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PUTRAJAYA (Jan 30): A stop work order has been issued to Eco World Development Group Bhd (EcoWorld) after a construction mishap at the ex-Pudu Jail site of the Bukit Bintang City Centre (BBCC) project, reported the Malay Mail today.

  PETALING JAYA (Jan 30): To resolve the property supply and demand mismatch in Malaysia, Khazanah Research Institute (KRI) director of research Dr Suraya Ismail opined that housing prices just need to be within the average wage earners’ affordability level.

PUTRAJAYA (Jan 30): Amid the slew of financial scandals seen since the change in regime last year, such as the ones involving 1Malaysia Development Bhd, Lembaga Tabung Haji and the Federal Land Development Authority, the Pakatan Harapan government yesterday launched a five-year action plan to stem similar misdeeds in the future.

PETALING JAYA (Jan 29): Gamuda Bhd is ready to provide support to property developers and the government with the company’s digital robotic industrialised building system (IBS) technology to build and deliver new affordable homes for Malaysia in line with the new National Housing Policy.

GEORGE TOWN (Jan 29): Non-residents of Penang are now allowed to purchase affordable homes in the state as the authorities here attempt to fix the “overhang situation”.

PETALING JAYA (Jan 29): A localised failure of a slab occured last Friday (Jan 25) at the Bukit Bintang City Centre (BBCC) development on the former Pudu Jail site in Kuala Lumpur, said Eco World Development Group Bhd (EcoWorld) in a press statement today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 28): Houses under KPKT’s Rent-to-Own scheme can only be resold to the ministry to prevent speculation, said Housing and Local Government Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 28): After working for four months, the Housing and Local Government Ministry (KPKT) has finally unveiled the National Housing Policy (Dasar Perumahan Negara/DRN) 2018–2025 today, with the objective of gathering public and private sector resources to solve the demand and supply mismatch problem.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 28): The Medan Imbi building owner has offered to buy the two plots of land where the six-storey building and fruit stall is situated.

PETALING JAYA (Jan 27): The eldest son of Petaling Jaya MP Maria Chin was stabbed in an attempted robbery today, reported The Star.