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KUALA LUMPUR (July 21): State governments have been urged to support the construction of affordable homes by providing the sites to build the properties, said Housing and Local Government Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 20): The prices for high-end condominiums here rose 4.

PUTRAJAYA (July 20): To make it easier for the people to own and finance a home, a new national housing policy will be unveiled in December.

PETALING JAYA (July 20): Some roadside stall operators, armed with temporary licences, and support letters from politicians, have been found to have overstepped their bounds, reports The Star.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 20): Mah Sing Group Bhd CEO Datuk Ho Hon Sang (pictured) has been elected as deputy chairman of the Real Estate and Housing Developers’ Association (Rehda) Selangor.

PETALING JAYA (July 20): Western Digital, which is shutting its facility at the Sungei Way Free Trade Industrial Zone down by the end of next year, said it has not decided if it will ell the 11-acre property.

PETALING JAYA (July 20): Bukit Bayu residents are worried about activities in the forest near them, after hearing what sounded like an explosion in the area.

PETALING JAYA (July 20): China property developer Country Garden – the developer of Forest City and Country Garden Danga Bay in Johor – jumped to 353rd place this year from 467th place last year in the Fortune Global 500 rankings, underpinned by its 46% growth in gross revenue to RMB226.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 19): Council of Eminent Persons (CEP) chairman Tun Daim Zainuddin (pictured) is in China to try to renegotiate contracts entered into by the previous Barisan Nasional government with Chinese firms, said Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.