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PETALING JAYA (Oct 19): EMKAY group founder and executive chairman Tan Sri Mustapha Kamal Abu Bakar wants to build affordable homes priced at RM70,000 with built-up size of at least 600 sq ft located in Kuala Lumpur city.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 18): Malaysia's per capita income may only breach the developed nation threshold by 2024, on the back of a projected GDP growth of between 4.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 18): Malaysia's construction sector is targeted to moderate at an annual average growth rate of 4.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 18): The development expenditure ceiling will be cut by RM40 billion or 15% to RM220 billion from the original allocation of RM260 billion under the 11th Malaysia Plan (2016-2020), as part of plans to consolidate the country's fiscal position.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 18): A total of 200,000 affordable houses are targeted to be built in the remaining 11th Malaysia Plan period, said Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

PETALING JAYA (Oct 18): Singapore's new guidelines on the size of apartments that can be built per development threaten to erode profit margins further as it reduces the number of shoe-box units in a development, reported Reuters.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 17): Malaysia hopes to spearhead the research and development (R&D) and commercialisation of green packaging and other alternatives for single-use plastics.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 17): Malaysia may introduce a state-enforced pollution charge on single-use plastics on businesses by 2021, said Minister of Energy, Science and Technology, and Climate Change, Yeo Bee Yin.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 17): Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said the Causeway Link will look 'strange' if the crooked bridge project between Malaysia and Singapore is revived.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 17): Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) governor Datuk Seri Nor Shamsiah Mohd Yunus has said Asian countries facing increased market volatility need the option to use capital controls to pre-empt financial crises.