KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 10 — The developer of the redevelopment project of Sungai Baru, Kampung Baru is ready to offer apartment units worth RM300,000 each to 38 PKNS Flat unit owners who disagree with the project.
Ritzy Gloss Sdn Bhd director Abdul Hadi Ahmad said the 900 sq ft apartment units could be owned at half the price of the total land acquisition compensation received by each flat owner.
“For example, owners who receive RM250,000 in compensation can own the apartment at the price of RM125,000.
“This residence, which has three bedrooms, two bathrooms and a parking lot, will be built in the redevelopment project area,” he told a press conference on the Kampung Sungai Baru redevelopment project here today.
Abdul Hadi said the offer would be made to the respective flat owners after it receive the official amount of land acquisition compensation from the Department of Director-General of Lands and Mines.
Last Saturday, some residents of Kampung Sungai Baru protested against the redevelopment project in the area because they were not satisfied with the low compensation offer under the Land Acquisition Act 1960.
Commenting further, Abdul Hadi said the company proceeded to use the provision under the Act, which was implemented in January this year, after it failed to reach an agreement with all flat owners during the five-year-long negotiation.
“To date, 85 per cent of 226 flat owners have agreed to the redevelopment project in this area and if the other 38 owners agree, the project is expected to begin in June or July next year,” he added.
In the meantime, Kampung Sungai Baru Property Owners Welfare Association chairman Zulfakar Wahid said the efforts to get the consent of all residents for the redevelopment project had started in 2016 and only a minority was against the project.
“We have to prioritise the majority and show compassion to those who have moved to transit houses, rented other houses and in fact, some have died while waiting for this project to be implemented,” he said.
Zulfakar also explained that the redevelopment of Kampung Sungai Baru was different from the redevelopment project of Kampung Baru under the Malay Agricultural Settlement (MAS).
Source: BERNAMA News Agency