News by The Malaysian Insider

Mayor Datuk Mhd Nordin Abdul Aziz said that City Hall needed to ensure there were enough houses to accommodate Kuala Lumpur’s 1.8 million inhabitants.

Penang housing exco Jagdeep Singh Deo told the state legislative assembly sitting yesterday that the new committee would look into planning and implementing redevelopment and regeneration programmes for public housing schemes.

Local Government, Traffic Management and Flood Mitigation Committee chairman Chow Kon Yeow said SPAD would provide technical advice and procedures for approval of projects such as the LRT and tram services.

The public wants punctuality, coverage and reliability in public transport.

There are 124 projects on hill land with slopes of 25° and above 250ft (76m) on Penang island.

Today's decision means that the buyers need not pay the GST ranging between RM18,000 and RM25,000.

The state government must explain why the Perak Umno building is able to sit on prime land by paying only a nominal premium charge of RM100 per lot, says Canning assemblyman Wong Kah Woh.

Komtar assemblyman Teh Lai Heng said the state should not just wait for funds from the federal government or its agencies to restore and conserve the city's heritage sites but should set up its own fund with RM10 million.

SDB communications and corporate affairs head Lina Othman told The Malaysian Insider that they received the approval from City Hall on September 3, 2014. “We will continue to carry out maintenance, such as grass cutting, plant trimming and overseeing the site. Fogging is also carried out on a monthly basis,” she said.

Last week, Petaling Jaya mayor Mohd Azizi Mohd Zain said the developers were required to build roads to improve accessibility before they could start work on their individual projects.