Appoint Our Own Private Management Company
Hi all, We might be able to appoint our own private management company from next year. Check out the latest news, which I copy below: Bernama.com Malaysian National News Agency New Legislation To Protect Apartment Buyers Will Be Tabled Next Year General September 06, 2006 17:09 PM KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 6 (Bernama) -- From next year, apartment owners in Malaysia may be allowed to appoint private management companies to manage and maintain their apartments even before they get their strata titles. A legislation to facilitate such arrangement, which apartment owners have been pressing for, would be tabled next year, Deputy Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Azizah Mohamed Dun told the Dewan Rakyat Wednesday. \\\"We are still discussing the proposed Bill with the Attorney-General's Chambers. It will be presented to the cabinet for approval before it can be tabled in the Dewan Rakyat next year,\\\" she said in reply to Tan Sri Dr K.S.Nijhar (BN-Subang). Under the existing law, apartment owners are not allowed to appoint any management companies to manage and maintain their apartment blocks until they receive their strata titles from the developer. Azizah added that apartment buyers who are not satisfied with the quality of service and maintenance provided by the developers should complain to the ministry. -- BERNAMA

Hi tks, This is very good news for all the apartment buyers, including us :D hmm..do u know if no CF, still can appoint our own management company? JDA still under TCF status....

Have to wait for the announcement for more details, but I think should be no problem. In the meantime, may be we can complain the the ministry regarding the service provided by the developer appointed management company, especially the security.Azizah added that apartment buyers who are not satisfied with the quality of service and maintenance provided by the developers should complain to the ministry. This is where the RA committee comes in. But keeping silent, its already 1 month since the AGM.

and the \"Keeping Mum\" award goes to....

Management Of High Rise Apartments
There is an item in today's New Straits Times which may interest you all, which I reproduce here. MANAGEMENT OF HIGH-RISE APARTMENTS: Power back in hands of owners By : K. Harinderan and Sri Kuehnlenz KUALA LUMPUR: At least once a month, the lifts stop working at the high-rise apartment block where Liew See Lan lives. "There is little we can do as the developer is the only one with the power over the management company," she said. Soon, though, the housewife and other owners of Bukit Pandan Two condominiums will be able to have a big say in how the property is run. Sometime this month, the residents’ association she leads will meet to form a collective body that will take over running of the property. All she needs is between eight and 12 owners, and up to two representatives from the developer, to form what is called the joint management body (JMB). This JMB will maintain the common property, decide how much to charge for maintenance and collect the charges. It also can sue and be sued. More importantly, it will be able to seize the units of owners who don’t pay their maintenance fees, to be auctioned off to settle what is owed. This major change in the laws regulating high-rise residential buildings came in April, with the the Building and Common Property (Maintenance and Management) Act 2007. These provisions will affect about 500,000 strata-titled units across the country and their two million occupants, as well as millions of ringgit in sinking funds and collected monies. Until April this year, apartment owners spent years — and sometimes decades — waiting for developers to convert master titles into individual strata titles. In that period, developers controlled the upkeep of the property, often appointing subsidiaries or business associates to the role of management company. The law gave little recourse to frustrated owners, many of whom endured poor service from management companies. Problems range from dirty common toilets to leaking roofs and poor lighting in stairwells. Now the JMB will manage the property until the permanent management body is formed after full conversion of the master title. "The relationship between owners and management used to be a no-man’s land. This new law will help to regulate that area," said Chang Kim Loong, secretary-general of the National House Buyers’ Association. An estimated 70 per cent of Malaysia’s stratified residential properties are badly managed, forcing owners and occupants to put up with deplorable conditions, he said. Then again, developers and management companies, too, had problems. Difficulty in collecting maintenance charges was top of the list and they are barred from cutting off the water supply or denying entry as an enforcement measure. Now, owners will share these headaches, too. With the new law, developers of new properties must form the JMB within a year of giving vacant possession. And all developers of existing apartment properties must form the JMB before April 12 next year. So far, three apartment properties have formed and registered their JMBs. Two are in Kuala Lumpur and one in Petaling Jaya. One of them is the Sri Murni condominium off Jalan Duta here. Its developer, IGB Corporation Bhd, held a meeting last month to elect 12 owners to the committee. So the question here is: When are the owners of JDA taking over the management of their apartments? April 12 next year?

by the look of it tks, probably april next year. just hope our sinking fund is still in the bank account....

ahh... bjd sepatutnya mengemukan akaun teraudit pada atau sebelum 12 Oktober 2007. lagi dua bulan... :lol:

Dear Kee, I have forwarded an article on recent changes to property development laws in pdf format to jalildamai@gmail.com, can you please check if you receive it and if you can assist to download the article here? Thanks! Anyway, here is the summary. On 12 April 2007, amendments to 4 existing Acts governing and affecting the property development industry, namely the Housing Development (Control and Licensing) Act 1966, Street, Drainage % Building Act 1974, Architect Act 1967, Strata Titles Act 1985 and the new Building and Common Property ( Maintenance and Management) Act 2007 came into force. The article seeks to highlight the key changes brought about by these amendments and new laws. For the New Building and Common Property (Maintenance and Management) Act 2007, it seeks to regulate the maintenance and management of common properties within a strata title development from the date of delivery of vacant possession of the parcel until the date of issuance of strata titles and the formation of the management corporation. The main features of the New Act are summarized as follows: Commissioner of Buildings A Commissioner of Buildings (Commissioner) will be appointed by the State Authority in respect of a local authority area for the purposes of administrating and carrying out provision of the New Act. It is the duty of the developer to convene the first meeting of the JMB, otherwise the Commissioner may appoint a person to convene the first meeting and the developer will be guilty of an offence. The quorum for the first meeting is one-quarter of the purchasers who have paid their maintenance changes. Joint Management Body The New Act requires a Joint Management Body (JMB) comprising the developer and the purchasers to be established within 12 months from the date of delivery of vacant possession. However, for buildings completed before commencement of the New Act ( ie 12 April 2007) where the vacant possession of parcel has been delivered and the management corporation has yet to be established, the JMB must be established within 12 months from 12 April 2007. Building Maintenance Account A developer is required to open and maintain a Building Maintenance Account (BMA) before the delivery of vacant possession ( also before the formation of the JMB). Collection of maintenance and management charges from purchasers is prohibited until the BMA is opened. A proper audited account of the BMA and a copy of the audited report must be submitted to the Commissioner within 14 days of the accounts being audited. Failure to perform this duty is an offence which is liable to a fine of RM10,000 to RM100,000 and RM1,000 for every day during the offence is continued after conviction. In respect of a building which has been completed on or before the commencement of the New Act( and the management corporation has not been established) and the developer has been collecting maintenance and management charges from the purchasers, the developer may continue to do so until the JMB is established without opening of BMA. In that event, the developer shall within 6 months from the commencement of the New Act( ie 12 April 2007) submit the audited accounts for moneys collected as expended. I believe, with the New Act, the complaints and grievances against JDA's current management shall be addressed! Cheers!

kalo si bjd ta'da kemuka akaun audit atau tak tubuh jmb lu punya chinapek kat kementerian perumahan mau buat apa? indah khabar dari rupa.......

The management is very "pandai" in using the Act 663 Building and Common Properties Act to raise the service charge, i hope they r also smart enough to notice that security is not effective at all, we still paying commercial water rates...and there is still no audited a/c to see...still paying expensive cukai tanah...etc etc I dont agree to increase the service fee until we set up the new Joint Committee under the NEW ACT. Can RA write to the management to oppose to the increase until we set up the new Joint Committee?? which the developer/management is supposed to arrange under THE NEW ACT!!

gua dengar agm lalu hanya segelintir penduduk hadir. macam ni lebih baik kita semua sembunyi bawah selimut je...

isu-isu semua pun sama je year in year out....semua dah boring kut...yang tukar banyak kali tu management je. did anyone see a myvi parked outside has got its two wheels stolen last tuesday? (front and back). we shall see how long will it take the management to heighten the fence....

kalo pasal jawatankuasa sendiri pun penduduk tak endah, apatah lagi nak buat kecoh kat pejabat bjd? gua rasa kalo gua mogok dalam jalil damai, lu orang kata gua kurang siuman. gua rasa gua sorang saje dok bawah mentari terik memekik. usah naik pagar kos beribu ribu. gua sudah syor kita kutip duit pasang barb wire buat macam abu ghraib.......