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GEORGE TOWN (Oct 14): The Penang Development Corp (PDC) will “step up” its monitoring of the state’s affordable housing projects “to ensure they are in tip-top condition”, said state local government committee chairman Jagdeep Singh Deo.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 14): Former Federal Territories Minister Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor has today been ordered by the High Court here to enter his defence for his graft trial.

The move by the Kajang Municipal Council (MPKJ) to authorise the seizure of belongings of strata property maintenance fee defaulters of an apartment project and the subsequent auction of said chattels and movable properties has alerted the public about the severe consequences of failing to settle outstanding charges and contribution pursuant to the Strata Management Act, 2013 (SMA).

PETALING JAYA (Oct 11): The National House Buyers Association (HBA) has praised the government’s efforts in its proposed Budget 2020 to help homebuyers to own a property but at the same time urged the government to review certain measures that might pose hidden risks to the property market.

GEORGE TOWN (Oct 11): An illegal quarry in Teluk Bahang is still mining thousands of tonnes of granite despite a stop-work order by the Penang Island City Council (MBPP), an online report by The Star said today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 10): Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said today some employees of newspaper publisher Utusan Melayu (M) Bhd, which ceased operations yesterday, will be rehired by a new media group.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 9): Utusan Malaysia, the oldest Malay-language newspaper in the country, will carry on despite the operational shutdown of its former holding company Utusan Melayu (M) Bhd today, says the latter's executive chairman Datuk Abd Aziz Sheikh Fadzir.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 8): The following is a statement by Datuk Seri Nazir Razak (pictured): I refer to media reports about the MACC recovery plan for funds totalling RM420m from 80 persons and entities who received more than RM 500,000 in alleged 1MDB monies.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 8): The pedestrian bridge linking Abdullah Hukum LRT-KTMB station to The Gardens Mall “is expected to be opened by this month,” reported The Star recently.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 8): Some 200 units from Phase 1 of M Oscar, Mah Sing Group Bhd’s new high-rise residential project were fully sold out over its launch weekend on Oct 5 and 6.