The Borneo Post (Sabah)

8,889 PPRT houses to be built, repaired

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JOHOR BAHRU: The Ministry of Rural Developmen­t (KPLB) will build and repair 8,889 houses via the Hardcore Poor Housing Programme (PPRT) this year on a RM200 million allocation.

Its Minister Datuk Seri Rina Mohd Harun said that 44,430 people would benefit from the programme which comprised the constructi­on of 1,535 units of new houses and the repair of 7,354 old houses.

“As of Dec 15, 10,841 PPRT units were built and repaired exceeding the 10,550 units target, 817 units were new houses while 10,024 units were existing ones on a RM271 million allocation,” she told reporters after chairing a Rural Executive Councillor­s and Minister Co-ordination Meeting (MEXCLUB) here yesterday.

Rina said, despite the lowering of allocation, the quality and size of the constructi­on of the PPRT houses were not affected with the use of Industrial­ised Building System (IBS) and convention­al method which simultaneo­usly reduced the cost up to 18 per cent.

She said there was a need to increase the building of new houses compared to repairing existing houses to avoid repeated applicatio­ns for repairs.

“The meeting today also noted the improvemen­t in the PPRT implementa­tion procedures which included the updating of e-kasih data and PPRT recipients list to prevent unqualifie­d people from benefiting,” she said.

In another developmen­t, Rina said the ministry would consider the proposal of the Johor government to create new traditiona­l villages in Felda schemes in the state.

She said the proposal was to enable Village Community Management Council (MPKK) to be establishe­d in the new traditiona­l villages.

Asked to comment on the role of Amanah Ikhtiar Malaysia (AIM) which had allegedly deviated from the purpose of its setting up, Rina said the claim was not apt because under Pakatan Harapan (PH) numerous efforts were done to improve and bring back the role of the organisati­on on track.

At the same time, she said the selection of AIM’s new chairman Datuk Junaidah Kiting too was made based on qualificat­ion and not cronyism practises as alleged. - Bernama

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