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PETALING JAYA (July 17): Genting UK, a subsidiary of entertainment and gaming conglomerate Genting Malaysia Bhd, is mulling to shave over 1,600 jobs in the United Kingdoms owing to unprecedented losses over the past few months’ of lockdown, reported Sky News today.

Is a developer still liable to rectify defects that appear way after the defects liability period (DLP)? According to Chur Associates founder and managing partner Chris Tan, the DLP is not a deadline to claim for defects and hence the answer is ‘yes’.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 17): Sime Darby Property Bhd said today its online campaigns between March 25 and July 5, 2020, had garnered more than 740 bookings for properties worth about RM680 million within the Greater Klang Valley region and Johor, a testament to the company’s successful manoeuvring in online sales tactics and strategies.

On a scale of 1 to 10 (with 1 being the best and 10 the poorest), Architect Centre accredited building inspector and trainer Anthony Lee Tee ranked most properties he has visited in Malaysia, a 7 to even 10.

The Covid-19 pandemic has caught everyone off guard and while we lament the changes that it has brought to our lives, it has also on the other hand, given us new options in the way we choose to work and live.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 17): Plaza Arkadia at Desa ParkCity, Kuala Lumpur has been named the Gold Winner in the Mixed-Use Development category of 2020 FIABCI World Prix D’excellence Awards.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 16 -- The two-day Malaysia Virtual Travel Expo 2020 from August 22, 2020, could help boost the country's domestic tourism during the Recovery Movement Control Order (RMCO) period, said Tourism Malaysia Domestic and Events Division senior director Datuk Dr Ammar Abd Ghapar.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 17): The Walker Tower condominium board is disputing the sale of  a nearly 6,000 sq ft penthouse linked to 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) in Manhattan.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 17) Water supply to about 251 areas involved in the scheduled disruption exercise, due to upgrading works at the Sungai Selangor Phase 3 water treatment plant from July 14, has been fully restored as of 9pm yesterday (July 16).

PETALING JAYA (July 16): Should there be a limit to a strata management committee's power especially with regards to the usage of the sinking fund? Although existing laws do not impose legal limitations on a committee's powers, Solaris Dutamas Management Corporation (MC) chairman Datuk Nabhesh Khanna said a cap should perhaps be put on the usage of the sinking fund at any one time.