Singapore: HDB resale index falls 0.2% amid continued concerns over value of older flats

Oct 01

SINGAPORE (Oct 1): According to HDB’s flash estimate of the 3Q2018 Resale Price Index, the index has dropped 0.

PD by-election: Anwar pledges development for constituency

Oct 01

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 1): Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim (pictured) said he has “secured” a number of projects to uplift Port Dickson.

JPPH proposes Housing Price and Cost Control Committee

Oct 01

PETALING JAYA (October 1): The Valuation and Property Services Department (JPPH) has come up with a suggestion to keep house prices in check — by establishing a Housing Price and Cost Control Committee, to monitor costs involved in housing developments.

National Heritage Dept urgently needs funds to manage national sites

Oct 01

GEORGE TOWN (Oct 1): The National Heritage Department badly requires “a fresh infusion” of funds from the federal government to carry on with its functions, the Malay Mail reported today.

Penang’s Pan Island Link could make proposed LRT redundant, says don

Oct 01

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 1): Penang’s ambitions to build its Pan Island Link (PIL1) highway could make the state’s planned Light Rail Transit system redundant, a Universiti Sains Malaysia academic told the Malay Mail today.

Tough for govt to influence land prices, says Guan Eng

Oct 01

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 1): In response to former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak's comment on housing prices, Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng said it is tough to influence the price of land, which is why the government had opted to reduce the cost of construction instead.

Metro Kajang MD Eddy Chen is new PR1MA chairman

Oct 01

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 1): Metro Kajang Bhd managing director Tan Sri Eddy Chen (pictured) has been appointed as the new chairman of Perbadanan PR1MA Malaysia, the Prime Minister's Office announced today.