Rumawip to be built in Putrajaya soon

Tengku Adnan (foreground, in red) and Abdul Mutalib (right, in purple) launching the balloting process for the PR1MA Cyberjaya lakefront project.

PUTRAJAYA is set to have a new Federal Territories Affordable Housing (Rumawip) development, said Federal Territories Minister Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor.

“Currently, Putrajaya only has 1Malaysia Civil Servants Homes (PPA1M) and the People’s Housing Project (PPR) flats as affordable housing.

“But, hopefully, we will develop Rumawip in Putrajaya soon,” he said at a balloting session for the 1Malaysia People’s Housing Programme (PR1MA) Cyberjaya lakefront project on Dec 3.

Perbadanan PR1MA Malaysia launched its balloting process with a three-day exhibition during the Umno General Assembly 2016 at Putra World Trade Centre.

The balloting sessions involved the PR1MA landed property projects in Perak, Sabah and a highrise in Cyberjaya, which has 1,932 units and facilities such as nursery, swimming pool, outdoor gym, and multipurpose hall.

According to Perbadanan PR1MA Malaysia chief executive officer Datuk Abdul Mutalib Alias, there were 8,736 applicants for the Cyberjaya project alone.

“Units are sold from RM270,000 with 90% of applicants aged below 40, 47% single, and 42% were female applicants.

“So it shows a young profile of applicants, mainly people working within the Cyberjaya area.

“But we organised the balloting event for the public to get to know where the other projects are as well as understand the distribution and balloting process,” he said.

He added that the procedure was overseen by Deloitte Malaysia to ensure transparency and stringent security. The balloting sessions can be streamed through a live video feed via its Facebook page.

A mobile application called PR1MA app, launched on Dec 1, had also been set up to facilitate communication between applicants and the corporation using smartphone devices.

“Potential and existing applicants can follow the progress of the PR1MA developments and their locations through the app,” he said.

PR1MA homes are priced between RM100,000 and RM400,000 with projects nationwide with a directive to build 500,000 homes for middle-income individuals and families.

Approximately 1.3 million Malaysians have registered with PR1MA that has a total of 268,993 units ready and approved as of November, and 111,267 more are under construction.