News about cities

MALAYSIA is a land of contradictions.

PETALING JAYA (Oct 20): The Smart Selangor 1.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 18): Ninety per cent of the country's population will live in cities by 2050, according to the World Bank statistics.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 23): With attractive yields on offer besides the relative weakness of the Malaysian ringgit, Kuala Lumpur gives real estate investors the best value in terms of long-term growth prospects, according to international real estate services firm Knight Frank in its 2017 Global Cities report.

AT certain intervals, the international community will come up with a brilliant policy, which if properly executed, can really make the world a better place.

PETALING JAYA (May 4): Global key cities’ prime residential prices have increased on average by 3.

GENEVA (Nov 27): New Cities Foundation (NCF) has appointed Dr Maxwell L Anderson (pictured) as its new executive director.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 2): The take-home message from the recently held 7th International Conference on World Class Sustainable Cities (WCSC) 2015 is that smart partnerships between local governments and people are key to successful urban regeneration, WCSC organising chairman Datuk N K Tong told The Edge Property.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 29): Revitalising the older parts of the city that are no longer economically viable is the only way to accommodate the continual growth of the city, said the deputy Federal Territories minister Datuk Loga Bala Mohan at the opening ceremony of the 7th International Conference on World Class Sustainable Cities (WCSC) 2015 today.

PETALING JAYA (June 5): The seventh international conference of World Class Sustainable Cities (WCSC) 2015 to be held in September this year has drawn participation from Southeast Asian countries, it was announced yesterday.