Building Permits

Does the city…..I mean Kuala Terengganu City Councils and the denizen ready to be called city dwellers. It seem it might be far from that…

600 Premis Dibangun Tanpa Lesen

Wednesday, December 1, 2010..Kuala Terengganu

"Hampir 600 premis perniagaan dan kediaman di dua laluan utama dari pinggir pusat bandar raya ini menuju ke Padang Midin dan Manir dibangunkan tanpa kelulusan dan lesen.

Pengarah Jabatan Kawalan Bangunan Majlis Bandaraya Kuala Terengganu (MBKT), Zakaria Abdullah berkata, selain menjejaskan perancangan pembangunan, MBKT juga kehilangan punca hasil RM500,000 setahun.

Sehubungan itu, katanya, MBKT mengadakan Program Pemutihan Bangunan Bersama MBKT bagi menjelaskan kepada pemilik bangunan yang dikenal pasti supaya mematuhi prosedur, peraturan dan syarat yang ditetapkan.

Sehingga kini, katanya, terdapat 597 bangunan didirikan secara haram di Persimpangan Tok Ku ke Padang Midin dan dari persimpangan Tok Ku ke Jambatan Manir.

''Sementara 326 lagi termasuk di atas tanah kerajaan dan 22 premis didirikan sepenuhnya di atas tanah kerajaan tanpa kebenaran," katanya."

Land prices in the “CITY”s

With the Kuala Terengganu city populated by dilapidated wooden structures, it is quite a task for the city council to upgrade its image as a ‘kampung city’.

"Menteri Besar, Datuk Seri Ahmad Said terkejut dengan kadar nilai bagi pengambilan balik tanah di sekitar kawasan bandar raya ini yang disifatkannya sangat tinggi dan tidak masuk akal.

Beliau memberitahu, perkembangan itu boleh merencatkan usaha membangun dan menyusun semula kawasan bagi merancakkan kemajuan dan mencorakkan persekitaran kehidupan lebih selesa.

Katanya, berdasarkan laporan penilaian, nilai untuk sekeping lot tanah telah mencecah RM1.5 juta dan ia mencapai sehingga kira-kira RM4 juta jika lot itu terdapat premis bertingkat.

Malah beliau dimaklumkan, nilai yang perlu dibayar balik kerajaan untuk sebuah rumah yang sudah usang dan hampir roboh mencecah RM31,000 selain nilai bagi reban ternakan sebanyak RM4,000.

Ahmad berkata, sekiranya senario itu berterusan, bermakna sekitar kawasan bandar raya ini terutama di kawasan berhampiran tidak akan berubah wajah walaupun untuk tempoh 50 tahun akan datang.

“Jika terlalu mahal (penilaian tanah) kita tak akan maju. Nilai yang bukan-bukan ini boleh merosakkan pembangunan di negeri ini.

‘‘Kalau macam inilah, 50 tahun lagi pun, macam inilah wajah Kuala Terengganu,” katanya kepada pemberita selepas menyempurnakan majlis perjumpaan Bersama Anggota Keselamatan di Wisma Darul Iman, di Kuala Terengganu, kelmarin.

Ahmad mengakui kerajaan negeri tidak mampu untuk menyediakan peruntukan bagi bayaran pengambilan balik tanah sekiranya nilai yang ditetapkan terlalu tinggi."

East Coast Expressway phase 2

It seem that we in Terengganu better to get ready for another collapse if we want to visit any public building. The latest collapsed building was the Universiti Malaysia Terengganu’s Oceanographic and Tropical Aquaculture building. As reported in one of PAS on-line news the contractor is M.A.N Sdn Bhd with an address at 25-A Losong Masjid, 21000 Kuala Terengganu. It is local Terengganu company with ties to BN.

I have been commuting between Kuala Terengganu (KT) and Kuala Lumpur for the past six months since my other half was posted in KT. I do like the environment in KT but the infrastructure and the socio-political scenario could be considered one the worst in the country. It is a pity with the oil money it had been receiving.

One of the issue that I want to write about here is the lack of professionalism of the local contractors especially the construction of East Coast Expressway (ECE) phase 2.

The project has been delayed and the related minister has stated that the ECE phase 2 will be completed in late 2011 and can be used by early 2012.

As been reported, the delayed was partially due to the withdrawal of two contractors-GPQ /Bukit Putri and Syarikat Arah Jitu Sdn. Bhd. The former is a joint ventured between GPQ, a subsidiary of Perbadanan Memajukan Iktisad Negeri Terengganu(Terengganu state owned company) and Bukit Putri, an unknown entity. Arah Jitu is company related to one of UMNO bigwig in Hulu Terengganu. The reason given by both contractors for the withdrawal was the escalating bitumen prices. I just wonder why only this two contractors are affected by the escalating prices of bitumen while the other contractors have the ability to continue the project. Looking at it maybe the contractors are not qualified and just because they have tie to the political master they were given the project.

Arah Jitu has the necessary experience in infrastructure construction but after receiving the ECE contract the company was awarded with few other projects. Maybe the company financial and manpower resources were stretched. Biting Off More Than You Can Chew.

Arah Jitu has the necessary experience in infrastructure construction but after receiving the ECE contract the company was awarded with few other projects. Maybe the company financial and manpower resources were stretched. Biting Off More Than You Can Chew.

As a consequence of the short-sightedness of the local Terengganu contractors, the local folks and visitors were deprived of comfortable journey to KT.