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Liew (seated left) with some of the Marina Court Resort Condominium unit owners.
KOTA KINABALU: Some owners of the Marina Court Resort Condominium (MCRC) here, who are unhappy with the developer-MCRC’s interim management, are seeking input from Api Api’s incumbent Assemblyman Datuk Christina Liew on the perennial issues of the no emission of strata. (or subsidiaries) titles, water shortages and malfunctioning elevators despite paying service charges from day one.
Spokespersons for BY Chong and ML Chu said they had no choice but to bring the matter to Liew’s attention in a special meeting with her on Wednesday because the owners were frustrated after they got no responses from management.
“Over the years, we have written many letters to the interim developer management corporation. We are not happy with the services provided and we have suffered for too long without light at the end of the tunnel. We have not received our strata titles after 20 years of ownership. We believe that the developer and management of MCRC (appointed by the developer) have let us down.
“What is also puzzling is that Marina Court is located in the heart of the city, and not in a remote village, yet we faced a constant lack of water supply since 2013. We had been buying water in times of need. of the Water Department, ”said the spokesmen.
According to their records, the owners of Marina Court had purchased water in January, February and May of this year, for a total of 325,000 liters.
“Previously, the high occupancy rate was blamed for the water shortage, but during the initial MCO period (March and April), there were hardly any guests in the serviced apartments. Therefore, it made no sense for our taps to dry out when there were fewer occupants, ”Chong and Chu argued.
According to them, MCRC Management Corporation had not complied with the Department of Water’s requirement to improve the internal water supply system. They showed Liew two letters from the department (dated 2016 and 2017) advising the developer’s interim management to solve the problem by upgrading the existing pipes after the water meter. For its part, the department had upgraded its (department’s) incoming water supply line and fittings at the Marina Court metering station to reduce head loss.
Liew, who is also acting deputy chief minister, said that the application for strata titles and their issuance are governed by the Land (Subsidiary Title) Act of 1972.
He advised the affected owners to look for any clause in the Sale Contract, relative to the prescription for the issuance of strata titles.
“Once you’ve obtained the strata titles, you can form an action committee to address the need to appoint a company to act as management,” he said.
As of January this year, the existing management corporation had increased the management fee and the amortization fee by 45 percent, Chong and Chu noted.
“Such an increase should have brought with it better and safer elevator services, cleaner environments, parking lots and building walls, but sadly we don’t see any of these.”
Emphasizing the importance of safety, spokespersons called for the replacement of the 20-year-old elevators in Blocks C and D to avoid any adverse incidents.
“We (the owners of MCRC) have recently appealed to the developer and interim management to allow a short-term concession by reverting service charges to the previous rate from September until the end of the Recovery Motion Control Order (RMCO ) on December 31, 2020. They have yet to respond, ”spokesmen said.
A copy of the letter has been extended to Api Api’s incumbent assemblywoman.
Chong and Chu also expressed concern about the alleged monthly contracting of 250 potted plants by management without prior agreement from the owners.
“We have been billed for its annual cost for many years,” the duo lamented.
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