TELUK INTAN: PRIME Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak yesterday announced the construction of 5,000 1Malaysia People’s Housing Programme (PR1MA) homes here.
He said 1,000 homes would be built in the initial phase at a 200-hectare site along Jalan Changkat Jong.
“The project involving 1,000 homes will be completed in three years. This is my promise to the people here and I will fulfil it,” he said at the launch of the PR1MA project at the famed Dataran Menara Condong here.
Present were Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abd Kadir, Teluk Intan member of parliament Datuk Mah Siew Keong, cabinet ministers and BN component party leaders.
Also present were PR1MA chairman Tan Sri Jamaluddin Jarjis and PR1MA chief executive officer Datuk Abdul Mutalib Alias.
Jamaluddin said work on the 1,000 homes would begin almost immediately.
He said the response to the project was good with 500 people registering for the PR1MA homes within three hours of the launch.
He said a total of 30,000 PR1MA houses would be built in stages throughout the state.
Among the areas earmarked for the development of these houses were Taiping, Ipoh and Slim River.
“We are also looking at Tanjung Malim and other areas where there is a demand for these homes.”
Jamaluddin however warned the public to be wary of bogus PR1MA agents soliciting down payments from prospective buyers.
“I was told there are people claiming to be agents of PR1MA who are going around collecting money from prospective buyers. This is not true.
“All applications are made online and not through middlemen,” he cautioned.
Najib’s announcement on the construction of PR1MA homes was lauded by the local community.
T. Batmanathan, 55, said the project would help in relocating squatters in the area.
“The squatters at Kampung Beca and Kampung Terengganu are an eyesore. Hopefully with this affordable housing, they will be able to live in proper homes,” said the health assistant with Hospital Teluk Intan.
Kerk Guan Chun, 42, said the PR1MA homes would provide a much needed impetus for development in Teluk Intan.
“After seven years under the DAP, such a project is much welcome,” he said.
Grandmother Masenah Yeop, 63, expressed hope that her third child would be eligible for the PR1MA house.
“Her family is now staying with me as they cannot afford a place of their own,” said the mother of five.
School chief clerk R.M. Muthu, 54, said the project was a golden opportunity for the people of Teluk Intan.
“It is a good project for the people especially those from the low income group,” he said.
By Audrey Dermawan And Syed Umar/Sylvia Looi of NST
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