News about Perak

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 26): We have heard of the Rumah Selangorku housing scheme and not to be outdone, the Perak government has launched the first phase of the “Perakku” housing programme.

PENANG (Oct 5): The state’s transport master plan (PTMP) will have a land tunnel since the Persiaran Gurney-Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu bypass dubbed Package 3 will be 50% elevated and 50% underground or at grade, reported The Malaysian Insight news portal today.

IPOH (Oct 4): It can get quite quiet in parts of this sleepy Perak capital and when a loud bang and tremor was heard and felt this morning, some folk here got a tad curious/worried.

IPOH (September 28): Sultan Azlan Shah Airport will be upgraded to enhance passenger experience and improve aircraft traffic control.

IPOH (Sept 24): Talk resurfaced recently about the construction of a cable car service at the popular Bukit Larut, Perak but a state government official has reconfirmed that there are currently no plans for such a project.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 21): United Plantations Bhd is acquiring seven pieces of agricultural land totalling 8,999.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 29): KIP Real Estate Investment Trust (KIP REIT) is buying the Aeon Mall Kinta City, a four-storey building, 60,230 sq m property in Jalan Teh Lean Swee, Ipoh, Perak for RM208 million cash.

KUALA LUMPUR (August 20): Menteri Besar Ahmad Faizal Azumu lauded the termination of the licence agreement between the Movie Animation Park Studios (MAPS) in Perak and DreamWorks Animation LLC, as all rides and attractions in the theme park can be opened to visitors now.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 19): Former Perak Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin said he was able to issue freehold titles to villages when he led the state government.

KUALA LUMPUR (August 16): MK Land Holdings Bhd is teaming up with Menteri Besar Inc (Perak) (MB Inc) to jointly develop land totalling 226 acres (91.