Feb 1, 2010
RM37.6m to spruce up low-cost flats
KUALA LUMPUR: A newly established 1Malaysia Maintenance Fund (TP 1Malaysia) with RM37.6mil allocation will be used for maintenance of low-cost housing units and flats, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak announced at the Federal Territories Day celebration here last night.
Najib said the Government contributed RM20mil, while City Hall, the Federal Territories and Urban Wellbeing Ministry and private firms contributed RM10mil, RM5mil and RM2.6mil respectively. The fund is set up to “revive” the exterior and facilities of low cost houses such as fixing elevators, paint jobs for fading and chipping paint as well as leakage for low-cost houses in Kuala Lumpur.
“The Government received many reports on the poor condition of the low-cost houses in the city to a point that the residents are depressed.
“Although the houses are developed by private companies, we need to tackle this situation because those who occupy the units are from the low-income group,” he said.
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