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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.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 19): Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said the planned Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High Speed Rail (HSR) will have to be deferred because it will be difficult to reduce the price of the project.

United Nations Human Settlements Programme （联合国人居署，简称UN-Habitat）执行董事Maimunah Mohd Sharif矢志要改善人们的生活素质，这份对于人文社会的关怀，也使她在工作上发光发热。 身为首位被委于要职的亚洲女性，Maimunah生长于森美兰州的Kuala Pilah。她曾是槟岛市议会市长，也曾是威省市议会的首位女主席。 Maimunah更在今年初，前往位于肯亚内罗毕的UN-Habitat总社，接下了执行董事一职。这半年来，她创下多个佳绩，如为有效推行联合国（United Nation，简称UN）的Sustainable Development Goals（可永续发展目标，简称SDG）和New Urban Agenda（新城市议程，简称NUA），而推出的UN-Habitat转型计划。 她也通过积极参与在吉隆坡举办的第九世界城市论坛（9th World Urban Forum），成功提高UN-Habitat在国内的知名度，并且促成UN-Habitat与世界银行（World Bank）的合作等等里程碑。 数据综合 有着规划和发展槟城的经验，Maimunah在专访中告诉EdgeProp.

KUALA LUMPUR: A ministry of finance (MoF) unit has cautioned China Communications Construction (ECRL) Sdn Bhd (CCC-ECRL), the main contractor of the suspended East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project, against its rapid lay-offs following the suspension.