Banyak cantik... pembinaan Putrajaya menelan belanja RM23 bilion banyaknya. Sebuah syarikat PHSB (Putrajaya Holdings Sdn Bhd) ditubuhkan untuk menguruskan pembangunan wilayah persekutuan itu sejak dulu, maka adalah sukar bagi rakyat menilai ketelusan projek-projek di situ.

PHSB meminjam sebanyak RM2.15 bilion untuk membangunkan Putrajaya dan untuk membayar hutang RM466 juta kepada Khazanah Nasional Bhd. Pinjaman berbentuk bon itu dikeluarkan bersiri, RM 861.14 juta dan RM 1.288 bilion.

Menurut beberapa rakan tidak banyak kemudahan asas di Putrajaya. Untuk menikmati mamak style teh tarik misalnya, anda perlu memandu lebih kurang satu jam. Rumah yang dibeli tidak boleh dipasang 'grill' (gerigi besi) dan tidak dibenarkan membuat penambahan (extension atau renovation). Selain itu anda juga tidak dibenarkan membina pagar di sekeliling rumah anda. Banyak penduduk merungut kerana agak bimbang keselamatan mereka, lagipun banyak pendatang asing yang berkeliaran di tapak projek mungkin mempunyai aktivi sampingan di waktu malam.

Beberapa penulis ada mencatat tidak ada kemudahan sekolah ugama di Putrajaya. Malah tidak ada dalam master-plan Putra Jaya!. Penduduk di situ juga dilarang mengecat rumah mereka warna hijau + putih.

Seperti biasa projek Putrajaya sebenarnya adalah projek membuat harta oleh para kroni. Siapa yang mendapat tender jika tidak para kroni juga. Dengan mewilayah persekutuankan Putrajaya, ia bagai menambah lagi nilai tinggi kepada hartanah yang dimiliki serta mengizinkan lagi untuk tanah atau rumah dijual pada harga yang lebih tinggi. Nyatalah pembangunan Putrajaya mempunyai agenda tersembunyi - ia adalah satu perniagaan hartanah berbentuk spekulasi dengan kerajaan menghabiskan wang berbillion banyakknya sebagai penyeri.

-MSuri-

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Putrajaya to cost RM23 billion

http://news.catcha.com/my/content.phtml?1&010&&afpnews.cgi&cat=malaysia&stor y=010206091904.iqxlsp01.txt

Malaysian administrative capital to cost six billion dollars

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 6 (AFP) - Malaysia's new administrative capital of Putrajaya will cost around 23 billion ringgit (6.05 billion dollars) to build, developers said Tuesday.

Completion date for what is dubbed an "intelligent garden city" is still 2010, said Mohamad Hashim Hassan, chief executive officer of Putrajaya Holdings Sdn Bhd.

Putrajaya began rising four years ago from oil palm and rubber plantations 25 kilometres (16 miles) south of the national capital Kuala Lumpur. Critics see it as a wasteful "mega-project" by Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.

A focus of complaint is the prime ministerial residence which an opposition party has dubbed "Mahathir's palace."

Mahathir hit back at criticism last Thursday when he declared Putrajaya a federal territory, saying the city is for future leaders and will spur national development.

Hashim, who gave the construction cost, said some work would be speeded up at the government's request for completion in 2003 instead of 2005.

This would include another 12 million square feet (1.08 million sq meters) of government buildings, a monorail, a boulevard and a convention centre.

Putrajaya covers a total of 4,581 hectares (11,316 acres).

Hashim, quoted by Bernama news agency, was speaking after the signing of an agreement to issue bonds worth 2.15 billion ringgit to help finance the future development of the city.

http://www.bernama.com/bernama/business/bu0602_5.htm

Febuary 06 , 2001 15:47PM

Putrajaya Holdings to issue Islamic bonds

BANGI, Feb 6 (Bernama) -- Putrajaya Holdings Sdn Bhd (PHSB) today signed a facility agreement to issue Al-Bai Bithaman Ajil (ABBA) Serial Bonds worth RM2.150 billion to finance the future development of Putrajaya, the country's federal administrative centre and to repay loans of RM466 million to Khazanah Nasional Bhd.

The bonds will be issued in two separate tranches of up to RM861.14 million and RM1.288 billion respectively, securitised against the lease rental revenues of two parcels of Government office buildings, namely Parcel C and D, constructed by PHSB.

The main ABBA Serial Bonds Issue Facility Agreement was executed between PHSB as Issuer and RHB Sakura Merchant Bankers Berhad (RHBS) and Alliance Merchant Bank Berhad (AMB) as joint arrangers.

Also signed today were the Asset Purchase and Asset Sale agreements in respect of the first tranche of the bonds issue totalling RM861.14 million securitised against the future lease rentals receivable from the Federal Government under Parcel C.

RHBS is also the facility agent for the issuance of the bonds.

On hand to sign the agreements were PHSB chief executive officer, Datuk Mohd Hashim Hassan, RHBS managing director, George Ratilal and AMB chief executive officer, T. Jeyaratnam.

The signing was witnessed by Putrajaya Holdings chairman, Datuk Professor Zainuddin Muhammad.

Also executed today were the Trust Deed and security documents between PHSB and PAB Trustee Bhd as trustee for bondholders and security trustee.

PAB was represented by its director, Datuk Nik Mohd Amin Nik Majid.

These bonds have been assigned a credit rating of "AAA" by the Malaysian Rating Corporation Bhd.

Speaking to newsmen later, Hashim said that the full completion date of Putrajaya will still be 2010, although certain parcels would be expedited to meet the government's requirements.

"It will still take us until 2010 but there are certain components that the government wants us to expedite. This is mainly government buildings, so we are talking about another 12 million sq ft of government buildings and the core island development particularly the monorail, the boulevard and also a government convention centre. This is to be completed in 2003 instead of 2005," he said.

The overall size of the government precint in Putrajaya is 25 million sq ft, with 12 million sq ft constructed by PHSB to date.

Hashim said the overall cost of building remained at around RM23 billion.

-- BERNAMA