116 HOUSES FOR TIOMAN FOLK
92 per cent of RM47m project borne by the government, says PM
PRIME Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak yesterday launched the 116unit Tekek Makmur People’s Housing Project (PPR) at Kampung Tekek in Pulau Tioman here.
Najib said the launch was historic as 92 per cent of the project’s cost, which amounted to RM46.75 million, was borne by the government.
In his speech, Najib said the PPR in Pulau Tioman was a highpriority project in the government’s social agenda
He also said qualified individuals were able to purchase a unit for only RM35,000, although each unit had cost RM403,000 to build.
“What is most special (about the project) is that it (housing unit) is being sold at RM35,000, which is only eight per cent of the actual cost,” he said to cheers from the audience at the PPR here, yesterday.
Najib also announced that the government would allow 63 participants, who were unable to purchase a unit, to opt for the rent-to-own scheme.
The rent-to-own scheme is a method that allows people who are unable to pay conventional housing loans to own a home by renting it.
A person is allowed to rent the home until he could afford to purchase it.
Present were Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Adnan Yaakob, Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government Minister Tan Sri Noh Omar, Rompin member of parliament Datuk Hasan Ariffin, and Tioman assemblyman Datuk Mohd Johari Hussain.
Also present were East Coast Economic Region Development Council chief executive officer Datuk Seri Jebasingam Issace John and its Pahang general manager, Datuk Mohd Mazlan Sharudin.
Excitement was written on the face of Zalifah Berahim, 31, who, along with her husband Kamizan Mat Daim, 34, and their 14-yearold daughter, moved into their new PPR unit two months ago.
“Hari Raya was very special for us as a family because we were able to celebrate it in our new home,” said Zalifah when met here yesterday.
The Kampung Tekek native, who is self-employed, said the home was comfortable as it had three bedrooms and was equipped with two bathrooms.
Another resident, housewife Nazariah Hamzah, 32, expressed gratitude for being able to purchase her own home.
She said her husband, Wan Noraziz Wan Endut, and their three children, were glad to sleep in their own rooms, which was a far cry from their rented house in Kampung Tekek
“We are fortunate to have a home that is situated near a mosque, a school and convenience stores,” she said.
The 116 single-storey threeroom housing units were built on 3,288 hectares of land.