MIC man steps down from DBKL advisory board
KUALA LUMPUR (July 11): Datuk S Rajah has stepped down from Kuala Lumpur City Hall’s (DBKL) board of advisors, it was reported yesterday.
Govt looking into hiking minimum property prices for foreigners
KUALA LUMPUR (July 11): Putrajaya is studying the possibility of increasing minimum property prices for foreign buyers Housing and Local Government Ministry secretary general Datuk Mohammad Mentek told a local business publication that “a new threshold will be set based on the condition of the local currency”.
JB MP wants to stop unfair allocation of low-cost homes in the city
KUALA LUMPUR (July 11): Johor Bahru MP Akmal Nasrullah Mohd Nasir has revealed that there is unfair allocation of low-cost and medium low-cost flats to squatters in the Johor Bahru area.
Condo development on football field will proceed, says KL mayor
KUALA LUMPUR (July 11): The high-rise residential project on a football field in Bandar Tun Razak, Kuala Lumpur would be allowed to proceed as scheduled by the authorities.
PM Mahathir: Singapore knows Malaysia’s plan for KL-Singapore HSR
PUTRAJAYA (July 11): The Singapore government knows what its Malaysian counterpart wants to do with the currently-suspended Kuala Lumpur-Singapore high-speed rail (HSR) project, said Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad yesterday.
All RTO-scheme units in Ramah Pavilion snapped up less than two months
PETALING JAYA (July 9): All 50 units of Ramah Pavilion condominium in Teluk Kumbar, Penang island, under the developer’s rent-to-own (RTO) scheme were taken up by interested buyers within two months after the scheme was introduced in mid-April.
Ex-PM Najib pays remaining RM500,000 bail amount before deadline
KUALA LUMPUR (July 9): Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak today paid up the remaining half a million ringgit of his RM1 million bail over his case involving three counts of criminal breach of trust and one count of abuse of power relating to RM42 million belonging to SRC International Sdn Bhd, reported Bernama.
‘RM6.3b Penang project to start soon with undersea tunnel’
KUALA LUMPUR (July 9): Consortium Zenith Construction Sdn Bhd (CZC), the contractor of Penang’s RM6.
We need more than just housing data to address housing issues, says UN-Habitat executive director
The United Nations Human Settlements Programme or UN-Habitat executive director, Maimunah Mohd Sharif’s passion for bringing change to people’s lives certainly shines through.
DBKL political appointees ready to resign if directive issued
PETALING JAYA (July 6): The members who were appointed by the previous government into the advisory board of the Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) have voiced their readiness to resign, subject to proper procedure.
