204 9.4 The outcomes of the comparative analysis: The types of circulating urban policies
9.4.1 Land acquisition comparative analysis
Dubai
Singapore
Kuala Lumpur
Landuse planning
The government of Dubai provides funds and fully-serviced land to citizens.
Assisted by the UN, the government completed Singapore’s first concept plan, to guide the country’s physical development for the next 20 years.
Town and Country Planning Act 1976 defines a local authority.
Land ownership
The government is a significant landowner thanks to the property left by the colonial administration in 1971
The government is a significant landowner thanks to the property left by the colonial administration in 1959
Malaysia uses the Torrens system of ownership
Public housing Land administration
In Singapore and Kuala Lumpur, the government develops and provides affordable housing units, while in Dubai, the government only subsidizes housing for citizens (Yuen, 2005)
Dubai Municipality (DM) in the 1990s, power transitioned from DM to various public-private firms such as Dubai Holding, Emaar, Nakheel, and Meer
Urban Redevelopment Authority
Federal Land Development Authority
The government only subsidizes housing for citizens; private developers build for well-off immigrants,
The government develops and provides affordable housing units. Housing Development Board.
Dubai Authorities have approved several plans to regulate the development of urban areas in Dubai city.
The Singapore Land Authority
City Hall of Kuala Lumpur is the local planning authority that is treated as an agent of the public institution.
Transfer of land is a process to change the name of the registered proprietor in the title.
JTC Corporation (JTC).
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For land settlers, the Ministry of Rural and Regional Development, as well as pertinent land and regional development agencies, have all played their roles in providing low-cost housing.
