KUALA LUMPUR: The Ministry of Federal Territories and Urban Wellbeing (KWPKB) and the Malaysian Institute of Architects (PAM) have jointly organised a 2020 Countdown Clock Urban Design Competition that is now open for public voting.The public can go to vote.pam.org.my. to vote for their favourite design for the countdown clock to be located at Dataran Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur.

During our recent site visit to Iskandar Malaysia, we drove around the project sites for EduCity, Medini, SiLC, Horizon Hills, Setia Eco-Gardens, and Johor Premium Outlet, and made stops at the state administrative centre in Kota Iskandar, Columbia Hospital, and Puteri Harbour sales gallery.

LONDON: News International, the British newspaper wing of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp, has put its former Wapping home up for sale, abandoning a plan to remodel the 15-acre site in east London that housed the News of the World.

GEORGE TOWN: Hunza Properties Bhd will pay out RM10 million compensation to about 100 buyers of units at its Gurney Paragon condominium due to late delivery.

KUALA LUMPUR: SHL Consolidated Bhd plans to launch more residential units in its flagship development at Bandar Sungai Long in Kajang by the end of this year, finance director Jack Wong Tiek Fong told reporters after the company AGM yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR: Ireka Corp is acquiring a parcel of freehold land in Kajang, Selangor for RM22.43 million for a proposed gated and guarded mix-use industrial development.

KUALA LUMPUR: Land acquisition for the Klang Valley Mass Rapid Transit (KVMRT) project along Jalan Sultan is in the people's best interest of developing the best urban railway for them, Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD) chairman Tan Sri Syed Hamid Albar said on Setp 8.

KOTA BARU: About 300 people from 60 families at Section 10 Lorong Gajah Mati here staged a peaceful gathering to oppose the state government's land acquisition there for implementation of the Sungai Kelantan development project.

KUALA LUMPUR: Bank Negara Malaysia opted to maintain the Overnight Policy Rate (OPR) at 3.00 per cent after its Monetary Policy meeting here on Thursday Sept 8.

In a statement, the central bank said global growth had moderated in recent months as growth in the advanced economies slowed by more than expected following greater policy uncertainties.

LONDON: Sovereign debt issues are likely to continue to overshadow the fragile and uncertain outlook for the European economy, according to global property consultancy Knight Frank, which hosted its European Property Breakfast on Sept 6. This in turn is having a significant impact on the property sector, notably in respect of occupier and investor confidence, it said.