News about Housing and Local Government Minister

KUALA LUMPUR (October 3): Property developers are behaving more and more like local councils, Deputy Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Raja Kamarul Bahrin Shah said, noting that this has given rise to the current form of townships that are not centralised and are dominated and led by private developers.

PETALING JAYA (Sept 14): The long-anticipated Highland Towers (pictured) redevelopment plan is expected to be unveiled in December, according to Housing and Local Government Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin.

大马新任部长在数个月前纷纷上任后，很快就发现“侍候”国民并不是一个简单的任务。 大马人对新政府的期许很高，预料会延续政府上任100天期间的严格监督，在未来继续监管政府的表现。 不过，大家可曾好奇，新任部长们会如何评价自己在上任100天的表现呢？ EdgeProp.

JOHOR BAHRU (Sept 8): A solution is quickly needed to resolve the issue of foreigners purchasing residential properties at the Forest City mega project (pictured) in Gelang Patah, said the Johor state government.

It is not easy serving the people, as many of the new Malaysian cabinet ministers are quickly finding out.

KUALA LUMPUR (August 16): Deputy Housing and Local Government Minister Raja Kamarul Bahrin Shah Raja Ahmad told Dewan Rakyat yesterday that only 16,682 units of 1Malaysia People’s Housing Programme (PR1MA) homes have been completed out of the targeted one million by 2020.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 13): While some building materials will be exempted from the soon-to-be implemented Sales and Services Tax (SST), house prices may not come down due to the increase in other cost components, said Housing and Local Government (KPKT) Deputy Minister Datuk Raja Kamarul Bahrin Shah.

KUALA TERENGGANU (August 4): Deputy Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Raja Kamarul Bahrin Shah says that a central database on home ownership may help housing issues.

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.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 24): A new national housing policy is scheduled to be unveiled three months earlier in September, says Housing and Local Government Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin.