FT Minister: Home affordability for M40 will be prioritised
KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 19): The Federal Territories Ministry will work on the supply side to provide more affordable homes for middle class city dwellers, minister Khalid Samad said today.
Reopen question of cancelling ECRL, Jomo tells govt after Amhari's statement
KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 19): Prominent economist Professor Dr Jomo Kwame Sundaram has urged the federal government to reopen the question of cancelling the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) mega infrastructure project, following 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB)-Tanore trial key witness Datuk Amhari Efendi Nazaruddin's statements that the project was mooted to bail 1MDB out.
Forty-two years of hard work but still unable to get low-cost house
KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 19): For 42 years he laboured faithfully in government service, sometimes during the wee hours of the morning, always on standby and hardly taking a day off.
Household debt still 'elevated' at 82% of GDP, driven by residential property loans
KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 18) : The country’s household debt level remains high at an “elevated” 82.
'Above affordably priced unsold property units pile up'
KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 19): Total unsold units continue to rise for residential properties priced above the maximum affordable house prices in individual states, according to Bank Negara Malaysia’s (BNM) Financial Stability Review for the first half of 2019 (1H19).
Ku Nan wants judge to recuse himself from RM1m graft case
KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 19): Former federal territories minister Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor (pictured) has filed an application requesting High Court judge Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali to recuse himself from hearing the former's RM1 million graft case scheduled today.
Warning to traders: Ceiling price for five types of masks set, do not raise prices
PETALING JAYA (Sept 19): The ceiling price for five types of masks against the current haze “has been set” and traders have been warned not to raise their prices.
LBU urges continuation of PDP model for Pan Borneo Highway
KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 19): Lebuhraya Borneo Utara Sdn Bhd (LBU), the project delivery partner (PDP) for the Sarawak portion of the Pan-Borneo highway, is hoping that the infrastructure project can be completed using the PDP model.
