KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak today launched the 1Malaysia Housing Project (PR1MA) phone app at the Putra World Trade Centre.
Najib, who spent about 15 minutes at the PR1MA exhibition booth, also viewed a special video presentation on the status of 23 PR1MA projects nationwide.
PR1MA chief executive officer Datuk Abdul Mutalib Alias said the free app would provide easier access for potential home owners to register and apply to buy PR1MA houses and check their application status.
"Potential buyers are also able to register and apply through our website, but the app provides easier access to PR1MA as they can get the information anywhere. We currently have 1.3 potential home buyers registered with us.
"Apart from availability of the homes, there is also an issue of financing that we are aiming to address through a financial scheme that offers 100 per cent loan of up to RM259,000, which will be launched in January," he said.
Also present were Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Seri Dr Shahidan Kassim and PR1MA chairman Tan Sri Dr Alies Anor Abdul.
Malaysians with a monthly salary of RM2,500 to RM10,000 and are seeking their first or second homes are eligible to apply for the housing units sold between RM100,000 and RM400,000 each.