Painting a picture of The Canvas Hotel
What defines a good hotel? The executive director of The Canvas Hotel, Kelvin Taing believes that a good hotel should never be solely defined by the space or facility.
Forget about 2018, developers more optimistic about 2019
PETALING JAYA (Oct 12): Property developers are more optimistic about the Malaysia property market outlook in the coming year than the current second half of 2018.
Najib appears unrepentant, denies all charges linked to 1MDB in FT interview
PETALING JAYA (Oct 12): Former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak denied all charges of money laundering, abuse of power and criminal breach of trust and appeared unrepentant about his reign of power in an interview with Financial Times.
Azmin confirms he is part of team revisiting MRT2 contract
KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 11): Minister of Economic Affairs Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali has confirmed that he is one of four ministers in a committee set up by the Cabinet to revisit the Mass Rapid Transit 2 (MRT2) underground contract.
Rehda seeks more local govt support to reduce home prices
PETALING JAYA (Oct 10): The Real Estate and Housing Developers Association (Rehda) wishes to see more support from the local authorities to achieve the national goal of lowering down property prices.
Government mulls reducing compliance cost for affordable housing developments
PETALING JAYA (Oct 9): The government is mulling a reduction in compliance costs for affordable housing developments by saving developers the burden of undertaking the construction of certain utilities infrastructure.
One million affordable homes target under review
KUALA LUMPUR (October 9): The Pakatan Harapan government is looking to review its promise of building one million affordable homes as it now feels the country may not need that many units to address the affordable housing issue, said Housing and Local Government Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin.
Current housing policies must change, said Asli chairperson
KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 8): Asian Strategy & Leadership Institute (Asli) chairperson Tan Sri Jeffrey Cheah said there is a need to change existing legislation for the real estate industry as the laws have not kept up with the pace of nation’s economic and social landscape.
MACC summons Ahmad Zahid for questioning on Wednesday — report
KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 8): The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has summoned Umno president Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi for questioning at its headquarters in Putrajaya on Wednesday (Oct 10), according to Malaysiakini.
