Husam is leaving his safe seat in PAS-run Kelantan to contest in Putrajaya.
PUTRAJAYA,
April 18 — With the brightly-lit Putrajaya horizon at his back, Datuk
Husam Musa told a massive crowd in a football field last night that a
Pakatan Rakyat (PR) win could lead to owning a piece of property in the
administrative capital.The large crowd was curious enough to turn up for the first major rally held by the PAS candidate in Desa Pinggiran Putra where the price of property varies by up to RM100,000 despite being just outside the borders of Putrajaya.
“We present Putrajaya with a new kind of fulfilment ... We present the ray of takwa (piety) to Putrajaya,” Husam told the crowd that covered the football field.
The PAS vice-president had previously offered to ease the home ownership woes of civil servants living in the pricey federal administrative capital by writing in to Chief Secretary to the Government Datuk Mohd Ali Hamsa to discuss his proposal to resolve the home-ownership woes besetting its workers.
“If we win Putrajaya, I can say to you, that we will lower the rent to RM200 and RM350,” he said, referring to the rental rates in the Putra Damai apartment complex in Presint 11, Putrajaya.
The complex, parts of it serving as civil servants’ quarters, is currently rented out at RM350 per month for Perbadanan Putrajaya staff, and RM500 to the public.
Coincidentally, caretaker Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak is scheduled to launch the 1 Malaysia government servants housing project (PPA1M) in Putrajaya this morning, which has been criticised by Husam for only providing just over 10,000 houses.
Husam suggested that instead of building just 10,000 PPA1M houses in pricey Putrajaya land, 25,000 houses can built in cheaper land in Bukit Damar, Dengkil, located just to the west of Putrajaya.
The idea struck a chord with parts of the crowd made of civil servants who mostly live in quarters or rent outside the administrative capital.
“I’m lucky my wife is a civil servant, so we can live in the quarters. There’s no way I can afford the houses in Putrajaya,” said food caterer Zamri Rosli, 31, claiming that there’s practically no properties under RM300,000 in the city.
“Some of us had to sort of cheat, by saying we work in Putrajaya,” said a Tenaga Nasional employee working in Dengkil who called himself Che Wi, referring to PPA1M application that gives priority to workers in Putrajaya.
The mostly Muslim-Malay crowd was receptive to Husam’s suggestion to transform Putrajaya into a spiritually-enlightened capital, as he mooted a “maahad” school that will teach an Islamic curriculum including Quranic memorisation, coupled with science.
Husam repeated his previous pledges to have PAS’s spiritual adviser Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat, PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang and popular cleric Azhar Idrus to deliver the first few Friday sermons in Putrajaya should Pakatan Rakyat (PR) wins Election 2013.
Besides Hadi, other speakers last night include Hanipa Maidin who will be contesting in Sepang, where Cyberjaya is located. Cyberjaya is another smart city near Putrajaya, where property prices have shot up following construction of premium condominiums that cater to expatriates and investors.
Husam, who is leaving the safety of his PAS-run Kelantan for a federal seat in the May 5 polls, was reported to have observed that it was impossible for a civil servant, whether a support staff or an employee in the higher ranks, to afford a home in Putrajaya.
A flat costs between RM120,000 and RM150,000, while a double-storey linkhouse offered by the Barisan Nasional government is selling for between RM500,000 and RM750,000. A semi-detached house is priced between RM900,000 and RM1.8 million.
He was also reported to have observed that the size of some homes in the federal territory averaged between 750 square feet and 800 square feet and was not suitable for those with large families to raise their children.
Malaysia’s bureaucracy is powered by some 1.3 million workers. Some 80,000 people live in Putrajaya, with 15,798 of them registered to vote.
Source themalaysianinsider
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