News about URA

PETALING JAYA (Sept 7): Residents living in the Sunway Mentari area trying to get a spot of breakfast got an early morning shock yesterday when a Mercedes luxury car crashed into the glass front of a McDonald’s.

PETALING JAYA (Sept 6): The Highland Towers Redevelopment Committee, which was initiated by the Housing and Local Government (KPKT), has discovered the ownership status of more units within the doomed Highland Towers condominium at Bukit Antarabangsa, Kuala Lumpur, said the ministry in a press statement today.

PETALING JAYA (Sept 6): Putrajaya may review policies on foreign property purchases as it investigates the ownership of properties by non-Malaysians in the RM410 billion-Forest City in Johor.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 5): After the negative limelight over the US$100 billion Forest City mega project in Johor, the state government will now come up with clearer guidelines on residential development, especially involving the issue of gazetted international land.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 5): Umno Youth claimed that some homes were “missing” in Johor’s affordable housing scheme (RMMJ) but it looks like they have not even been built yet.

PETALING JAYA (Sept 2): Putrajaya will come up with more explicit guidelines related to foreign purchases of properties into the RM410 billion-Forest City in Johor to help investors avoid making risky decisions, said Housing and Local Government Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin.

SELANGOR (Sept 1): Housing and Local Government Minister (KPKT) Zuraida Kamaruddin has described the Eco Majestic township in Semenyih as the “best she has visited so far” as a minister.

PETALING JAYA (Aug 29): Raj's Banana Leaf restaurant in Bangsar which starred in a viral video showing its employees washing dishes and cutlery in potholes full of murky water has passed rigorous inspections by Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur (DBKL) and the Ministry of Health and has reopened as RBL Banana Leaf.

Malaysian house prices are in continuous upward trend since 1990.

PUTRAJAYA (August 28): Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has ordered Housing and Local Government Minister (KPKT) Zuraida Kamaruddin  to form a committee to assess agreements and deals pertaining to the sale of residential units in the Forest City project in Johor.