Khairy worried GLCs will be broken up after Khazanah board offers to resign
KUALA LUMPUR (July 26): Khairy Jamaluddin has expressed his concern that government-linked companies (GLCs) will be broken up and flogged off.
Khazanah’s Azman Mokhtar and board of directors resign
KUALA LUMPUR (July 26): Khazanah Nasional Bhd's entire board, including its managing director Tan Sri Azman Mokhtar, had agreed to resign.
JAKS's latest injunction application against Star to be heard on Friday
KUALA LUMPUR (July 25): Star Media Group Bhd today confirmed that it has been served with a fresh Erinford injunction by JAKS Resources Bhd.
Bukit Kiara association voices concern over proposed eight-storey hotel at KGPA
KUALA LUMPUR (July 25): The Friends of Bukit Kiara (FoBK) has voiced concern over a proposed hotel development at the Kelab Golf Perkhidmatan Awam (KGPA) (pictured).
Penang Transport Masterplan RM1b loan proposal from SRS
GEORGE TOWN (July 25): The proposal for the RM1 billion soft loan for the Penang Transport Masterplan originated with Southern Reclamation Scheme (SRS) Consortium Sdn Bhd, said Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow.
Malaysia to get women-friendly sports complex in three years
KUALA LUMPUR (July 25): More power for women, and more facilities for them too! Housing and Local Government Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin announced today that Malaysia will have its first women-friendly sports complex in three years, reported Bernama.
PEPS: KPKT’s measures good, but execution is key
PETALING JAYA (July 25): While the Association of Valuers, Property Managers, Estate Agents and Property Consultants in the Private Sector Malaysia (PEPS) president Foo Gee Jen believed the drafting a commercial development act and streamlining housing data by introducing a data input system are laudable, his concerns lie in their enforcement and execution.
Penang Airport congestion to be optimised by Feb 2019
GEORGE TOWN (July 25): Short-term measures to reduce congestion at the Penang International Airport (PIA) during peak hours is expected to be completed by February 2019, said Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow.
‘Rentals can be a viable alternative to homeownership’
KUALA LUMPUR (July 25): Malaysia has to strengthen the legal framework of the local rental market to nurture renting as a viable alternative to homeownership, said Messrs Amir Toh Francis & Partners advocate and solicitor Ivan Chan.
KPKT to introduce developer data input system to help streamline Napic data
PETALING JAYA (July 25): The Ministry of Housing and Local Government (KPKT) is working with the National Property Information Centre (Napic) to streamline their housing data by introducing a data input system for developers at the beginning of next year, said its national housing department director-general Jayaselan Navaratnam “[The progress of streamlining the data] is still in the initial stage because we have come to an agreement first.
