KUALA LUMPUR: Sime Darby Property Bhd's (SDP) USJ Heights development saw almost 75% of its second phase's zero lot bungalows snapped up within a week of its launch in January, it said in a statement on Wednesday, Mar 9.

KUALA LUMPUR: Information Communication and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim on Wednesday, Mar 9 announced the development of the Digital City to prepare Malaysia as a supplier of digital services by 2015.

JOHOR BAHRU: The property sector outlook in Johor Bahru is expected to be positive as the market has maintained its growth momentum in the second half of 2010, said property consultant Knight Frank Malaysia in its research report on Malaysia's 2H2010 Real Estate Highlights.

Notable growth was particularly experienced by the mid-high to high end residential properties.

KUALA LUMPUR: Cypark Resources Bhd will spearhead an initiative to build a Renewable Energy Park (RE Park) on approximately 64.2 acres (26 hectares) of remediated landfill in Pajam, which is in Nilai, Negeri Sembilan.

CYBERJAYA: The Housing Loans Division of the Treasury is expected to disburse around RM6.8 billion in loans to government servants this year.

"It is higher than last year's RM5.9 billion, on the back of an increase in the maximum housing loan size, recently announced by the government," Deputy Finance Minister Datuk Dr Awang Adek Hussein told reporters here.

HO CHI MINH City: By 2020, Ho Chi Minh City will have seven highways, two main urban boulevards, and four sky-roads with 25 tunnels and bridges, Vietnam News Agency reported quoting the city's top transport official as saying.

BEIJING: Guizhou in southwest China welcomes foreign investment in its high-speed railway construction, part of the province's massive transport network construction plan between 2011 and 2015, said governor Zhao Kezhi on Wednesday, Mar 9.

KUALA LUMPUR: The Selangor Petaling Business and Industry Association is requesting that the government consider Petaling Jaya South in the RM43 billion Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) project.

JELI: Plans to widen and repave a narrow damaged road in Kampung Banggol Yek bring a sigh of relief to about 2,000 residents from three villages in Banggol Yek, Bendang Besar and Mak Jintan, near here.

The project will be implemented using an allocation provided by Jeli Member of Parliament Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed.

JOHOR BAHRU: The Malaysia Budget Hotel Association (MBHA) is working to get more budget hotel operators around the country to become its member.

Its president Datuk Dr Muhamad Nasir Hamzah said the move was aimed at enhancing the quality of budget hotel services as well as to remove the negative image of budget hotels sometimes portrayed as the centres for vice activities.