Politicians should begin to disassociate themselves from housing developers for not to do so would be to send out the wrong signal to the public ([#1] Ong showing bias towards developers [/#], Feb 24).

Enforcement of the Housing Developers Act and the regulations made thereunder are so lax that one wonders whether the act is really for the interests of and to safeguard the purchasers or is it there for developers to blatantly flout what Parliament had intended for the protection of the purchasers.

The statute requires the developer to state the date of completion. 'Date' means day-month-year (in any order). However, our developers don't do that. They choose to say a number of months from the signing of the sale and purchase agreement.

Notice that some developers do not state the number of units for sale and the prices of the units. The latter information is just stated as 'From RMXX to RMXX'. If the above examples are not a blatant disregard for the rules and regulations then can the minister responsible please explain why.

When it comes to enforcing the agreement for late delivery or vacant possession, that's when the ambiguity of the number of months from signing etc. rears its head.

I hope the minister, a lawyer of high calibre, will address these problems for the benefit of the rakyat .