I REFER to the report “Too little, too late” (Sunday Star, April 21) on developers who refuse to pay full damages to home buyers for delivering properties late.
The report quoted National House Buyers Association honorary secretary-general Datuk Chang Kim Loong saying that the association is proposing for the government to come up with a “set off” mechanism to solve this problem. “For example, if the developer owes LAD (Liquidated Ascertained Damages) to house buyers, the sum can be set off with the amount owed by the house buyers to the developer.
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