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5th January, 2009
TUARAN: The once abandoned housing project, Taman Layar Impian in Laya-Laya Tuaran will be fully completed next month assured Syarikat Perumahan Nasional Berhad (SPNB).
The project which offers affordable housing started in 2005 and was scheduled to finish in 2007 but the developer ran into financial crisis and had to abandon it.
SPNB, the national housing corporation then appointed a new contractor, Kinapermai Construction Sdn Bhd to pick up the pieces.
Senior general manager for project implementation Datuk Shamshul Baharain Sulaiman said the certificate of occupation will be issued by the Tuaran District Council to enable purchasers to move in by February.
He was speaking after inspecting Taman Layar Impian here yesterday accompanied by Sabah SPNB manager Khairroul Norsaidi Taib, general manager of the Sabah Housing and Town Development Authority, Jenar Lamdah and managing director of Kinapermai Construction Sdn Bhd, Ling Leh Kee.
Taman Layar Impiran was a venture between Supernesa Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of SHTDA, and SPNB involving a cost of RM17 million.
It consists of 218 units of affordable housing and six units of shoplots.
Shamsul said the corporation has two other projects with the private sector that have already been implemented.
“SPNB is careful to avoid a surplus of houses and the units are built according to the suitability of the location and based on demand.
“We also do not want contractors who cannot complete the project due to cash flow problems because the delay will only incur more cost,” he said.
Meanwhile, Jenar said the SHTDA is in the midst of constructing houses for the poor registered under the MESEJ programme in 30 rural locations in Sabah.
The houses currently under construction are in Kg Laba, Membakut and Pulau Sebatik.
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