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KUCHING (Jan 23): Construction companies in Sarawak have been encouraged by Datuk Seri Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah to tap into infrastructure development opportunities in East Kalimantan with the advent of Indonesia’s new capital, Nusantara, reported by Borneo Post Online Sarawak is in a good position to tap into the opportunity as Sarawak is located just next to Kalimantan, said the Minister of Tourism, Creative Industry and Performing Arts of Sarawak during a press conference on the launch of the Largest Sarawak Themed Mural Painting at the Borneo Convention Centre Kuching on Friday (Jan 21).

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 20): During the Real Estate and Housing Developers’ Association Malaysia (Rehda) Institute CEO Series 2022, property developers have urged for the government to step in to address the surging building material prices to ensure that house prices will remain stable, reported by The Star.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 17): Mitsui Fudosan Co Ltd, a Tokyo-based real estate company, will commence the operations of LaLaport BBCC on Thursday (Jan 20).

Read also: DONE DEAL: Shoplot at Jalan Telawi 2, Bangsar Baru, Kuala Lumpur Bukit Jelutong Industrial Park has great connectivity to key highways and links to major neighbouring townships such as Petaling Jaya, Shah Alam, Subang Jaya and Klang.

Do we honestly need new laws to purportedly “offer more protection” for house buyers when the existing ones are adequate? Do we lack laws or the will to enforce them?  Would amending the Housing Development (Control &Licensing) Act, 1966 (Act 118) and their related Regulations honestly solve the problem of abandoned housing project? There is nothing wrong with the current laws.

PETALING JAYA (Dec 17): Mah Sing Group Bhd’s M Centura in Sentul is now completed, and the developer is set to deliver vacant possession.

Last week, I presented the National House Buyers Association (HBA)’s: ‘tick where applicable” checklist to our newly minted Minister of Housing & Local Government, YB Datuk Seri Reezal Merican Naina Merican in my article published on Dec 11, 2021 entitled: ‘If I were the Housing Minister” I have since received positive feedback from my fellow volunteers, friends of HBA, industry players, stakeholders, civil servants, politicians from both sides of the divide and housing developers (of the decent and responsible variety).

Read also DONE DEAL: Three-storey bungalow house at The Residences, Putra Heights, Subang Jaya, Selangor DONE DEAL: Single-storey terraced house at Bandar Sri Damansara, Kuala Lumpur Developed by E&O Berhad, Seventy Damansara is located in the exclusive enclave of Bukit Damansara.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 7): Malaysian Rating Corporation Bhd (MARC) has accorded a Silver Impact Bond Assessment to Sunway Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT)’s inaugural sustainability-linked bonds (SLB) Framework which governs the terms of the bonds.

With the easing of restrictions and the increasing vaccination rates, people are emerging from months of isolation enforced during the Covid-19 pandemic peak periods and are eager to reconnect with things they have missed out on.