Penang Watch

I am Chairman of MC. of Apartments at Desa Permata and have same experience of encountering residents who refuse to pay service charges as stipulated in the SnP.  A word of advice to the poor residents of the captioned apartments: Either you pay your management funds as obligated or you will just have to bear with the problems and exercise yourself daily up and down by stairs.  All lift maintenance require "$" to do it and how do you expect the management corporaiton to function if all refuse to pay "$" for maintenance of common properties !

Brothe, I support YOU..... people only tahu complaint only ... YES PLEASE PAY MAINT FEES

I can understand how frustrated you are but let's refrain from using vulgar words on those "infantile, silly and naive" apartment dwellers in lieu of "idiots", ok?

The troubles with those non-payers of management funds are, firstly, they thought they are privileged group without realising that they have signed the SnP with stipulation of such payments ought to be bound for the rest of their lifetimes until one day, they can afford landed properties or bungalows then can live without it! Only those who can afford will be exempted from paying management funds! Those are the real privileged group! Parcel-proprietors NO!

Secondly, they thought by smartly uttered some excuses like lousy services, unsatisfactory maintenance etc., they can safely hide behind the alibi "Chicken and Eggs" and enjoy the privilege of not paying the funds that they have put their pens on! We can only express pity on these naive and ignorant groups for they do not realise, they will have to pay a much more heavy price oneday when they are taken to court for breach of covenants, being defaulters of management funds!

Here is a simple calculation of penalty which likely to be imposed by the court of competent jurisdiction based on Strata Titles Act :-

Presume that the outstanding arrear is RM3000.00. The particular defaulter is taken to court and the claim of Managment Corporation will be filed as-Claming the principal plus accrued interests at 10% p.a. plus costs (court and lawyer fees). Based on the amended strata titles act (section 55A), the court may impose a fine/penalty of 5000.00 on conviction of such 'guilty of an offence'! Hence in figures:- RM3000 + 300 + 2500 + 5000 = 10,800.00 most minimum to be charged on judgement of court! The defauter can continue to challenge the court decision and deny payment and he will be charged RM50.00 per day during which the contributions remain unpaid! Penny Wise Pound Foolish isn't it?!

A word of advice, those who refuse to pay management funds must refrain from using lifts, water, any part of common property as these are maintained with management funds contributed by the law abiding residents! What the heck you enjoy without paying?! YOU think you are taiko, MAFIA?! 

In my aprtments, the real taiko "Aunt Tua" pays one year in advance for his management funds! What-about-then!

I assume this is a reply to the following Walking up the stairs...................

I believe it is "fair and ethical" to draw the attention of the Chairman of Desa Permata to an enquiry posted by the fellow residents from Desa Permata,in Transmission tower a bomb threat to residents. Radiation kills!

which I believe is fair and ethical and privilege for the Chairman to response as well as to provide a fair background with information as enquired in last posting for readers of this sites to understanding the situations and therefore to justify the "grievance" of the Chairman of not getting a fair response from the residents to pay Management fee.

Since Management Corporation is mentioned, I believe it is under STA (Strata Title Act) that made MC came into existence and thereby, the Chairman of the Council of the MC as well as the Rights of MC to demand for Management Fee and therefore, the obligation (or fairness and ethic) for the Chairman to answer the question raised by his fellow residents!!

Therefore, Law, such as STA is not academic nor theoretical, but, to be applied in daily life when Common Property within a Development is concerned, such as to allow a Chairman to voice as a Chairman, etc.. So, it is not for the Class room.

Whether the Chairman has the obligation to answer will depend on:

1. If the SPACE for the Transmission tower is in a Common Area?

2. Had the erection be given approval by a AGM or EGM of the residents?

3. Had any rental been taken and therefore, be accounted?

4. If radiation from Transmission Tower is hazardous to Health？(A Health matter and not a direct STA matter)

UNDERSTANDING OF LAW ARE FOR THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF ALL PARTIES THAT CONCERN FOR A SMOOTH EXECUTION OF CERTAIN LIABILITIES for daily compliances. If necessary it will extend to the Courtroom for redress!!

SO THE RESIDENTS HAVE A CHOICE TO USE IT BEFORE THE COURTROOM, or, IN THE COURTROOM IF THE CHAIRMAN only want to refer it in A COURTROOM!!

Once again, as a visitor this site, I believe this site is encouraging all parties to abide the laws - be it be Residents and MC on the ground that the LAW had not been BIAS!!

CHOOSE TO BE POSITIVE AND WISE - know the law without BIAS!!

Let me ask you all a question, the egg come first or the hen? Or you want to pay first then see a good service by the property management, or the other way round. This is the same problems happened to us daily as our gov don't really have a ragulations on the maintainance. People here seeing too many failure projects, and the gov seems to protect the developers(bcos no action been taken upon those developers that have stolen the sinking fund). For those have seen this can list down to me which projects maintain well? I know there are some, but mostly sux..... Those who hold the property management licence just want to collect money. It happened before that a property management paid under table money(in hundreds of thousand) in order to get the rights to manage the project developed by the ex famous developer started with"P" and end with"S". How are this property management doing well? I know also a property management company has the track record of termites treatment for the projects for the past 10yrs, but lately they found out the AV hall and Sauna has been eaten up by termites. Then who is going to pay for the losses?   

As a propety owner, we should pay our .maintainance fee and audit the acc,  and the serrounding carefully. This place belongs to you all as well as you own a unit. Remember you don't pay the bill, end of the day you will sufer as the property value will drop. Now Penang high rise properties mostly don't appriciate lot or even depreciate. The main reason is the facilities are getting lesser than before and the serounding are worst. Don't be afraid to complain as the property manager don't own the place, they are just your worker.

The property manager should do a good job. Not act as bomba or telephone operator. it means wait until damage only repair or call other to repair. This way of management no need professional people like GE TAN, or BHL, everybody also can do. Checking on all the facilities are very important. I know there are no professional property management company in Penang. So is a good time for you guys to show your advantages on manage a good property. Is a good business lor. And before you mess up other property, just think it over, if other people do termite treatment for yrs and end up you whole house destroy by the termites. Will you still pay the bill? I know you guys are millionaire, but think it with your head, not your leg or your backside before doing any decision to harm others.

The gov dun always think the ppl dun want to pay. The way of managing the property, YB ONG KAR TENG also will not pay lah. Somemore other ordinary people. The gov should terminat their licence if they really destroy the place.

As conclude, Penang hardly find a good licenced property management company.

Here are the list of good maintained properties:

MOST OF THE BELLEVIEW PROJECTS 

DESA TANJUNG

TIARA VIEW

SRI GOLDEN BAY

AND OTHERS.....

the bad or worst :

Mostly All projects developed by Penas