PPC didn't ask to sign any S&P in applying for state land on the Swettenham Pier discredits and refute Teng Chang Yeow’s claims
The PPC’s application for state land for Swettenham Pier and the Penang state government’s rejection by refunding PPC payment of full premium discredits and refute Penang BN Chair Teng Chang Yeow’s claims that the Taman Manggis land was sold to two parties. So long as the land title is not issued, the land remains with the state government and can be sold to any party.
This absolute right of selling to any party so long as the land title is not issued, is only available to Federal or state governments, and can not be challenged by any party even if they have paid land premium in full. Even PPC did not challenge this absolute right of the state government when the full land premium paid by PPC for Swettenham Pier was refunded by the state government.
There was no sale and purchase agreement signed between the state government and PPC. At no time did PPC request for a sale and purchase agreement to be signed because no land title was issued by the state government. How can there be a sales and purchase agreement without any land titles? If PPC can accept this even though it is controlled by the BN, why can’t Teng when this is the law under the National Land Code.
There was clearly no genuine commitment by Teng and BN Penang to build Projek Perumahan Rakyat PPR or low-cost houses for rent following a contradictory statement by Khoo Boo Soon(director of Taman Manggis Phase 2 Development Sdn Bhd) that not PPR but affordable housing costing RM400,000 will be built. If there was, Teng and other BN Penang leaders would have replaced Khoo as directors and shareholders to prove BN’s commitment to build PPR over Khoo’s interest in building RM400,000 housing to make money.
Even though BN has claimed that the land was set aside by the BN state government in 2003 to build PPR, there was no public announcement in the newspapers from 2003-8. Why BN could not and had no money to build PPR from 2003-7 when BN was in power, but BN can find RM 22,407,300 to buy the 1.1 acre site in Taman Manggis when they are in opposition?
The state government had considered the land too small for public housing when the Housing and Local Government Ministry sets the minimum land area required is 2 acres. Instead an 11 acre site in Jalan S.P. Chelliah was chosen to build public housing- something not done before.
That PPC did not ask to sign any Sale & Purchase Agreement in applying for state land on the Swettenham pier discredits and refutes Teng Chang Yeow’s claims that the Taman Manggis land was sold to two parties and the state government was unreasonable in not giving a S&P.
