State and Federal working together to build houses

Housing for 500
By K.KASTURI DEWI


SOME 500 poor and squatter families will benefit from a Public Housing Project (PPR) which will be implemented for the first time in Penang’s southwest district.

The RM35mil project will be undertaken on a 4.2ha land next to the Puspakom premises in Teluk Kumbar.

State Town and Country Planning and Housing Committee chairman Wong Hon Wai said the project was different from the previous six PPR projects which had been implemented in the state.

“For the Teluk Kumbar project, the state has allocated land worth some RM10mil and the project is financed by the Federal Govern-ment which will also appoint the contractor,” he said at a press conference in Komtar yesterday.

He said the six PPR projects were undertaken by the state government with collaboration from the private sector.

He said work on the Teluk Kumbar project was expected to start soon and finish in 2011.

“Priority will be given to poor and squatter families with a household income of less than RM700 per month and they will first have to attend an interview.

“The successful applicants can rent the units for three years and the tenure will be extended two more years if they want to rent for a longer duration,” he said.

He said the applicants must be registered with the Penang Housing Department.

Wong said the state would also submit its proposal to the Federal Government to build PPR projects under the additional RM200mil package announced by Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak during the Mini Budget 2009 on Tuesday.

“We hope to use the PPR project at Teluk Kumbar as our model to spearhead similar projects by wor-king together with the Federal Go-vernment to benefit the people,” he said.

黃漢偉：檳政府與中央為人民合作‧公巴組屋料2年後竣工
2009-03-12 17:17

黃漢偉展示西南區首個人民組屋發展計劃的地點，西南區人民組屋將建在公巴的電腦驗車中心旁。（圖：星洲日報）
（檳城）檳州城市及鄉村規劃、房屋委員會主席黃漢偉宣佈，州政府在上週的行政議會通過與中央政府合作，在公巴推出人民組屋發展計劃，這計劃預料將在2年後竣工。

他說，公巴是西南區首個推出人民組屋發展計劃的地點，這也是州政府與中央政府的合作成果。

州政府撥地中央撥款

他說，在此發展計劃中，州政府撥出10.4依格的地段，作為建造500個每間700平方尺的組屋單位，而中央政府則將通過房地部的撥款、遴選承包商、興建組屋、提供組屋的基本設施及確保工程可以如期完工。

“州政府所撥出的土地位於公巴電腦驗車中心旁，根據檳州產業估價局作出的估價，有關土地的價格為1010萬令吉。”

他說，政府興建人民組屋的目的，是為了讓窮苦人民能夠有個棲身之處，同時也成為政府重新安頓非法木屋居民及受到政府發展計劃影響的居民的計劃。

檳州已有6人民組屋計劃

他說，檳州已有6個人民組屋計劃，包括再納阿比丁路Taman Manggis人民組屋、雙溪檳榔路人民組屋、安邦惹惹人民組屋、Taman Bagan Jaya人民組屋、威中Desa Wawasan人民組屋及威北Ampangan人民組屋。

他說，目前州政府並沒有需要申請人民組屋人數的確實數據，不過共有6000人正在廉價組屋及中低價組屋申請的等待名單內。

另外，針對副首相兼財政部長納吉在迷你財政預算案中，公佈將撥出2億令吉予全國興建人民組屋，黃漢偉認為，中央政府應該在此措施上採取公平的態度，將有關撥款平分予每個州屬。