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| Residents just refuse to pay rent Posted: 14 Jun 2011 03:55 AM PDT MERCEDES Benz, LCD television sets, laptops, computers, air-conditioning, wallpaper, wall-to-wall carpeting, marble tiles, these and more can be found in numerous units of people's housing schemes (PPR) in Kuala Lumpur. The low-cost housing schemes are built to re-house squatters and for the urban poor, however about 70% of those living in the units do not fall below the poverty line. Thousands of residents living in these government housing schemes are living in luxury with some owning cars like Mercedes and Honda Civic. A check by StarMetro at many of the public low-cost flats in the city revealed that at least 80% have Astro, while many have air-conditioners installed. In the units at PPR Seri Alam in Sungei Besi, owners had made extensive renovations. The floors have been re-tiled with marble, the toilet doors were changed to foldable ones, while the kitchen area was upgraded to a dry and wet kitchen. In another unit the owner had installed air-conditioning for both of the rooms. Both rooms also had computers. Some units had been decorated with wallpaper while there is even a unit which had wall carpets installed. A resident, who did not want to be named, said he was waiting for the government to offer the units for free. A tenant renting a shop in the same PPR owed DBKL RM15,000 in rental. The shop has since been shut down with the owners no where in sight. "I have not paid a single month's rent since I moved into a PPR 10 years ago,'' said a tenant from PPR Desa Tun Razak. A PPR Kg Muhibbah resident, who owed City Hall about RM7,000 in rental, said: "I have not paid for years and they (DBKL) will never kick me out.'' "DBKL offered me a unit on condition that I pay up all rental owed to them. But why should I? It's been free all along and why would I want to take a loan and buy it now,'' he added. Related Stories: |
| Posted: 14 Jun 2011 03:47 AM PDT CHARITY JAM SESSION The Malaysian Association of Hotels is organising its yearly corporate social responsibility programme called "The Charity Jam" on Thursday from 10.30am to noon at the RP Entertainment Centre at the Saujana Hotel Kuala Lumpur. This is in aid of the children of the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit of Universiti Malaya Medical Centre and is jointly organised by Chefs Association of Malaysia and Malaysian Association of Housekeepers. TAX PLANNING WORKSHOP With the looming due date for submission and payment of tax for businesses, the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and Sunway-TES is organising a free tax planning consultation and workshop. It is scheduled to be held at Lecture Theatre 6, Level 4, North Building, Sunway University on June 18. Seats are limited to 150. For details, e-mail info@my.accaglobal.com SCHOOL REUNION La Salle Klang class of 1968 is having a reunion dinner on June 25 at Govind Restaurant, Persiaran Raja Muda, Port Klang (7pm). Old boys and teachers are invited. Contact Dr Dominic Lopez (012-681 2165 or dmnclpz@yahoo.com) Joseph Tehy Kim Chor (016-231 1577 or nasantara06@yahoo.com), Richard Chong (016-221 3283 or kpm88@streamyx.com). MEET XTRAMILER Join Xtramiler Alex Au Yong at KDU University College Section 13, PJ campus on June 18. There will also be a charity bazaar, music bands and online hunt from 8am to 1pm. The first 10 schools and tuition centres which register will get free transportation, food and goodie bags. For details, e-mail to hcfoo@kdu.edu.my or call Foo at 012-372 0858. DINNER AND DANCE There will be a dinner and dance party on June 25 for the old boys/girls of Technical Institute, Penang at the Royal Commonwealth Society Club hall, off Jalan Batai, Damansara Heights in Kuala Lumpur. For details, call 012-200 6450, 019-331 5046 or 017-339 1263. MANAGE DIABETES The National Diabetes Institute (Nadi) is holding a series of talk on "How best to manage your diabetes" every Saturday starting on July 2 from 11am to 12.30pm at the Nadi office at 1, SS3/50, Petaling Jaya. Admission is free. For details, contact Caron at 03-7876 1676 / 77. GRAND REUNION Petaling Jaya Hilton is having its ex-staff high tea grand reunion on June 19 from 1pm to 5pm. There will also be a lucky draw. For details, call 017-881 6734 (Wan), 012-670 1191 (Veron) or 012-337 9028 (Christabel). CHARITY GOLF Past Dixonians (the old boys of the Port Dickson primary and high school) are organising a charity golf competition on July 23 at the Port Dickson Golf Club. For details, call Paneerselvam at 017-604 1520 (selvam1@yahoo.com) or Gopalakrishnan (012-681 0392) gopala51@yahoo.co.uk). BLOOD DONATION In conjunction with "World Blood Donor Day", Pantai Hospital Kuala Lumpur is organising a blood donation drive at the hospital on Thursday from 9am to 4pm, at Dewan Pantai, Ground Floor, Block C. For details, call 03-2296 0773 or 03-2296 0610. Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price. |
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