Council budget planning meetings meaningless and fruitless, say residents
PETALING JAYA (Sept 12): Every year, the Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) holds a meeting with its ratepayers to get their views before implementing the city's budget.
PETALING JAYA (Sept 12): Every year, the Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) holds a meeting with its ratepayers to get their views before implementing the city's budget.
KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 11): Malaysia's National Budget Office (NBO) had last month sought the Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs' (IDEAS) inputs on institutional reforms for the Budget 2020 speech.
KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 9): You may have heard some people exclaiming – Wah, if I buy this house ah, I will need to eat instant noodles every day liao! But it looks like a Japanese woman has taken frugality to extreme (zen maybe?) levels to buy property.
PETALING JAYA (Dec 31): Malaysia’s revised Real Property Gains Tax (RPGT) rates that take effect from Jan 1, 2019, will dampen market sentiment and sales in the near term, according to industry players.
KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 20): The government, which has proposed to sell its non-strategic assets to raise funds, will ensure that Bumiputera participation remains in these assets after the sale, said Economic Affairs Minister Datuk Seri Azmin Ali.
KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 13): Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng said today luxury car owners will not receive petrol subsidies from the government as announced under Budget 2019 even though their vehicle engines have capacities of 1,500cc and below.
KELANA JAYA (Nov 13): The Housing and Local Government Ministry (KPKT) should take the initiative to work with the private sector to promote the rent-to-own concept or other alternatives to encourage homeownership without over-stretching the finances of individuals instead of increasing affordable housing supply, said Socio-Economic Research Centre (SERC) executive director Lee Heng Guie.
KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 12): Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng today explained that the new homesownership platform initiative provides Malaysians with another option towards owning a home.