Editor's Pick

Boost home affordability with a more efficient property ecosystem

Home prices have risen rapidly since 1990, fuelled by historically low interest rates and enabled by the then government’s policies (such as home ownership campaigns, Developer Interest Bearing Scheme and a reduction in the real property gains tax) and banks’ aggressive lending for mortgages. As a result, home affordability has declined by half.

Covid-19: Kuching declared red zone, Hospital Sentosa closed

Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah: There are four new cases in the Hospital Sentosa Cluster. (A total of) 677 individuals have been screened and tested, 657 are still waiting for their results and Kuching, Sarawak has become a red zone.