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PETALING JAYA (Jan 12): There are significant overlaps in jurisdictions between the Ministry of Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government (KPKT) and the Ministry of Finance (MoF) over the regulation of property management that need to be resolved, said industry associations.

PETALING JAYA (Jan 12): The Exchange 106 — which, upon its completion by the end of this year, will be the tallest building in Southeast Asia at 492m — has leased out almost half of its space, reported The Star.

PUCHONG (Jan 12): Hillcrest Gardens Sdn Bhd will be launching its latest high-rise residential project at its township Taman Puchong Utama in Puchong, Selangor this weekend.

PETALING JAYA (Jan 11): M101 Holdings Sdn Bhd’s RM2.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 11): MCT Bhd, which recently received a takeover offer from its major shareholder Regent Wise Investments Ltd (RWIL) at 88 sen per share, said it will not seek an alternative person to make a takeover offer for the offer shares.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 11): Putrajaya’s orders to indefinitely freeze approvals for four types of developments is an “excessive demonstration of government powers to suppress the free market”, said the Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS) in a statement.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 10): A 59-year-old senior executive director of a company said to be linked to the proposed Penang undersea tunnel has been ordered to be remanded for six days by the Magistrate’s Court in Putrajaya, the news portal Malaysiakini reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 10): The prices of four most-utilised building materials, namely steel, cement, ready-mixed concrete and sand, are not the contributing factors in rising housing costs, says the Malaysia Competition Commission (MyCC).

PETALING JAYA (Jan 10): The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has remanded two company heads — of Ewein Bhd and Consortium Zenith Construction Sdn Bhd — in connection with the RM6.

ISKANDAR PUTERI (Jan 9): The Johor government is aiming to build 13,000 units of affordable homes this year, endeavouring to hit the target of 60,000 units in 2020.