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KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 8): Former finance minister Tun Daim Zainuddin (pictured) said today that capital controls may not work for Malaysia now as market conditions have changed, compared with the 1997-1998 Asian financial crisis.

  KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 8): Former finance minister Tun Daim Zainuddin said today that talks are ongoing with China on Malaysia's proposed East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project.

  KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 8): Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor's lawyers said today they have until this December 6 to update the Sessions Court here on their application to transfer her money-laundering and tax-evasion case to the High Court.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 5): Three years ago, when former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, who was also the finance minister, unveiled Budget 2016, many labelled it the “Robin Hood” budget — a reference to a fictional character who took from the rich to give to the poor — simply because the personal income tax rate of those in the higher income bracket was raised.

SEMENYIH (Nov 4): The government welcomes innovative concepts such as the FundMyHome scheme which provide an innovative approach to address the housing unaffordability issue in the country by enabling more homebuyers to own their first homes.

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PETALING JAYA (Nov 2): The National House Buyers Association (HBA) has urged the government to take measures to slow down escalating property prices by raising the supply of homes in the affordable housing segment through  government-linked corporations, state economic agencies and  bodies such as Perbadanan PR1MA Malaysia (PR1MA).

PETALING JAYA (Nov 2): The Real Estate and Housing Developers’ Association Malaysia (Rehda) President Datuk  Soam Heng Choon (pictured) has lauded the government’s initiative in introducing a new technology-based mechanism –property crowdfunding, to encourage homeownership.

PETALING JAYA (Nov 2): While the Real Property Gains Tax (RPGT) rate will be increased after the fifth year, industry experts believe it will not adversely impact the property market as the quantum of increase is rather minimal.

  PETALING JAYA (Nov 2): The government will allow the setting-up of property crowdfunding  platforms which will serve as an alternative source of financing for first time homebuyers, said Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng today.