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实现大马第二家园梦 《光华》为中国民众传递资讯

（深圳特派）《光华日报》第8次在深圳承办文博会，这一回最与众不同的是，《光华》要把梦带给中国的民众，冀望中国民众通过这次的文博会，可以把“家”带到大马去，实现“第二家园”的梦想。

由中国深圳文化部、商务部、国家新闻出版广电总局、中国贸促会、广东省政府、深圳市政府联合主办的第9届中国（深圳）国际文化产业博览交易会（简称：文博会），日前于深圳隆重举行。

这项活动是于本月17日至20日一连4天于深圳会展中心进行。

第8度参与盛会

而做为我国唯一受权承办单位的《光华日报》，也是第8度参与该盛会，这次我国承办的主题为“大马第二家园（MM2H）计划”，让有意居住在大马的中国民众，可以了解有关第二家园更多的详情及计划。

4知名产业公司参与

为了让中国的民众更加了解何为“第二家园”，本报这一次带领4家本地高知名度的产业公司一同参与“文博会”，以推广“大马第二家园（MM2H）计划”。

这4家产业公司皆是规模庞大的公司，包括侨丰（OSK）产业、置地通用（Land &General Berhad）、MRCB马资源机构有限公司及 IJM LAND公司。

这4家公司，在文博会的4天展览当中，除了有详细介绍本身的产业之余，同时亦派专人前往深圳详细向中国民众讲解何为“第二家园计划”，在经过讲解员的细心讲解之下，获得良好的反应，纷纷引起中国民众对大马第二家园计划的浓厚兴趣。

承办这项活动的《光华日报》于文博会的首天，在总经理准拿督李兴前、副总经理陈虹罃及地产公司高层等人的陪同下，特别诚邀了深圳报业集团副总编辑兼深圳商报副总编辑李南玲、《中山日报》社长方炳焯及本报董事拿督骆南辉等人，主持了简单又隆重的开幕仪式。

值得一提的是，马资源机构行销及销售高级经理张汉杰、销售部高级经理张文福，SQFT国际产业（马）有限公司发展商拍档置地通用（Land &General Berhad）联合发展销售与市场营销部总监林国义，特别从大马飞往深圳出席这一次的文博会。

而特别前来支持本报这项活动的嘉宾，包括深圳报业集团总经理刘明、Hunza Properties Berhad集团董事经理拿督黄丽丝、特别来宾陈明泉等人，皆出席这次的文博会。

自02年推出计划以来　中国参与人数最多

根据大马政府提供的数据显示，自2002年以来，中国是马来西亚“第二家园计划”推出以来参与人数最多的国家。单单于2012年，就有700多名中国人参加此项目并在马来西亚购置房产。

由马来西亚政府发起、组织及推广的马来西亚“第二家园计划”项目(MM2H)，旨在安排外国公民和他们的配偶及孩子到马来西亚定居或享受异国退休生活。

申请者将获10年签证

申请人将获得10年期限的签证，到期后马来西亚政府保证永久续期。未满18岁未婚子女可在马来西亚国际学校接受与世界同步的国际教育。受批准的申请人享有收入或退休金免税，配偶和子女拥有医疗保险等优惠待遇。

印逾万本小册子充指南

为了让中国民众更加了解大马“第二家园计划”，本报亦特别印制逾万本的“马来西亚商业资讯录．第二家园MM2H．2013”小册子做为指南，在讲解员讲解的同时，也让中国民众更轻易了解如何申请第二家园的过程。

总成交额832亿令吉　文博会中国文化产业第一展

根据《新华网》新闻报导，第9届的深圳文博会，总成交额达1665亿人民币（832.5亿令吉），同比增长15.99%，已成为中国文化产业第一展，不断推动深圳乃至全国文化产业更好更快发展。

文博会以“贸易扬帆，文化远航”为主题，展会强化对新闻出版、影视动漫、创意设计、非物质文化遗产、文化旅游、工艺美术、书画艺术、演艺娱乐等核心层领域领军企业的集中展示，央视、华侨城集团、中国电影股份有限公司、中国出版集团、华强文化科技集团、大连万达集团等众多龙头企业云集。

在参展商方面，积极探索“以商带展，以展促商”，主动将海外展区的比例提高到10%以上，吸引了欧洲设计展团、马来西亚展团以及土耳其展团等来自10多个国家和地区超过40个海外机构参展。

在采购商方面，通过与荷中商会、马来西亚《光华日报》、世纪假日等机构合作，面向港澳台、东南亚、欧美等重点招商地区，强化了“海外直通车”招商服务。- 

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Study approved plan before buying house

FIRST off is the regulation which is below.

It is mandated in the Preamble of Schedule G (landed property) of the standard sale and purchase agreement pursuant to Housing Development (Control and Licensing) Act 1966 and Housing Development (Control and Licensing) Regulations 1989, sub-regulation 11(1) that the vendor which is known as the “developer” to the masses has to provide as part of the legal documents, among others, the “approved” layout plan (to be annexed as the First Schedule) and approved building plan (to be annexed as the Second Schedule).

Similarly, Schedule H (Stratified Property) requires attachment of the “approved” 1: Site plan, 2: Layout plan, 3: Floor plan of the said parcel, 4: Storey plan of the said building (delineation of the said land comprising the said parcel), 5: Accessory parcel plan, and 6: Common facilities plan (to be collectively annexed as the First Schedule) and approved building plan (to be annexed as the Second Schedule).

This mandatory requirement has been entrenched within the Housing Development Regulations and the statutory sale and purchase agreement but has gone unnoticed by the regulatory body i.e. the Housing and Local Government Ministry and its enforcement agencies.

Why is it so important for these approved drawings to be made part of the contract obligation and condition?

There has been no shortage of complaints from the purchasers over the years on the deviations found in their end-products i.e. their completed unit of stratified apartment/condominium or landed residential house and their surrounding habitat from those represented in the sale brochure, flyers and even plans attached to the standard sale and purchase agreement signed between them and the developer.

The importance of these plans/drawings document are best described through the following scenarios.

Development of open space/future development

Purchasers ought to be aware that modern living these days involves more than purchasing a piece of subdivided land/a piece of strata apartment/condominium in the air in a scheme. What one is actually purchasing is a concept of living style which apply to all ends of the market, from low, medium cost to the high notch end, which means its surrounding environments such as open parks/field, green lungs, community hall and clubhouse, i.e. all common property and facilities are actually an inseparable part of the neighbourhood you bought.

From time to time, you will read in the reported news that the purchasers/residents of a housing scheme taking the developer to task for developing some green lung/common open spaces which they deem to be their communal common property/spaces, something which the developer would contend otherwise and that these green open spaces are part of their land reserved for future development.

How can you tell whether the developer has the right to do so?

Just imagine a piece of green lungs an open field next to your house in which you do your daily jogging and which serves as a playground for your kids suddenly after a few years down the road make way for a towering condominium right at your door step! Not an uncommon sight in some housing scheme. Just imagine you pay extra RM10,000 premium for a fronting of a green lung (unintended for development) which subsequently turned up to be a retention pond, now infested with rodents, damped area ideal for mosquitoes breeding and occasional drain water ponding and smelly water discharge and slug.

This is when the approved layout plan annexed in the First Schedule will lend credence to the disputing arguments.

The layout plan (provided it's an approved copy by the local authority) is the approved development proposal which contains, among others, the following vital information.

i) Density, in planning terms, refers to the number of houses or apartment units allowed to be constructed for a proposed development. For example, 60 units of apartment per acre has been approved for a scheme where such density quota has been used up, i.e. the exact unit of apartments per acre has been constructed. The developer is not allowed to build extra units even if there is ample land left in the scheme. The tabulation on the approved layout plan will be able to clarify the exact density and unit approved by the authority for development.

ii) Use of land and building. An approved plan will show the development mix approved by the local authority. When a scheme has been approved for a pure residential neighbourhood, for example, a developer is not allowed to build, say, an office block in an approved scheme of 50 units of semi-detached and 100 units of terrace houses without first applying and obtaining an approval from the authority for such a deviation.

Thus, a mix development comprising office towers, shophouses in a residential scheme will need to be tabled for the local authority approval before they can be developed and the same shall be required to be reflected in the approved plans.

iii) Provision of open and green spaces. The approval governs on how these open spaces allotted for the designated community activities such as playground for children, communal park and hall, places of religious worship etc are to be used. Hence once these communal facilities such as an open park are designated for public use, they cannot be converted to say another block of condominium or office tower. Thus, the importance of the layout plan comes to bear.

By the same token, if these open spaces have been designated as the green lungs, communal park, hall and facilities and even utility reserves for roads, drains, water retention and electrical works, etc, then it is prohibitive to be developed.

So, you should get inquisitive when you intend to buy a landed property next to a open land marked “future development” either in the brochure, architectural model and development plan of the scheme at the showroom if you want to avoid a condominium tower built right at your doorstep as the worst scenario illustrated above.

As your first line of your standard checking procedure, ask the sales staff for the approved layout plan from the relevant authority and that they ought to have no reason to turn down your request as such approval would have been obtained by now, or else they would not have been allowed to launch a sale, for such an approval forms part of the requisite condition for their sales permit. Why should such approved plans be shrouded with secrecy unless one has ulterior motives to hide?

These approved plans/drawings attached in the schedule must be a duplicate copy of the actual approved plan bearing the appropriate authority's seal of approval normally in the form of a stamp. Stamp like “Di Luluskan oleh Majlis Perbandaran Subang Jaya” should be visibly available on the top right hand corner of each of such plans.

Then run through these approved plans against those represented in the advertised medium and your expectation to ensure indeed they are duly “approved” for the development you have been led to believe. This will allow you to make an informed decision.

You ought to practise the same checking steps for the same plans that shall be annexed in the first schedule of the sale and purchase agreement, before signing the contract. When in doubt, please check with your own appointed independent lawyer.

This is a two-part series and the second article will appear in my next “Buyers Beware” column.

l Chang Kim Loong is the honorary secretary-general of the National House Buyers Association: www.hba.org.my, a non-profit, non-governmental organisation (NGO) manned by volunteers. He is also a NGO councillor at the Subang Jaya Municipality Council. - The Star