ECRL discussions ongoing, hope for price reduction
KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 21): Discussions on the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project is still ongoing and details will be revealed soon, said Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng.
DONE DEAL: Industrial land, Kundang, Selangor
Sold for: RM6 million (RM90 psf) Concluded by: Desmond Chia (REN 19255) of Hartamas Real Estate OUG Sdn Bhd (012-987 9117) When: November 2018 Noteworthy: ● land size: 6,266 sq m (about 67,446 sq ft) ● Freehold industrial land ● Flat and empty land ● 10 minutes to NKVE interchange According to Desmond Chia, the real estate negotiator who closed the deal, the seller has owned the land for 10 years and decided to unlock its value by selling it.
'We've done nothing wrong but we just can’t get a loan for a house,' says desperate buyer
SEMENYIH (Feb 20): Housewife Hafiza Abd Rahman, 34, is seeing the light at the end of the tunnel after numerous failed attempts to own a home.
Rehda lauds government and private sector initiatives to help B40 own a home
SEMENYIH (Feb 20): The FundMyHome+DepositKu scheme launched today is an encouraging move to assist low income earners to own a home.
'Owning my first home is so easy with the FundMyHome+DepositKu scheme'
SEMENYIH (Feb 20): Over 20 homebuyers have achieved their life goal of owning a home under a new scheme called FundMyHome+DepositKu scheme which was officially launched by the Housing and Local Government (KPKT) Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin in Semenyih, Selangor today.
FundMyHome+DepositKu scheme launched to ease homeownership among B40 first-time homebuyers
SEMENYIH (Feb 20): The Housing and Local Government Ministry today announced a pilot scheme to ease homeownership among the B40 group.
Najib, Shafee fail in bid to dismiss Sri Ram as head of prosecution
KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 20): Former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and his lawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah today failed in their bid to challenge the appointment of former Federal Court judge Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram as the head of the prosecution team in their cases.
Malaysian convicted of murdering Altantuya may be deported as court rejects asylum bid
KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 20): Sirul Azhar Umar, a former bodyguard who was sentenced to death in 2015 for the murder of Mongolian model Altantuya Shaariibuu, could be deported from Australia where he is currently in detention as his appeal for political asylum in Australia has been rejected.
Sunway Construction unit wins RM781m job from TNB
KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 20): Sunway Construction Group Bhd’s (SunCon) subsidiary Sunway Construction Sdn Bhd has bagged a RM781.
Talks to revive ECRL advancing – report
PETALING JAYA (Feb 20): Negotiations to restore the stalled multi-billion ringgit East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) infrastructure project are likely in the “last mile”, said Foreign Minister Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah in a Bloomberg report.