Sentosa Cove's strength becomes its weakness as cooling measures bite – report
Higher stamp duties on property sales – 20% for foreigners compared with 3% for foreigners – which took effect July 5 have exerted more pressure on the cove, which stood out for being the only place where non-citizens can buy landed homes.
Penang confident of meeting affordable homes target by 2022
The state government of Penang can achieve its target of providing 75,000 affordable homes by 2022.
New EIA on Penang highway project needed
Penang Forum member Kam Suan Pheng, who is a soil scientist, has said that the tunnels for the proposed PIL 1 highway would cross fragile granitic fault lines.
WCT order-book level seen as healthy
WCT’s order book increases substantially to around RM6.8 billion (from RM5 billion), which translates into a healthy cover of 4.9 times on financial year 2017 (FY17) construction revenue.
UPDATE: Najib detained over RM2.6bn in personal bank account, says MACC
He will be taken to the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court tomorrow (Sept 20) at 3pm where he will be read the charges.
Cabinet to lower voting age from 21 to 18
"By the next general election, 18-year-olds can cast their votes, that is for certain.”
Taman Midah folk want City Hall to halt development on green lung
A look at the Draft Kuala Lumpur City Plan 2020 shows the area has been earmarked as an open space.
KL Sentral air conditioners to be disabled from Fri night to Sat noon
“MRCB wishes to inform the public that the chillers/air conditioning system at Stesen Sentral Kuala Lumpur will be shut down for essential general maintenance work starting from 10pm on Friday, 21 September until 12 noon on Saturday, 22 September 2018."
Healthier competition environment expected for SunCon
So far in FY18, Sunway Construction (SunCon) had secured new jobs worth a total of RM854 million, while its outstanding construction order book now stands at RM5.6 billion. Currently, it is eyeing a third-party superstructure job (it stands a very good chance by virtue of it being the piling contractor for the project), as well as parent Sunway Bhd’s various new hospital and shopping mall projects.
