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KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 8): The Housing and Local Government Ministry (KPKT) wants to review the Bumiputera housing quota policy and the release mechanism to ensure that they are in line with current market needs.

KUALA LUMPUR (October 8): Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor has appeared as a character in a satire skit that was performed at a fundraising dinner for Singaporean theatre company Wild Rice.

PETALING JAYA (Oct 8): Fugitive financier Low Taek Jho aka Jho Low has successfully evaded Malaysian authorities thanks to moles in the civil service and enforcement agencies tipping off members of the former Malaysian government, said former Council of Eminent Persons (CEP) chairperson Tun Daim Zainuddin.

PETALING JAYA (October 8): Within the next three years, Forest City will look into building affordable housing that is tailored to local tastes and needs, said the developer.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 8): Construction counters this morning reacted negatively to news of the government's decision to retender MRT2's underground work, after terminating MMC-Gamuda KVMRT Sdn Bhd as the contractor.

PETALING JAYA (Oct 8): Majlis Perbandaran Pulau Pinang (MBPP) will absorb the 6% charge from the Sales and Service Tax (SST) imposed on parking fees for council lots, reported The Star.

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  WCT Holdings Bhd (Oct 5, 88 sen) Maintain hold with an unchanged target price of 89 sen: We organised a meeting for 13 buyside fund managers and analysts with WCT Holdings Bhd to get up to speed on WCT’s strategies in the second half of 2018 (2H18F [forecast]) and 2019F.

KUALA LUMPUR (October 8): In the spirit of ‘harvest festival’, property developer Cicet Asia Development Sdn Bhd celebrated the arrival of the Mid-Autumn Festival last week with a community-engaging event at the Greenfield Residence Sales gallery, a resort style development located in Bandar Sunway, Petaling Jaya.

KUALA LUMPUR (October 8): Property developers have until the end of this month to announce the discount that can be passed on to house buyers arising from the sales and services tax (SST) exemption on construction materials, but cutting prices may not be as easy as it is set out to be.