News about URA

Tucked in a hidden corner of Seksyen 1, Petaling Jaya, there was already a crowd gathering before the lunch hour.

It would probably be an understatement to say the year 2018 has been an extraordinary year for Malaysia.

KOTA KINABALU (Dec 27): A petition calling for authorities to repair a potholed road, Jalan Telupid Sandakan, from Telupid to Batu 32 in Sandakan has garnered over 8,500 signatures.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 22): The “plight” of multinational advertising and public relations firm WPP’s employees working in new offices at their Petaling Jaya campus in Block H within Empire City Damansara has given negative publicity to real estate investment company Pelaburan Hartanah Bhd (PHB)’s office building investment.

JOHOR BAHRU (Dec 19): The southern state of Johor has 5,988 units of unsold properties worth RM3.

The calls to reduce compliance cost and capital contributions in housing developments have been made for some time now and finally, the government or rather the new Pakatan Harapan administration has decided to do something about it.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 11): The tearing down of the two surviving Highland Towers blocks has been put back to allow more study of the “structures”, Housing and Local Government Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin told the Malay Mail yesterday in response to queries.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 11): Residents living in the vicinity of Highland Towers (pictured) continue to ask for the surviving two blocks to be torn down, reported The Malay Mail.

An ideal home may mean different things to different people.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 28): Besides state governments, the Housing and Local Government Ministry (KPKT) has requested other federal ministries to provide unused strategic land for the development of affordable housing, said minister Zuraida Kamaruddin.