Water cuts plague Johor, Melaka folk
SIMPANG RENGGAM (Sept 30): Despite two days of rainfall in Simpang Renggam in Johor, water levels of Sungai Benut has failed to rise, causing fears of a water shortage to be realised.
Malaysia, Singapore extend RTS Link decision deadline to Oct 31
KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 29): Decision on the Johor-Bahru-Singapore Rapid Transit System Link (RTS Link) has been deferred by another month to Oct 31, Malaysia’s Ministry of Transport says today.
Johor: About 100,000 residents to be impacted by water cut on Oct 8
JOHOR BAHRU (Sept 29): About 100,000 people in Johor who get water from the Lebam Dam in Kota Tinggi will have to go through scheduled water rationing from Oct 8.
1MDB forfeiture: MACC wants to amend notice against BN Johor
KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 27): The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) wants to amend its forfeiture notice against Barisan Nasional (BN) Johor to include its office bearers in the legal action to recover 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB)-related money, which BN Johor was alleged to have received.
Retail and office occupancy rate stable in 1H2019
KAJANG (Sept 23): Decent take-ups of retail and office spaces in the Klang Valley supported the occupancy rate growth of the commercial sector in 1H2019, according to National Property Information Centre (Napic).
Property glut: Johor mulls lowering price threshold for foreigners
JOHOR BAHRU (Sept 20): The Johor government is considering lowering the current RM1 million price threshold for foreigners to buy properties in the state, a report in the Malay Mail said today.
CAP worried about promotion of local properties to Hong Kong buyers
PETALING JAYA (Sept 11): The Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) is concerned about Malaysian developers trying to attract Hong Kong property buyers to our shores, riding on the social and political turmoil plaguing the territory in recent months.
Five things the Johor property sector could do without
The second most populous state in Malaysia, Johor has remained attractive to investors.
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.
UEM Edgenta terminates JV after incurring losses
KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 4): UEM Sunrise Edgenta TMS Sdn Bhd (UEMSET) has terminated its joint-venture (JV) agreement with Township Management Services Sdn Bhd (TMS) to operate Edgenta TMS Sdn Bhd (ETSB), which was conceived in 2016 as the country’s first holistic township management service operator.
