New law needed to smoothen redevelopment process of old buildings

TANJUNG BUNGAH (March 8): Penang Housing, Town, Country Planning and Local Government Committee chairman Jagdeep Singh Deo hopes a separate law on urban regeneration could be proposed to the Attorney General’s Chamber (AGC) for consideration to allow for the process to be carried out smoothly.

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重点报道:大马人均居住面积还少过日本?

看看你祖父母位于Petaling Jaya的单层独立式房屋,不但有宽敞的3,000平方尺空间,还有停车空间及绿油油的花园。40年前,这间房子只要价RM100,000。 现在看看你正在居住的900平方尺公寓单位,室外空间只有一个小小的阳台和两个前后并排的停车位。这个单位在5年前要价RM450,000。 所以,你发现这些年来,我们房子的空间缩小了多少吗? 根据联合国人居署(UNCHS),充足空间是居住环境的重点。所以,现在的问题是,大马人在今日有没有符合人居署的居住空间呢? MKH Bhd集合从房屋部、UNCHS和世界银行采集的数据,撰写了名为“The Quality of Living Space – Larger House Means Better Living Quality”的研究报告显示,澳洲的平均房子空间位于全球之冠,有2,592平方尺,紧接的是美国(2,163平方尺)和加拿大(1,948平方尺)。 有趣的是,马来西亚排名在全球第九,平均房屋面积有1,264平方尺,也是唯一挤入前10名的亚洲国家。 不过,该报告也指出,房子面积和个人平均生活面积是两回事,因为房子面积不能反映个人生活的面积和品质,比方说,菲律宾每间房子平均住了5个人,但瑞典却只有两个人。 所以,人均居住面积能够更准确地反映当地的生活品质。 在大马,人均居住面积是293.

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‘Some planned PR1MA projects may be scrapped’

SEMENYIH (Feb 21): The housing and local government ministry said that the 1Malaysia People’s Housing Programme (PR1MA) is currently being reviewed and that some of its proposed projects that are deemed unviable may be scrapped.

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