to be done to facilitate the calculations for Quit Rent.
(d) En Latif's department is in charge of REGISTRATION of title. This is the final stage in which the final title will be registered and issued to houseowners of Taman Kepong.
(e) However, housebuyers of Phase Two would have to wait a little longer in order for JUPEM to conduct the survey and mapping of the area. According to En Latif, this will take about two months, depending on how soon JUPEM can complete the survey of the area.
(f) The Taman Kepong Action Group will continue to follow up on the matter until the final title is issued.
(g) On behalf of the residents, YB Dr Tan said he will write an official letter with a set of questions to the FT Land and Mines Office by January 3, 2011. Anyone who has any question to ask the FT Land and Mines Office should email Dr Tan (senggiaw@gmail.com) directly, preferably in Bahasa Malaysia.
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