a —— {1S 18 GOOD CONCEPT... Taib being briefed on the Thermal Co: pt by visiting scie tists from Institute of Advanced Technology of Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) Mohd Peter Davis (second left) and Mazin Ghazali (third right). Looking on are Dr Soon (left) and Jabu and Abang Johari (right) PHOTOGRAPH: RAD) KUCHING - Chief Minister Pehin Homes in Sarawak. these affordable houses is not ends today, is organised by the Sri Dr Abdul Taib Mahmud has Earlier in his speech, Taib only to provide the physical strue- Ministry of Housing and ti expressed his concern over the called on the developers and the ture but to build friendly neigh- Sarawak Housing Develop acklustre manner in which deve developers’ association to con- bourhood,” he said Association in collaboration with ‘opers built affordable houses for duct a study on market demand He added that a house is nore Sarawak Development Institute the lower-income groups, and customers’ expectations of than just a house but a home "Themedl ‘Quality Affordab! He said that many of these affordable houses. where individuals live and rejuve- Housing Towards Sustainab! houses were left unsold due to. “They should study the taste of nate, where there is space for Communities, itis sponsored by lack of quality and conducive prospective customers so that children to grow and mature, a Naim Cendera Holdings Berhaé environment. Quoting Universiti they can know what kind ofhous- home that defines how families and Sarawak Concrete Indust Malaysia Sarawak’s (UNIMAS) es these people want,"he said. live and interact, because it is Berhad. recent study, he said there were Healso told the developers not home environments that could Speakers comprising univers about 50,000 affordable houses, to treat the construction of _shapea community. ty researchers and foreign devel or Jow-cost houses us it was pre- affordable houses as merely to He said the State government pers from Singapore and from viously known, that had yet tobe fulfill quota imposed by the through the State Planning as far as Finland were also invt sold or being occupied. Government since the Fourth Authority (SPA) would assist the nt Working papers a The developers should know — Malaysia Plan developers to achieve this objee- weminar which is aimed at that the people in Sarawak eam At present, developers must _tive charting clear direction for th beiter now, and they have better allocate 30 percent of residential “There are now new ways that future development of affordab tastes when choosing where to development exceeding 10 acres we can work on towards building houses in Sarawak as well as live, They don't just move to a foraffordable housing This same community bonding in residential exploring new and suitable (ect house because itis the only ones policy is now under review bythe areas, such as the Thermal nologies. available but because they want Federal govemment - to be split Comfort Honeycomb Housing _ Also present were Deput tohave the option tolive in acon- into 20 percent affordable hous- concept, SPA will help in ways Chief Minister Datuk Patingyi ducive neighbourhood,” he told ing and 10 percent medium that it can, and there is also no Sti Alfred Jabu, Housing Minis reporters after launching the sem- affordable housing (more spa- shortage of land (to realise this Dato Sri Abang Johari Tun Oper inar on ‘Pioneering A New ciousthan affordable houses). objective)" he sad, and Assistant Minister of Housing Housing Concept for Affordable “The emphasis when providing The two-day seminar, which Dr Soon Choon Teck.