Property developer fined RM1.5m for abetting Ku Nan in RM1m bribery case
KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 17): Businessman Datuk Tan Eng Boon (pictured, centre) was fined RM1.
Oct 14 deadline for Penang property owners to appeal against assessment rate hike
GEORGE TOWN (Sept 13): Penang property owners have to be prepared to pay higher assessment rates next year as the state’s two local councils review the rates to counter increased expenditures.
Penang to 'work hard' to provide affordable housing
GEORGE TOWN (Sept 12): Penang Development Corp (PDC) will have to “work hard” to provide affordable housing for residents of the state.
AGC to appeal against leave granted to Najib and Shafee to remove Gopal Sri Ram
KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 6): The Attorney General's Chamber (AGC) will file an application for leave to appeal in the Federal Court against the decision by the Court of Appeal which granted leave to Datuk Seri Najib Razak and his lead counsel Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah, to start a judicial review application to remove former federal court judge Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram (pictured) from prosecuting the former prime minister in the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) case.
Penang to form umbrella body for the coordination of smart city initiatives
GEORGE TOWN (Sept 6): Penang is pushing ahead with its smart city initiatives with the planned formation of an “umbrella body” called Digital Penang Corporation (DPC).
Contractors main culprits of illegal dumpsites
JOHOR BAHRU (Sept 5): Repeated efforts by the authorities to clean up illegal dumpsites have gone to naught when some irresponsible parties continue to dispose their waste at the sites.
Giant to get new head
KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 30): Chris Bush, the CEO of Southeast Asia Food at Dairy Farm International, will take over the role that will be left vacant by Pierre-Olivier Deplanck, the managing director of GCH Retail (M) Sdn Bhd, once the latter leaves on Aug 30 to pursue new opportunities.
A rare investment opportunity at TemasyaGlenmarie
Shah Alam was Malaysia’s first master-planned city after the country’s independence in 1957.
Gagasan Nadi Cergas posts net profit of RM6.88m in 2Q, declares maiden 0.5 sen dividend
KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 27): Gagasan Nadi Cergas Bhd expects its construction tender book to exceed RM1 billion from RM700 million as at January 2019, as the group has been successfully pre-qualified in more public sector tenders.
物管答疑：管理机构
问：管理机构（MC）或联合管理机构（JMB）需要设立公司来管理资金吗？谁要为资金管理负最大责任？ 根据2013年分层管理法令，MC和JMB的功能是妥当维护和管理建筑物、土地和公共空间。 在该法令中，没有任何一个条规允许MC 或JMB设立公司来管理资金。不过，MC或JMB可成立小型资金管理委员会，由通过投票挑选出来的会员们，对资金进行有效的管理。 问：我们打算利用公寓内的公共礼堂来开办托儿所。请问MC需要向有关部门提出申请吗？ 根据2015年分层管理（维护和管理）条例第3附表的第3（4）条，MC或JMB应该“在恰当的情况下，管理、维护和采用合适的营运商，来管理任何公共财产中的公共设施、便利设施和服务，如自动洗衣店、便利店、餐厅、托儿所和其他”。 不过，他们“必须维持合理的安全和健康标准，从而为经营者和使用者带来使用上的便利、舒适和愉悦”。 假设该公共礼堂是公共财产的一部分，我们认为，根据上述第3（4）分段条例，必须获得相关单位的批准，JMB或MC才可以有权利将该礼堂转为托儿所，并寻找合适且有利所有业主的经营者来开设托儿所。 Chis Tan是Chur Associates的创办人兼管理合伙人。他也是2019年EdgeProp 大马优质产业管理大奖（EdgeProp Malaysia’s Best Managed Property Awards 2019）的评委，以及EdgeProp.
