COMPLETED HOUSES IN PR-RULED STATES YET TO RECEIVE CY FROM LOCAL COUNCILS - AWANG

BACHOK, July 17 (Bernama) -- Local councils in opposition ruled states must

be more cooperative and sensitive by approving Certificate of Fitness for

Occupation (CF) for houses build by Syarikat Perumahan Negara Bhd (SPNB) for the

poor.

Deputy Finance Minister Senator Datuk Dr Awang Adek Hussin said delay in

approving the CF for such houses would only add on to the burden of the less

fortunate.

"We view the delay in approval of CF by local councils as a serious matter,"

he told reporters after launching Koperasi Tani Bachok Berhad''s poultry farming

project at Kampung Merabang here today.

He said 1,000 units of houses worth RM100 million that were initially

abandoned projects that were restored by SPNB have yet to receive CF although

completed years ago.

Awang said due to the delay, the completed houses could not be handed over

to those who had bought such houses.

He said among the completed units were 260 units of low cost houses and

affordable homes in Penang, 214 units in Kelantan, 41 units in Kedah and 435

units in Selangor.

-- BERNAMA

WM MRA JRL