Story by Chan Lilian
FINALLY, Exco Member for Housing and Town & Country Planning, Jagdeep Singh Deo’s efforts in engaging with Bank Negara for a discussion is realised.
“I have just received a confirmation that the Assistant Governor of Bank Abu Hassan Alshari Yahaya will meet with me. He is coming to Komtar on Nov. 2. This is a positive news,” Jagdeep informed on Oct 16.
“One of the agendas is to discuss with Bank Negara on the possibilities of getting commercial banks to help first time buyers. Currently, the rejection rate of housing loan by first time buyers is too high. I will be impressing upon Bank Negara to assist to ensure that the people can get a loan to buy homes. Even the Barisan Nasional politicians have supported this move and feel that the commercial banks high loan rejection rates are in the way of getting people to own homes. These group of people should be given preferential treatment,” Jagdeep said.
“Although I originally wrote to the Governor of Bank Negara Tan Sri Dato’ Sri Dr. Zeti Akhtar Aziz to arrange a meeting with the Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng, I am happy that at least I can meet the Assistant Governor first,” Jagdeep added.var d=document;var s=d.createElement(‘script’);