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PETALING JAYA (Sept 12): Land & General Bhd (L&G) aims to roll out three projects with an estimated GDV of RM4.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 12): In the latest development over alleged corruption in Kuala Lumpur land deals, former finance minister and chairman of the Council of Eminent Persons Tun Daim Zainuddin will meet the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) today.

PETALING JAYA (September 11): Council of Eminent Persons chairman Tun Daim Zainuddin has proposed that the Bandar Malaysia project should be turned into a recreational park, and joked that it should include a museum dedicated to Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor’s handbags.

KUALA LUMPUR (September 11): The government’s planned ban of smoking at open-air restaurants will save lives, as non-smokers will have reduced exposure to poisonous second-hand smoke.

PETALING JAYA (Sept 10): Traffic congestion, rapid development and the displacement of poorer residents are some of the pressing issues that should be dealt with first before renaming Bangsar South as Kampung Kerinchi again, said a filmmaker.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 7): Country View has accepted banking facilities totalling RM232 million to part-finance the purchase of a piece of 164-acre vacant land in Iskandar Puteri, Johor.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 7): Chemical Company of Malaysia Bhd (CCM) is selling a vacant industrial land in Seremban for RM21.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 7):  The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has appointed a three-man executive team to undertake changes in the organisational structure and turnaround the asset owner and operator of public transport systems Prasarana Malaysia Bhd (Prasarana).

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): 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.