News about PPR

ISKANDAR PUTERI (Aug 18): The state government has started deducting the People's Housing Project (PPR) rental payments directly from tenants’ monthly financial aid since last month, said Johor Housing, Communications and Multimedia Committee chairman Dzulkefly Ahmad.

PUTRAJAYA (Aug 17): The findings of the forensic investigation into the Aug 2 incident where a lift malfunctioned and plunged at the Kampung Kerinchi People's Housing project (PPR) will be released next week, said Federal Territories Minister Khalid Abdul Samad (pictured).

PUTRAJAYA (Aug 14): The full report of the forensic investigation into the incident where a lift plunged at the Kampung Kerinchi People's Housing project (PPR) in Kuala Lumpur will be submitted on Friday (Aug 16), said Federal Territory Minister Khalid Abdul Samad.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 12): City Hall (DBKL) is in the process of replacing lifts older than 10 years at people’s housing projects (PPR), Lembah Pantai lawmaker Fahmi Fadzil said yesterday.

GEORGE TOWN (Aug 10): A total of 1,746 out of 6,707 lifts in Penang are operating with expired certificates of fitness (CF), according to state Department of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) director, Jaafar Leman.

KOTA BHARU (Aug 8): The Sultan of Kelantan Sultan Muhammad V yesterday ordered the state government to provide houses under the Housing Projects for the Hardcore Poor (PPRT) at Wakaf Mek Zainab here to seven families who were made homeless in a fire in Kampung Dusun Muda last Monday.

PETALING JAYA: All local authorities must take proper measures to make sure lifts in all the country’s public flats are safe to use, The Star reported Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye saying today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 3): The lift plunge horror incident at the people's housing project (PPR) Kampung Kerinchi was a “freak accident that should not have happened”, Federal Territories Minister Khalid Abdul Samad was reported saying by The Star today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 2): Expressing shock over a lift accident today, Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail has called for a comprehensive maintenance audit to be conducted at all People’s Housing Project (PPR).

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 2): Eight people, including a child, were injured after lift at the Kampung Kerinchi People's Housing Project (PPR), failed and plummeted from the fifth floor this afternoon.