Thursday, October 25, 2012
Don’t restrict to valuers only
WE are concerned over the recent Strata Management Bill tabled by the Housing and Local Government Ministry in parliament where it has been proposed that only licenced valuers be allowed as managing agents.
Are we turning the clock back as the current Building and Common Property (Maintenance and Management) Act and the Strata Titles Act do not specify that the managing agent must be from the valuer profession?
How true is it that the managing agent is now part of the valuer profession overnight with the passing of the Bill in parliament?
I am trying to search for an answer for this scenario as our private property are at stake.
I cannot find any, as all issues relating to managing our buildings do not involve the valuer.
I only came across accountants, lawyers, insurance agents, architects and engineers attending to accounting and budgeting, legal, insurance claims, building structure and M&E issues, respectively, as well as related professionals and technicians (electrical chargemen, for example) but not valuers as professionals attending to any of these issues mentioned.
There are also degree and diploma holders in other disciplines such as Business Administration, IT and Human Resource Management who are involved in the building management industry.
Can other professions insert a clause into their respective acts, claiming to be property managers by virtue that they are also part of the building management industry?
Since accounting and budgeting constitute a substantial part of building management, can accountants claim sole jurisdiction over building management?
It will be disastrous if the building management industry is monopolised by any one profession as it is a multi-disciplinary management function.
One must have years of experience in building management before one can become a managing agent.
It is not a profession but a
comprehensive management function.
When engineering, law, medical, pharmacy, accounting and valuation graduates complete their courses, they undergo internships or apprenticeships for specified periods of time in their respective professional entities.
A managing agent in a building environment does not undergo such internship by virtue of the multi-disciplinary nature of the function but acquires the necessary competencies through hands-on action learning.
He or she needs adequate broad-based management experience in the building management industry and not just in any one profession alone.
Indeed, there are many non-valuer managing agents who are registered professionals and regulated by their respective professional bodies.
It is grossly incorrect to say that they are not professionals in the building management industry, and that only valuers are.
I call on all private property owners to speak up against any attempt at monopolising the building
management industry by the valuers in the proposed bill, as the proper upkeep of our property is at stake.
We want the freedom to choose any suitably qualified persons or entities to manage our buildings and not be restricted to any one profession.
Even now, with the non-valuer managing agents practising as property managers there is a shortage of competent persons in the building management industry, what more if it is restricted to valuers, given that there are less than 800 of them and that very few are actively functioning as managing agents.
CONCERNED OWNER
Kuala Lumpur - The Star
槟房屋发展密度朝令夕改 恐影响2成房屋建不成
（槟城23日讯）槟州政府房屋发展密度禁令“朝令夕改”？在发出87单位密度发展冻结信后不久又收回成命，立即解冻禁令，不过这项新决定非政府组织却被“蒙在鼓里”，他们仍坚信冻结令有效。
陈福星证实市局解冻
本报于日前报道，槟岛市政局于上周四与非政府组织代表会面后，宣布暂时冻结所有87单位密度发展项目，岂知冻结令发出不足一周，市政局突然临时“煞车”，解冻禁令。马来西亚房地产商公会（REDHA）槟城分会主席拿督陈福星受询时，向本报记者证实槟岛市政局已解冻禁令。
他说，在先前即上个月的确有收到当局的冻结信，唯在公会反对及向当局汇报冻结令将引起的负面影响后，市政局已收回成命，解冻新高密度发展。“我们向市政局反对及提出冻结令将造成的影响，包括将造成发展商不能承建20%的可负担房屋单位，市政局在发信10天后就收回有关指示。”
他也认为，在州政府调高每依格87单位新发展密度前，享有土著发展优惠单位的发展计划也已获每依格78单位，所以87单位也只是稍微调高；再来他说，在此之前的中廉价屋组屋计划获得每依格120单位，所以87单位的密度相对比中廉价屋密度低。- 光华
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
市局产业转手价太高 老屋租户“被逼”搬家
（槟城22日讯）市政局拟以市价转手老建筑产业，造成获优先权提出献购的租户在财力微薄下，打退堂鼓，最终还是得易地而栖。
在乔治市世遗区边缘地带的崔耀才路一排9间双层楼老建筑为市政局产业，先前本报报导该排产业面对市政局通过公开招标方式拟转手后，即有投标者出价800万，唯有关买家在得标后又放弃，市政局在地方政府委员会主席曹观友建议下，为示兑现对当地商家居民的口头承诺，将献购优先权开放给原地商家租户及居民。
这些商家租户，于日前已获告知产业将会优先给原地的商家租户献议购买；据了解，虽然市政局还未发信向租户提出收购的献议，然而据称这些产业的献议收购价每间至少90万令吉起。市政局是依照乔治市入遗后的“好市价”转手这些产业，因此对一些商家租户造成压力，当地一些原地商家租户认为市政局出价太高，要求减价，否则只能乔迁他处。
陈氏兄弟：非一般租户能负担
从事传统鸡蛋糕点制作的“陈大猷商号”陈氏兄弟受访时表示，当地商家租户月前出席在光大一市政局官员汇报会议，会上官员献议租户献购他们现栖身及从事商业活动的市政局产业，并开出每间建筑单位拟以约90万令吉底价转手。- 光华
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