Owners of apartment and condos in Malaysia still lack the awareness for the need of an RA. A condo or an apartment that one bought and paid for is not just the unit you stayed or rented to a tenant. You also have a legal right to share and enjoy the common properties/areas such as the community hall, swimming pool, lifts, corridors, stair case and the car park and all drive-ways in the complex. If there is a mini-park or garden and playground, those are also common properties of every unit owner. The RA is a legally recognised body of owners to deal with the developer, to hire a management company for the for the property and to deal with Authorities on any governmental issue. The RA can sue and be sued in its own name. It has it own legal personality.
In a condo or apartment, owners are hindered from acting alone. You lack the resources in time, money and the knowledge to deal with an array of issues and problems. For this reason, the government has also enacted the laws to protect owner of apartment, condo, office and business complex owners from exploitation by unscrupulous developers. The law requires the formation of RA, JMB and eventually the JMC to own and manage the commom properties in the complex.
Komplek Suria Kinrara does not has a good developer and hence, there is more reason for an effective RA to tackle a host of issues and problems from 1. Non compliance of Court Order, 2. delay in defect rectification, 3. Non payment of LAD, 4. Poor control of keys, 5. Poor security at the apartment , 6 incomplete infra-structure in the complex resulting in owners having to install some of the security equipments, 7. non compliance with S&P building specifications, 8. Appointment of management company prior to the formation of JMB, AND 9. failure to apply and connect separate SYABAS water meter. Owners having to paid water at commercial rate of RM2.28/m3, instead for first 20m3 free and subsequent m3 at RM1.05 (This was agreed during the project revival meeting and subsequently approved by SYBAS and MPSJ.)
The Committee of the RA are doing voluntary work. We are not paid a single sen and we have to pay for our own petrol and time to attend meeting to the developer.
We have plenty of complaints but no action. The developer could not care much, except trying to squeeze more money from the owners. Everybody is busy and have not enough time. Who is not busy and who has plenty of time? If you want to remain passive and only know how to complaint, you will lose your investment in Komplek Suria Kinrara.
We need your support to run the RA and to tackle the developer. The developer lied and evaded many of the issues and problems. We have to act against the developer collectively in a CLASS ACTION.
Please come forward and volunteer to serve the RA. We are in need of a legal advisor and a strong auditor. Please e-mail to the Chairman, Vice chairman or Secretary if you can help. Please help to inform all owners and residents not represented during the last meeting in March 2011 to turn up in full force in the next meeting.
The RA needs you support and co-operation to get the draft constitution adopted and registered to move forward. We wanted at least 80% of the owners to sign up as members during the next general meeting and to elect a committed committee to serve all owners.
Please come forward and volunteer to serve the RA. We are in need of a legal advisor and a strong auditor. Please e-mail to the Chairman, Vice chairman or Secretary if you can help. Please help to inform all owners and residents not represented during the last meeting in March 2011 to turn up in full force in the next meeting.
The RA needs you support and co-operation to get the draft constitution adopted and registered to move forward. We wanted at least 80% of the owners to sign up as members during the next general meeting and to elect a committed committee to serve all owners.
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