Assemblyman Proposes RM2 Million
Minimum Price for Foreign House Buyers
in Johor
Developer Country Garden Makes
Klang Valley Debut
Eager buyers at the launch
Dusk of Johor Bahru overlooking Singapore
An assemblyman has proposed that
the minimum price for foreign house
buyers in Johor be increased to RM2
million to protect local house buyers.
It was previously reported that the
state was in the process of reviewing
the current price for foreign buyers
from RM500,000 to RM1 million.
Ayub Jamil (BN–Rengit) said it did
not make any sense as the prices of
houses here had reached the million
ringgit mark.
“Do we not have enough land? Is our
state so desperate for land to build
houses like Singapore and Hong
Kong resulting in these high prices?”
he questioned during the Johor State
Assembly sitting here yesterday.
Ayub said the price of double-storey
terrace houses and single-storey
semi-detached houses had reached
RM1 million in many places here.
He said the state government
should consult the Construction
Development Industry Board (CIDB)
to assess the actual costs of building
houses and this should be the
baseline for the minimum price.
Meanwhile, State Housing and Local
Government exco Datuk Abdul Latif
Bandi said the state targeted to build
at least 28,000 affordable homes
between 2013 and 2018.
“The homes will be built by
government-link companies and
private developers as we have a total
of 34,987 applications for this type
of homes,” he added.
He said the state had formed a task
force at the state and district level
to deal with issues related to the
building of affordable housing, lowcost homes and squatter houses.
Replying to a question, State
Public Works, Rural and Regional
Development exco Datuk Hasni
Mohamed said the state government
was not dependent on treated water
from Singapore and has the capacity
to supply the needed daily usage
from the existing 44 water treatment
plants here.
He said Johor folk used up an
average of about 330 million gallons
of water a day in 2013 and the
treatment plants could generate 436
million gallons daily.
He said the state was also in the
midst of reviewing the charges for
raw water sold to Singapore under
the Malaysia-Singapore Agreement
1961, as the state currently sells raw
water three cents for every 1,000
gallons to Singapore and buy back
treated water at 50 cents for every
1,000 gallons.
Country Garden has launched
its newest project Country
Garden Diamond City, a fivestar living concept covering
about 100ha. This will be the
first major project