News about Kuala Lumpur

  PETALING JAYA (July 28): There were allegedly over 90 plots of land sold by Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur (DBKL) – more than the 64 parcels that were earlier reported to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), said Federal Territories (FT) Minister Khalid Samad.

PETALING JAYA (July 28): Government land have been sold through bids held on the messaging platform WhatsApp among cronies of the previous Barisan Nasional regime, claimed Kepong MP Lim Lip Eng.

PETALING JAYA (July 28): The Federal Territories (FT) Ministry will review the Kampung Baru Detailed Development Master Plan (PITPKB) as part of ongoing efforts to redevelop the 118-year-old village in the heart of Kuala Lumpur, reported Bernama.

  PETALING JAYA (July 27): Federal Territories Minister Khalid Abdul Samad said in meeting yesterday that Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) will engage with the Save Kuala Lumpur (SKL) coalition and relevant stakeholders before the Draft KL City Plan 2020 (DKLCP 2020) is gazetted.

PETALING JAYA (July 27): Selangor is on alert level for the hand, food and mouth (HFMD) disease with 9,300 cases recorded from January until last week, state Health, Welfare, Women and Family Empowerment Committee chairman Dr Siti Mariah Mahmud told the media today, Bernama reported.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 27): Pavilion Real Estate Investment Trust’s (REIT) net property income (NPI) rose 18.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 26): The neighbourhood shopping mall which situated at the Quarza@Melawati integrated development in KL East will open its doors to the public by the end of next year, according to Sime Darby Property (Integrated) COO Quek Cham Hong.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 26): Melawati Mall, which is jointly developed by CapitaLand and Sime Darby Property Bhd, targets an occupancy rate of 90% for the one-year old mall by the end of this year.

PETALING JAYA (July 26): As residential property leasing market becomes challenging in the Kuala Lumpur city centre due to oversupply, Knight Frank Malaysia observed more owners turning to short-term leasing for higher yield in 1H18.

PETALING JAYA (July 26): Leasing enquiries from the oil and gas and related sectors as well as multinationals in other service industries exploring the Kuala Lumpur office market have picked up in the first half of 2018 (1H18) as the crude oil price appears to stabilise, according to Knight Frank Malaysia.