ALL 42 state housing projects in Penang are being managed on deficit funds as many residents failed to settle their monthly maintenance fees, said state Town, Country Planning and Housing Committee chairman Wong Hon Wai.
Citing the Gat Lebuh Noordin flats as an example, he said RM124,981.49 was spent on maintaining the flats last year but the collection amounted to only RM75,944.80.
“So far, the accumulated debt owed by residents there is RM30,550,” said Wong, adding that 21 owners had not been paying their maintenance fees for two years while one owner owned nine years of fees.
“I appeal to the residents to pay the maintenance fees on time so that the housing department can use the funds to upgrade the infrastructure,” Wong said during a visit to the Gat Lebuh Noorin block of 384 flat units on Wednesday.
Site visit: Wong (yellow shirt) visiting the Gat Lebuh Noordin flats.
He said the RM15 monthly maintenance fee of the Gat Lebuh Noordin flats was the lowest in the state.
On the strata title ownership, he said 69% of Gat Lebuh Noordin flat owners had obtained their strata titles while 37% of Kampung Melayu flat owners and 82% of Rifle Range flat owners had done so.
Wong added that the state government’s long-term objective was to form a joint management body (JMB) and management corporation with the residents in due time.
Wong and Pengkalan Kota assemblyman Lau Keng Ee He will hold a dialogue session with the Gat Lebuh Noordin Flats Residents Association at 8.30pm on Sunday to solve problems faced by residents.
“Reminders have been sent to residents who have not paid maintenance fees for more than three months,” Wong said.
Asked if action would be taken against those who did not pay up, he said the state preferred to listen to the residents first.
As reported in Kwong Wah.
(槟城30日讯)槟州政府房屋部拟开放管理权,邀请组屋居民共组管理层。
掌管槟州城市乡村策划及房屋部委员会的黄汉伟州行政议员于周三,在房屋部官员陪同下巡视土桥尾政府组屋,在场陪同者包括居协主席伍瑞尧及理事成员。会上黄汉伟即指出,州政府正考虑与政府组屋居民联合成立管理层,共同管理这些组屋。
他表示,将在5月4日(星期日)晚上8时30分于土桥尾组屋民众礼堂与居民交流。而之后,他将拟定时间表选择性的周游各政府组屋以便探讨共商管理层事宜。
黄汉伟说,在州内目前共有42座组屋,一共有1万3千个单位,这些组屋包括打枪铺组屋、甘榜马来由组屋、敦沙顿园及敦阿旺组屋等,其中土桥尾现有69巴仙居民已获取分层地契、而打枪铺则82巴仙,唯甘榜马来由组屋则仅37巴仙。有鉴于此,管理权还是操在州政府房屋部手中。
这些组屋皆是廉价屋组屋,每月维修费相比较低,其中土桥尾每月维修费只有15令吉,而打枪埔组屋的维修费也调整至30令吉。
黄汉伟即说,组屋皆面对拖欠维修费问题,每栋组屋皆面对财务赤字困境;再加上维修费低,即使所有居民按时缴交维修费,也不足以应付经常的管理开销。
他举例,土桥尾组屋在彭加兰哥打区是历史最悠久的组屋,在1969年竣工,并于1970年入伙,为一栋16层楼高组屋,拥有383个单位及8间店铺,唯面对的最大挑战是每月征收的维修费过低及管理费用高,每月收到的维修费都用在维修升降机、清洁费和水电费等。
截至2008年4月16日,他说,土桥尾组屋居民共拖欠3万550令吉的维修费,其中21个单位已有2年没有缴维修费,其中一间更是从1999年拖欠至今。
黄汉伟:促进地方自治意识
黄汉伟表示,邀请居民加入成立管理层除了让居民一同管理家园外,也可以在草根民间中推广民主文化,促进地方的自治意识。
他认为,组屋的居协一般上是联谊性质,未能直接参与管理,反之居民比较熟悉本身居住环境及问题,有切身的感受,所以相信更能有效的管理组屋。
不过他说,在组屋管理层须考量的因素是个别政府组屋的财务情况以及涉及的法律细节,以便这些管理层能在财务稳定下良好管理;在记者问及会否资助面对财务不稳定的拟议中的管理层时,他没有正面回应。
在记者问及是否有为共组管理层订下时间表,他只表示,将在下周日与土桥尾组屋居民先对话及了解问题后,才拟定进一步详情;此外在共组管理层事宜也将邀请个别选区的州议员参与探讨。
另一方面,黄汉伟也在巡视时发现民众会堂县挂很多的学业有成的居民子女照片感到哗然;陪同巡视及在场者包括彭加兰哥打区州议员刘敬亿、曹观友国会议员特别助理郑来兴、戴良成市议员、土桥尾房屋部官员慕叻等。
黄汉伟:催收拖欠维修费 需先聆听居民难题
如何有效解决组屋居民拖欠维修费考验政府政治决心?黄汉伟州行政议员即在记者问及是否有政治决心来催收居民拖欠的维修费时,只回应将先聆听居民面对的问题。
他在周三巡视土桥尾组屋时即指出,州内各组屋皆面对不同程度的居民拖欠维修费问题,而他表示由于这些组屋为廉价屋居民,不同于中价屋,所以暗示不便采取太激烈的行动。
不过他有说,在其他居民都缴交维修费,一些居民则拒缴付,是有欠公平的。
他承认法律上已明文规定拖欠维修费的居民可面对法律行动,唯据他说,法律归法律,还是得先了解人民的问题。
当记者问及若他认为拖欠维修费有欠公平时,而组屋则继续面对维修费赤字情况时,政府是否应有够大的政治决心来解决时,他回应说,此次来巡视土桥尾组屋即是政府的政治决心,而在场的伍瑞尧也指出,黄汉伟也是该组屋有史以来首个到来交流的行政长官。
在会上,伍瑞尧也指出,该组屋的第一业主多已获得分层地契,惟第二手或第三手的业主则在申请分层地契时,仍引颈以待。
他表示,针对此问题即希望能在下周日的交流会上,由居民本身提出向房屋部反映,以加快处理分层地契的申请。
针对组屋面对拖欠维修费以及组屋面对低维修费的赤字情况时,他个人表示不反对提高组屋维修费;此外居协也有在组屋内张贴通知要求居民按时缴交维修费,以免影响组屋的管理操作。
他也说,居民希望在下周日的交流上能提出各项面对的民生问题等。
1 comment:
Hon Wai
Is really comforting to hear that you are the first elected official ever to visit flats in Penang. You are right, the residents themselves must be willing to involve in the management of the place they live in. Law no matter how harsh would not make them comply. Perhaps you might be their inspiration to get the residents involve...your success story.
My dream is for Penang flats to be like the Singapore one, one day...hopefully
Cheng Liang
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