News about Town

GEORGE TOWN (Aug 2): The Penang government is proposing a rent control policy for pre-war buildings after numerous complaints from business operators in the George Town Unesco World Heritage Site over excessive rental hikes, Bernama reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 27): Escalating housing prices and the changing needs of young buyers have spurred interest in shoebox-sized apartments on Penang island, said Henry Butcher Malaysia (Penang) Sdn Bhd director Jason Teoh.

PETALING JAYA (July 26): Boustead Holdings Bhd aims to launch its 1 Cochrane condominiums in Cheras early next year, said divisional director under property Datuk Seri Ghazali Mohd Ali (pictured).

FOR a lot of investors, the first thing that comes to mind when one mentions Penang is the state’s thriving island and its capital city of George Town.

PENANG-based developer New Bob Group is building the first green condominium in Seberang Perai.

ANYOUNG Haseyo! South Korea – read Korean dramas, K-pop and of course PSY’s galloping Gangnam Style – have undoubtedly touched the lives of many a Malaysian.

ACCOMPLISHED businessman and veteran developer Tan Sri Teo Chiang Kok has played a role in the evolution of the Malaysian home.

A BETTER home in the 21st century is one that provides its occupants with a better quality of life, say members of Rehda Youth, the youth wing of the Real Estate and Housing Developers’ Association (Rehda).

KUALA LUMPUR (May 5): Attorney-General (AG) Tan Sri Mohamed Apandi Ali has denied reports that the AG’s Chambers had closed the case of an allegedly false declaration on the purchase of a bungalow by Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng (pictured).

HOW do you get Malaysians to re-engage with parts of Kuala Lumpur that have largely been forgotten? That is the question that urban renewal body Think City Sdn Bhd is tackling with its three-year rejuvenation programme.