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While wandering the gentle roads of Balik Pulau on Penang island, Live! found places to visit that cater for tastes ranging from the luxurious to the more adventurous.

马来西亚在刚过去的2018年，出现了好几座新的摩天大楼。 根据高层建筑和都市住宅委员会（CTBUH）的全球高楼建筑数据库The Skyscraper Center的资料，这些在去年落成的大楼包括位于吉隆坡的Four Seasons Place Kuala Lumpur、Southpoint Tower、W Hotel Kuala Lumpur and Tropicana The Residences、Elite Pavilion、Equatorial Plaza，还有分别位于柔佛和槟城的The Astaka和Arte S。 在这当中，Four Seasons Place Kuala Lumpur以343米的高度，成为了最高的新建成摩天大楼。这栋65层楼高的综合发展项目由Venus Assets私人有限公司在2018年10月建成，当中有零售中心、酒店和服务式住宅。 此外，柔佛The Astaka与槟城Arte S的落成，也令人感到相当雀跃。 The Astaka是位在One Bukit Senyum发展内的双子住宅大楼项目，发展商是Astaka Holdings。这个项目当中的双子塔分别高达278.

PETALING JAYA (Jan 12): The Malaysian-owned developer of a major rejuvenation project in London has donated £10,000 (RM52,622) to a fellow Malaysian who had suffered a stroke while on a trip there.

What is more comforting than a bowl of piping hot soup on a cold rainy day? Nothing beats the hotpot or steamboat! There are a few steamboat restaurants in Bandar Menjalara clustered along Jalan 5/62a and Jalan 8/62a.

PETALING JAYA: The revised Real Property Gains Tax (RPGT) rates that took effect from Jan 1, 2019, may lead to quicker disposals upon the fifth year of holding period as there would be no motivation for longer term investment, said a tax expert.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 11): A central plan by the government to address the issue of affordable housing could lead to losses that may "fall on taxpayers' shoulders", warned the Institute of Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS).

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 10): The shutting down time for night entertainment outlets for the city remains unchanged, Federal Territories Minister Khalid Samad (pictured) said today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 10): S P Setia Bhd said its wholly-owned subsidiary Setia Fontaines Sdn Bhd has been advised by solicitors that the latter's acquisition of five adjoining parcels of freehold land in Penang from Boustead Plantations Bhd should be exempted from the goods and services tax (GST), based on Malaysia's tax laws.

PETALING JAYA (Jan 10): Housing and Local Government (KPKT) Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin said the ministry is working on “rebranding” the money lending licence to encourage public to borrow from legitimate money lenders instead of 'Ah Long' (loan sharks or illegal money lenders).

PETALING JAYA (Jan 10): The newly established National Affordable Housing Council which held its first meeting recently, will introduce the National Affordable Housing Policy by end of the month.