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Kampung Naga PPR Housing Units Near Completion

Last update: 23/02/2017

KUBANG PASU, Feb 23 (Bernama) -- The construction of 312 housing units under Kampung Naga People's Housing Programme (PPR) here is 97 per cent complete and is expected to be ready in May.



State Housing and Local Government, Water Supply, Water and Energy Resources Committee chairman, Datuk Badrul Hisham Hashim said all thats left to be done were the road works and making an alternative route to the housing project.



"When everthing is completed, we will hand over the house keys," he told reporters after a working visit to Kampung Naga PPR project site here, today.



"The RM50.8 million project which started in 2014 covers an area of 11.2 hectares," he said adding the cost of each house was between RM35,000 and RM45,000.



Badrul Hisham said the 700 applicants on the waiting list would be screened in an interview to be conducted at every district office in June.



Three other PPR projects located in Kubang Pasu district, Alor Setar and Padang Terap costing almost RM400 million, were also in completion phase.



-- BERNAMA