By : SHALINA R
THE FEDERAL and State civil
servants in Sabah will have the opportunity to own affordable quality
residential property, priced at 25 to 35 per cent lower than the local market
rate, through the 1Malaysia Civil Servants Housing or PPA1M scheme in the
future.
“The process has already
begun in Sabah. Both the state and federal governments are looking for a
suitable land for the implementation of PPA1M,” said Chief Secretary to the
Government of Malaysia Tan Sri Dr. Ali Hamsa.
He was speaking at a
gathering of State and Federal civil servants at Yayasan Sabah in Kota Kinabalu
on June 11th.
According to the Chief
Secretary, a potential location has been identified in Tuaran. He said the vast
area of land at the site can accommodate more than 1000 housing units that will
most likely be of landed-property type.
Ali Hamsa said that a study
will be conducted to determine the housing prices. The financial capability of
federal and state civil servants working in Sabah, current market rates and
cost of construction are factors that will be taken into consideration.
He indicated that the pricing would be lower than the market prices
here. “The Mudah Cara Fund will help to reduce the prices of units without
compromising quality,” he said.
Saying that the project
could begin as early as 2014, Ali Hamsa estimated that all the planning
pertaining to this scheme and land matter can be resolved within six months.
“Once the land matter is resolved, we can move very fast to implement this
scheme here,” he told reporters.
Introduced as a step to
overcome the increasing demand for housing assistance, the PPA1M pilot project
was launched in Putrajaya in April 2013. According to the Chief Secretary, the
demand for housing currently stands at 110,000 units. He said the waiting list
for living quarters in Putrajaya alone has increased by 7000 to 8000. (Insight
Sabah).
GATHERING
....State and Federal Government servants came from across the state to attend
the gathering.
Kerajaan Persekutuan, melaluil Pejabat Setiausaha Persekutuan Sabah, akan membangunkan lebih 1,000 unit rumah khasnya untuk kakitangan perkhidmatan awam Persekutuan dan Negeri di Sabah di satu kawasan yang telahpun dikenal pasti di Tuaran.
ReplyDeleteKetua Setiausaha Tan Sri Dr Ali Hamsa, berkata perkara itu khususnya berkaitan tanah berkenaan, kini sedang dirunding antara Kerajaan Persekutuan dan Negeri.
ReplyDeleteBerharap rundingan itu, khasnya tentang hal tanah, dapat diselesaikan tidak lama lagi, beliau berkata sebaik ia selesai mereka dapat mempercepatkan proses pelaksanaan projek itu.
Beliau berkata projekyang dicadangkan di Tuaran itu akan menjadi projek pertama di Sabah kerana Kerajaan Persekutuan merancang untuk membangunkan projek perumahan serupa khasnya di bandar utama seperti Sandakan dan Tawau di mana juga terdapat keperluan mendesak untuk rumah dalam kalangan kakitangan perkhidmatan awam.
ReplyDelete"Rumah yang kami dirikan dibuka bagi semua penjawat awam Persekutuan dan Negeri di Sabah untuk dibeli dan dimiliki," katanya semasa pertemuannya dengan penjawat awam Persekutuan dan Negeri di Auditorium Tun Ahmad Raffae di Yayasan Sabah.
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