Separating sales and development licences will help avert sick housing projects, Dewan Rakyat told

KUALA LUMPUR: Separating the components of the Advertising Permit and Developer’s Licence (APDL) is among the measures taken to prevent housing projects from running into problems, the Dewan Rakyat heard.

Deputy Local Government Development Minister Akmal Nasrullah Mohd Nasir said the ministry had made it compulsory for developers to obtain a developer’s licence first before being allowed to advertise a project's sale.