GEORGE TOWN: Having been sidelined by the previous Federal government since 2015, the current administration has vowed to reserve a “special treatment” to Penang’s applications for housing maintenance projects fundings. Penang has requested for RM28.76 million from the Housing Maintenance Programme (PPP) fund and RM72.13 million from the Malaysia Home Maintenance Fund (TPPM) fund for next year, through two letters dated August and September respectively. State Local Government and Housing Committee chairman Jagdeep Singh Deo said the state Housing Department received a call from a high-ranking official from the Housing and Local Government Ministry (KPKT) on Monday, who wanted to further discuss the state’s applications, on Nov 25. Jagdeep said while the lifts at the public housing schemes mentioned above were functioning, they needed periodical maintenance, upgrading and replacement. These included 603 applications totalling RM28.76 million under the PPP and 121 applications totalling RM72.13 million under the TPPM.

Source: New Strait Times November 14, 2019 07:21 UTC