News about MP

PETALING JAYA (Oct 4): Sime Darby Property Bhd will be developing the 379,000-acre Malaysia Vision Valley (MVV) to the south of Kuala Lumpur on its own after a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) inked with two other partners to jointly develop the project lapsed a year ago, reported The Star.

GEORGE TOWN (Oct 3): In a debate on the durability of a Light Rail Transit (LRT) (pictured) system, Penang Transport Master Plan (PTMP) project manager Szeto Wai Loong was reported saying that “such a system was likely to last forever, requiring only minimal maintenance such as software upgrades in the long run compared with trams and bus-tram hybrids”.

PETALING JAYA (Oct 2): The Desa Putra Resident Association’s (RA) are angry and dismayed over Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur's (DBKL) Planning Department Director Nurazizi Mokhtar’s claim that there is no need for residents to be given the documents related to the proposed 46-storey high rise project that will be built less than 10 meters away from the condominium.

KUALA LUMPUR (October 2): Newly-appointed Kuala Lumpur mayor Datuk Nor Hisham Ahmad Dahlan is raring to go, and will bring his no-nonsense, hands-on management style to the city.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 2): UEM Sunrise will launch a low-density condominium in Mont'Kiara here comprising only 240 units in the middle of this month, said its managing director and CEO Anwar Syahrin Abdul Ajib.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 2): Datuk Nor Hisham Ahmad Dahlan has been appointed the new Kuala Lumpur mayor.

GEORGE TOWN (Oct 1): The National Heritage Department badly requires “a fresh infusion” of funds from the federal government to carry on with its functions, the Malay Mail reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 1): Penang’s ambitions to build its Pan Island Link (PIL1) highway could make the state’s planned Light Rail Transit system redundant, a Universiti Sains Malaysia academic told the Malay Mail today.

GEORGE TOWN (October 1): At the public dialogue to discuss the Penang Transport Master Plan (PTMP) yesterday, Penang Forum suggested the state consider an Autonomous Rail Rapid Transit (ART) system.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 1): Gamuda Bhd shares fell 3.