News about council

PETALING JAYA (May 11): The Association of Valuers, Property Managers, Estate Agents and Property Consultants in the Private Sector Malaysia (PEPS) president Foo Gee Jen sees all the property related measures which the Pakatan Harapan (Pakatan) coalition mentioned in their manifesto as a holistic approach to address housing affordability issues.

  PETALING JAYA (March 19): The Chief Registrar’s Office (CRO) of the Federal Court has repudiated claims by the Malaysian Auctioneers Council president Mustafa Osman that the e-Lelong (e-Auction) system implementation was done without properly consulting the relevant stakeholders, reported Bernama.

PETALING JAYA (March 9): A property listing for a mansionette in Choa Chu Kang, Singapore, featuring a nude shot of a man has prompted the Council for Estate Agencies (CEA) — which regulates the island republic’s real estate industry — to investigate the incident, reported the Straits Times.

PETALING JAYA (Feb 23): Sabah’s State Heritage Council has gazetted 24 heritage sites in Sabah — including the Sabah Tourism Board building (formerly the Kota Kinabalu post office) and the Atkinson Clock Tower — as it seeks to preserve the land below the wind’s heritage and culture while tapping into their tourism potential.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 16): The conflict between the federal and state governments in terms of land ownership and administration in Malaysia can be better addressed if an integrated cadastral mapping and land registry system is introduced, says the World Bank.

For many of our youths, the shopping malls of the Klang Valley are great places to hang out, but their range of retail enticements can deplete one’s resources rather rapidly.

Recent news of service and maintenance fee defaulters having their belongings seized or auctioned off should be a wake-up call to stubborn defaulters.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 16): The Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) Commissioner of Buildings (COB) has called for the management corporation (MC) and joint management body (JMB) to opt for other legal ways to address stubborn owners who refuse to pay their monthly service charges as it is more effective than the current option of confiscating their assets.

How far has Kuala Lumpur city progressed when it comes to creating a sustainable built environment? Not too bad, it seems.

HONG KONG (July 10): China may not seem like a very good example of a sustainable built environment but it has certainly achieved a lot in a very short time.