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Property Management: Ask the experts — Building safety

Buildings in Malaysia undergo vigorous and stringent compliance for purposes of design, construction and occupation. Generally, there are adequate laws and regulations that cover all aspects of building design, safety, piling, structure, slopes, roads, drains, fire protection, electrical installation, mechanical engineering for lifts, pumps and pipes, etc. In this respect, homeowners must be wary of unscrupulous players in the industry that deliver buildings of substandard workmanship or specifications.

FMH+DepositKu participants now ready to move into their new homes

Housing and Local Government  (KPKT) Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin: FMH is a viable alternative homeownership scheme. The process of owning a home under the scheme may be tough at the beginning (20% down payment), but the following five years you do not need to pay anything.

Penang Govt wants part of PTMP to be Federal projects

Chow said that if infrastructural projects under PTMP received federal government financings, it would enable the state government to make changes to the original plan including considerations on PSR project.

Joanna Yu denies sharing email, chat excerpts with Wall Street Journal

During cross-examination today, Datuk Seri Najib Razak's lawyer Harvinderjit Singh asked Yu, who is the prosecution's 54th witness, whether she had shared excerpts of emails or chat logs with WSJ reporters Bradley Hope and Tom Wright, who were also the authors of Billion Dollar Whale.

Najib's SRC trial resumes after bomb threat

At about 12:22pm, High Court deputy registrar Mahyudin Mohd Som informed the parties involved in the case of the warning by the authorities when lawyer Harvinderjit Singh was cross-examining former AmBank relationship manager Joanna Yu Ging Ping.

Global recession fear overplayed — BNM

“I think the recession fear is overplayed at this point in time. What we are seeing is just lower growth compared to our long-term average,” said BNM Economics Department director Fraziali Ismail.