Section 10

to develop, build, erect and complete houses for sale or sublease to such categories of persons and at such locations in

Sarawak, as may be approved by the Minister;

to develop or provide sites, with adequate infrastructures, services and facilities, for the building of houses or housing accommodation by such categories of persons as may be approved by the Minister;

to build or erect, for sale, sublease or exchange, shophouses in any housing estates, to cater for the needs and convenience of residents or persons living or working within such housing estates;

to execute, carry out or implement, such plans or schemes for the development of housing estates, prepared or drawn up by the Government or any other governmental authority in Malaysia;

to improve, renovate, repair or upgrade, upon such terms and conditions as the Board may determine, any houses or flats previously built or constructed by the Corporation or the

Commission, or to improve, upgrade or repair facilities or amenities in housing estates developed by the Corporation or the

Commission;

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to acquire, purchase, sell, sublease, rent or license any buildings built, owned or acquired by the Corporation at such price, rent or fees as may be approved by the Board in consultation with the Minister;

to undertake such studies, surveys, investigations or research as may be necessary to enable the Corporation to carry out or discharge any of its functions;

subject to the approval of the Minister, to draw up and implement schemes to provide loans or other forms of financial assistance, to purchasers of houses or property built, developed or owned by the Corporation;

subject to the approval of the Minister, to grant loan or financial assistance on terms and conditions to be determined by the

Corporation, for the building, repair, renovation, improvement of houses to be built, or built or situated on such locality or area as the Minister may determine;

to manage, preserve, repair, renovate or administer any building or property wholly or partly belonging to or owned by the Corporation;

to prepare, draw up, or determine standards, quality, criteria of design, workmanship or engineering works for various categories of buildings or houses to be built, erected, completed or acquired by the Corporation;

to make, manufacture or design any materials, tools or equipment needed for the building or construction of houses or infrastructure, amenities or facilities in any housing development undertaken by the Corporation; and

to do all such other matters and things as are necessary for the exercise or performance of all or any of the functions and responsibilities of the Corporation.

In addition to the functions and responsibilities stipulated in subsection (1), the Corporation may undertake such other functions as the Majlis Mesyuarat Kerajaan Negeri may, by direction published in the Gazette, assign.