KUCHING: Existing laws should be improved and updated for the people, said Deputy Minister in Sarawak Premier’s Department (Law, Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63) and State-Federal Relations) Datuk Sharifah Hasidah Sayeed Aman Ghazali.
She stressed that the law is not static and should be amended according to current situations.
“We always welcome any proposed idea to amend any law to benefit the people.
“For us in Sarawak, we will look into any old laws that need to be updated.
“Whatever old laws we need to fix, we have to fix.
“In the future, we will make some amendments to the existing laws in Sarawak,” said the Samariang representative.
Hasidah was commenting on statement by Datuk Sri Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar that new law or amendments to the existing law related to housing issues should be created in Sarawak to forbid developers from selling houses unless the house is fully completed.
The matter was proposed by Junaidi who is Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Parliament and Law) because of the troubled Sentoria Borneo Samariang Garden (BSG) housing project.
The housing project was supposed to be completed in 2019 but there is still no guarantee or assurance for homebuyers who have to already pay for their loans.
The BSG housing project is part of the Sentoria Borneo Samariang Resort City Project in Petra Jaya, a mixed development project which consists of a water theme park, convention centre, serviced apartments, and several blocks of single-storey terrace houses.
