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Daily Express
11-05-2025
- Politics
- Daily Express
15 years later, Sabah house buyers are still the victims
Published on: Sunday, May 11, 2025 Published on: Sun, May 11, 2025 Text Size: The news item from the Daily Express of August 2009, refers. More than 15 years have passed. Has the situation improved? Do house or property buyers get their title within months of moving in like in Singapore? Answer is NO. Maybe it will still be the same few years from now, or even 10 years from now. Ministers come and ministers go. Even the State Government has changed 2-3 times since 2009. The situation is still the same. The house buyers are still the sufferers or victims. The present Housing Minister is a former Assistant Housing Minister. Therefore he should know the problem and deal with it quickly from the day he became Minister. Even the officer in charge of housing when he was Assistant Minister also transferred or retired already. Even New who said this 15 years ago also retired already. Even one of the speakers, lawyer Lam also migrated to Canda already. Nothing has changed. Meanwhile the officers concerned are enjoying fat salaries and maybe receiving 'courtesy calls' from developers every now and then. Still no Strata Titles. One such project is the Cyber City Apartments where owners have lived for more than 10 years. A few have died or sold their properties out of frustration. The Strata Title remains a dream. It seems that even the officers in the Ministry cannot 'touch' the developer. Powerful ah? Of course the developers will give all kinds of excuses when questioned. As stated by one of the speakers the Management Corporation (MC) cannot be used as an excuse It's a separate matter. Election is coming soon. I wonder if after election and there is a new Housing Minister, will the situation improve? I certainly hope so but it's only a hope. No wonder my West Malaysian friend said in Sabah anything goes. My advice to the Housing Minister is, instead of concentrating on jailing housing developers, why don't you concentrate on solving simple matters like Strata Titles. Hefty fines and blacklisting developers will do. Jail does not necessarily solve everything. Their relatives or friends can start new companies and projects as their proxies. While house buyers suffer if a project is delayed or abandoned, equally frustrating will be living in a house for more than 10 years with no Strata Title in sight. Sabah Maju Jaya. Housing Victim The views expressed here are the views of the writer and do not necessarily reflect those of the Daily Express. If you have something to share, write to us at: [email protected]
The Star
01-05-2025
- Business
- The Star
Little progress under GRS, time for Warisan to return, says Shafie
KOTA KINABALU: Warisan is ready to return and lead Sabah again, says Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal. The Warisan president said, despite five years in power, the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) government had failed to deliver meaningful progress, with Sabahans still facing the same unresolved issues while its leaders continue to rely on slogans like 'Sabah Maju Jaya.' 'GRS uses the slogan Sabah Maju Jaya, but when I look at it… They've been in power for five years, what progress have we actually seen in Sabah? The surau has no water, the toilets in the state assembly also have no water. What kind of management is this?' he asked during a Kaamatan celebration in Papar, Thursday (May 1). He added that basic infrastructure problem,s such as water shortages and unreliable electricity supply, continue to plague the state, with even the state assembly relying on water tankers to function. In some districts, Sabah is now depending on Sarawak to supply electricity — a situation Shafie described as unacceptable for a state so rich in resources. He said Sabah remains Malaysia's biggest petroleum producer, contributing 37% of the national domestic output, yet has little control over its oil and gas operations. He also claimed that official data backs Warisan's performance during its time in government. Citing the Statistics Department Malaysia, Shafie said his administration had delivered better outcomes in areas such as employment, GDP growth and social cohesion compared to the current state leadership. Shafie also raised concerns over the disappearance of RM400mil in public funds, referring to a court matter that, he said, has yet to be clearly explained. He also reminded the crowd of Warisan's record during its 22-month administration, which included increasing Sabah's GDP to RM85bil in 2019 and repaying RM1bil in federal debt — all while managing the Covid-19 pandemic. Defending Warisan's inclusive policies, he said his administration approved funding for churches in Tambunan and Penampang, adding that every community deserves support regardless of religion or ethnicity. 'I was not a chief minister for Muslims. I was the chief minister for all Sabahans,' he said. He urged voters to think beyond short-term handouts and political slogans. 'Think about your children's future. Don't stay dependent. Sabah is rich, but if we keep acting like beggars, what future do we have?' he said. Warisan has remained firm in its stance to contest the coming state election on its own. The party previously led the state government from 2018 to 2020.
