Date: 9 July 2026 (Thursday)
Venue: Concorde Hotel Kuala Lumpur
Organiser: Logic Plus Events
Strategic Partners: Chee Hoe & Associates; BurgieLaw; Lexscout
BOVAEP / LPPEH: 5 CPD HOURS APPLIED

This 1-day intensive seminar cum workshop is the second seminar in our Housing Development Seminar Series for 2026. It will lay the way forward by equipping participants with the knowledge and solutions to deal with the recent challenges faced by housing development industry.

The speakers will deal with the important issues such as: what are the important provisions in the DMC; does Schedule H apply to a phased development; does one need to extend the defect liability period to pre-existing facilities; how does JUPEM deal with a project development which involves provisional blocks; what is the step-by-step basis to unblock the provisional block; and can one deliver vacant possession in different periods.

The KEY TOPICS include:

WHAT CONSTITUTES AN EFFECTIVE DEED OF MUTUAL COVENANT (DMC) FOR DEVELOPERS
WHAT ARE THE LEGAL OBLIGATIONS OF A DEVELOPER UNDER THE PRE- SCRIBED SPA FOR PHASED DEVELOPMENTS
HOW DOES JUPEM DEAL WITH PROVISIONAL BLOCKS
HOW DO YOU DELIVER STAGGERED VACANT POSSESSION
RECENT LANDMARK DECISIONS AFFECTING HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

Property Developers
Legal Practitioners / Consultants
Project Managers
Local Authorities & Commissioners
Property Owners / Investors
Valuers, Appraisers and Estate Agents
Planners

PROGRAMME

9.00am – 10.30am WHAT CONSTITUTES AN EFFECTIVE DEED OF MUTUAL COVENANT (DMC) FOR DEVELOPERS

By Lai Chee Hoe – Managing Partner, Chee Hoe & Associates

What is a deed of mutual covenant (DMC)?
Should we still prepare a DMC and sign them at the point of entering into a SPA?
What are the important provisions in the DMC?
Can the DMC bind a non-purchaser?
What if the DMC contradicts with the prescribed by-laws?
How do we transfer the powers granted in the DMC to the Joint Management Body (JMB)?
Do we transfer during the developer’s management period or preliminary management period?

10.30am – 11.00am Coffee Break

11.00am – 12.30pm WHAT ARE THE LEGAL OBLIGATIONS OF A DEVELOPER UNDER THE PRE- SCRIBED SPA FOR PHASED DEVELOPMENTS

By Lai Chee Hoe – Managing Partner, Chee Hoe & Associates

Does Schedule H apply to a phased development?
Does a proprietor of a provisional block need to pay charges?
Does one need to extend the defect liability period to pre-existing facilities?
What are the items you should avoid having in the Second Schedule (Common Facilities and Services)?
What are the essential items one must have in a deed of mutual covenant when dealing with Prescribed SPA for phased development?
Does phase 1 and phase 2 pay same rate of charges?

12.30pm – 1.30pm Networking Lunch

1.30pm – 3.00pm HOW DOES JUPEM DEAL WITH PROVISIONAL BLOCKS

By Looi Kam Seng – Director, Survey and Mapping for the State of Selangor

How does JUPEM deal with a project development which involves provisional blocks?
Can one include the main parcel in phase 1 and accessory parcel in Phase 2?
Can one obtain CPSP without CCC?
What is the step-by-step basis to unblock the provisional block?

3.00pm – 3.30pm Tea Break

3.30pm – 5.00pm HOW DO YOU DELIVER STAGGERED VACANT POSSESSION

By Lai Chee Hoe – Managing Partner, Chee Hoe & Associates

Can one deliver vacant possession in different periods?
How to calculate LAD?
How does a developer minimise payment of LAD?
Can one deliver vacant possession of parcel without completion to common facilities?
Must one obtain CCC before delivering vacant possession of a parcel?
How one seeks to minimise payment of LAD?

Full brochure can be downloaded below:

Housing Development Seminar 2026 (Series 2) – BL Download

SPEAKER PROFILE

Lai Chee Hoe

A Certificate of Legal Practice (“CLP”) Book-prize winner for General Paper, author of “Strata Management Practice & Procedure” published by CLJ Publication 2019 edition, admitted and enrolled as an Advocate and Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya in 2005.

In year 2019, he sat on the previous focus committee amending the Strata Management Act 2013 and the Strata Management (Maintenance & Management) Regulations 2015. In year 2024, he was appointed by the Ministry of Housing and Local Government as one of the panel of advisor to assist in the amendments to the Housing Development (Control and Licensing) Act 1966 [Act 118] and Strata Management Act 2015. [Act 757]

He specialises in strata management and housing development disputes. He also advises developers on strata related pre-emptive actions and provide a comprehensive advisory from the stage of SIFUS and drawing up the schedule of parcels.

He argues complicated strata management issues in court regularly and is constantly sought after to provide training and talks.

His practice focuses on complex strata management disputes representing JMBs, MCs and developers in landmark litigation. His notable success includes the following:

Obata Ambak v Prema Bonanza [2024] 8 CLJ 519 which the Federal Court (with a panel of 5 judges) delivered a landmark decision distinguishing Ang Ming Lee.
Pearl Suria case where the Court of Appeal [2024] 3 CLJ 177 (and leave was not allowed in the Federal Court) delivered a landmark decision in allowing a developer (during preliminary management period) and Management Corporation to apply different rates of charges;
Gas Malaysia case where the Court of Appeal (and later affirmed by the Federal Court) opined that the Management Corporation has no power to supply Gas to the development area;
Badan Pengurusan Bersama Gurney Paragon Residential v Hunza Properties (Gurney) Sdn Bhd [2026] CLJU 269 where the Court of Appeal ruled that only 1 JMB is allowed to manage the development area, whether they are residential or commercial components;
Badan Pengurusan Bersama Avenue K dan K Residence v City Properties Sdn Bhd & Ors [2025] 5 CLJ 825 which gives insights into the voting rights of defaulters;
Menara 1MK Subsidiary v 1 Mont Kiara and Kiara 2 Management Corporation[2025] CLJU 2587 where the special plan was preserved and application to set aside was dismissed. He also acts for the Bar Council on various cases.

He also acts for the Bar Council on various cases. He also regularly updates Strata related cases on https://blog.burgielaw.com/

Beyond the Courtroom, he is empanelled with the Asian International Arbitration Centre (“AIAC”) as a Chartered Arbitrator (fellow of CIArb) and as a Certified Adjudicator. He is also an Associate of the Malaysian Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrator.

Looi Kam Seng

LSr Looi is currently the Director of Survey and Mapping for the State of Selangor (JUPEM Selangor). He started serving in the Department of Survey and Mapping for the State of Penang as a Training Surveyor in 1992.

He graduated with a Bachelor of Land Surveying from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) in 1991 and has over 30 years of experience in the field of Cadastral Surveying. He is also the pioneer for the department’s cadastral surveying computerisation since 1992. Other than Cadastral Surveying, he was also involved in the joint boundaries’ demarcation and survey for Kedah-Perlis-Perak-Penang and the international boundary between Sabah and North Kalimantan.

He is currently involved in various focus groups discussion to facilitate land title survey and strata title survey processes. He is a Registered Land Surveyor (LSr) and a Fellow of Royal Institution of Surveyors Malaysia (RISM). He is also a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in Cadastral Surveying as appointed by the Public Service Department in 2019. He is actively involved in solving land and strata related issues in the state of Selangor and often attended as Expert Witness in High Court.

REGISTRATION FEES

RM950 – Early Bird Registration: Payment received by 3 July 2026

RM1050 – Normal Price / HRDC Registration

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