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GEORGE TOWN (Feb 1): Government staff at the state administration offices in Komtar, Penang start separating the garbage at source today.

SUBANG JAYA (Feb 1): Kompleks Kemudahan Kemasyarakatan Subang Jaya, or the 3K sports complex in SS13, will open on March 1 after upgrading and maintenance work.

JOHOR BAHRU (Feb 1): Residents of the Sri Murni 2 apartments, a government quarters in Tampoi for employees of Hospital Sultanah Aminah (HSA), have been living in fear for the past eight years since the security guards manning the area were removed.

PENANG (Feb 2): Berjaya Land Development Sdn Bhd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Berjaya Land Bhd, has awarded a contract for infrastructural works worth RM38.

  This week’s spotlight falls on the secondary market for non-landed residences in Johor Bahru.

KB Group entered the fiercely competitive property development market in 2000 and soon established itself as a reputable developer in Perak.

PETALING JAYA (Jan 30): Despite a slowing property market, two and three-storey terraced houses in Kota Kinabalu (pictured) have become increasingly popular, especially among first-time homebuyers and young families, said Knight Frank Malaysia (Sabah branch) research executive Welton Chin.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 29): Property developer Bina Darulaman Bhd has lined up new property launches with total sales value of RM435 million this year, said its group managing director Datuk Izham Yusoff.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 29): The only way to help house buyers is to get banks to relax housing loan requirements, the Penang government said today.

LAND scarcity and sky-rocketing property prices on Penang island have driven developers and investors towards the mainland in recent years.