Increase in Petaling Jaya Assessment Rates
The Petaling Jaya Municipal Council, MPPJ have increased the assessment rate for landed properties by 10%. This had taken effect since January 14 and was widely reported in most papers the past few days.
Residents who were paying 5-8% of the value of their land who have to pay from 5.5% to 8.8% for the 2006 assessment. Many residents associations have urged the MPPJ to reconsider and to provide due justification for this increase.
According the Star today:
In an immediate response some 35 residents associations in Petaling Jaya are meeting tonight to discuss, among other things, filing a lawsuit against the Petaling Jaya Municipal Council (MPPJ) if need be.
The Local Government Act 1976 (Section 127) states that the local authority “may, with the approval of the State Authority, from time to time as is deemed necessary, impose either separately or as a consoli- dated rate, the annual rate or rates.” However, under the principle of administrative law and good governance, MPPJ is duty bound to prove how they come up with the new rates and allow time for the people to object before any increase in rates can be approved.
While 10% may seem insignificant to some, this represents a huge amount of increase to the hundreds and thousands of working class residents that call Petaling Jaya their home. The resident associations are appealing to MPPJ on the grounds of administrative law and good governance to justify this increase to the public before it is approved.
The meeting will be held at La Salle Hall, Jalan 5/15B, off Jalan Chantek 5/13 in Petaling Jaya. It begins at 8.30pm.
Dear Host,
In these recent months, do you come across any new project launches in areas around Balakong, Mines Resort, Gita Bayu?
I would say the project targets at middle level income group.
Very often, I miss the ad in the newspaper. My friend told me about this. I want to know the name of developer and project.
thank you for your info.
regards,
CA
Comment by CA — January 23, 2006 @ 11:04 am
i’ve seen recent launches for gita bayu and mines, but mostly highend bungalows. other than that, we’ll highlight any new ones we see in the papers.
Comment by Administrator — January 23, 2006 @ 11:09 am