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KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 18): The need for more low-cost carrier terminals (LCCTs) (pictured) in the country, which has been the subject of much debate for several years, heated up after former Penang chief minister Lim Guan Eng was reported in the press last month as saying that the federal government was in talks with AirAsia Group Bhd and Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) to build an LCCT in Penang.

连续开了好几晚的冷气后，你会不会因为高涨的电费，而烦恼着是否要在这个炎热的天气继续开冷气睡觉呢? 除了伤害荷包，常常开冷气也会对大自然环境带来不良影响，而且，长期呆在冷气房内也会有损健康。 不过，在常年如夏的马来西亚，如果不靠冷气机降低室内温度，那还有什么方法？ 对此，EdgeProp.

PETALING JAYA (Sept 7): High demand for housing in China has prompted newly-built or newly-renovated apartments to be put on the market before cancer-causing formaldehyde fumes have enough time to dissipate, reported the BBC.

GEORGE TOWN (September 6): The proposed expansion of the Penang International Airport (PIA) has been placed on the Transport Ministry’s list of projects to implement, but the details have not been finalised yet said minister Anthony Loke.

PETALING JAYA (Sept 6): One would assume families can leave their homes confidently or sleep soundly if they live within a gated-and guarded development but that does not seem to be the case for those at USJ Heights in Subang Jaya.

PUTRAJAYA (Sept 6): The S$15 million that Malaysia has to pay Singapore for deferring the high-speed rail (HSR) is meant to settle "abortive costs" that will be incurred in wrapping up existing, contracted works that have been done in preparation for the RM110 billion project.

TOKYO (Sept 5): The toll in the most powerful typhoon to hit Japan in a quarter century rose Wednesday to nine, with thousands stranded at a major airport because of storm damage.

PETALING JAYA (Sept 5): Malaysia Airlines (MAS) and AirAsia have suspended flights to and from Osaka, Japan as Typhoon Jebi – the strongest one to have hit the country in 25 years – left a trail of destruction that included nine deaths and a slew of damaged buildings, including flooding and other damages at the Kansai International Airport.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 1): Economic Affairs Minister Mohamed Azmin Ali (pictured) has revealed why the government is scrutinising the Forest City mega project in Johor.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 1): The Kuala Lumpur-Singapore high-speed rail (HSR) mega project will be deferred for two years without penalty to either nation, The Edge weekly reported in its Sept 3 issue.