Stiffer penalties in store for builders who abandon projects


  • Nation
  • Thursday, 03 Apr 2014

HOUSING developers who abandon their projects will be blacklisted and subjected to stiffer penalties when amendments to the Housing De­ve­lopment (Control and Licensing) Act 1966 come into force in June.

“Once blacklisted, the developer and company’s board of directors will not be able to apply for or renew their advertising permit and sales licence,” Deputy Urban Well-being, Housing and Local Government Mi­nister Datuk Halimah Mohd Sadique (pic) said to a question raised by Gobind Singh Deo (DAP-Puchong).

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