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KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 28): There will be no special Dewan Rakyat sitting on Monday, March 2, as announced by interim Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

SINGAPORE (Feb 28): Residential rents in Singapore rose to a three-year high in 2019, with prices boosted by strong overseas demand that signals the city state’s continuing appeal among expatriates, Bloomberg reported today.

PETALING JAYA (Feb 28): Despite the economic downturn, the Hong Kong government is confident it can employ an unconventional approach to sell a prime commercial site in the Central business district.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 28): The Malaysian Institute of Estate Agents (MIEA) expects the property market to be adversely affected by the current challenges being faced by the country particularly the ongoing novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak and the political crisis which has seen the fall of the Pakatan Harapan government and the resignation of the prime minister.

Buying a house is not as easy as it was 10 years ago due to the rising cost of living and escalating house prices.

Ng Cun Mei, 40, never considered getting her own home until she was told to move time and again from her rental homes because the landlords were selling off their properties.

SINGAPORE (Feb 28): A concrete slab fell broke off from the ceiling of a Toa Payoh flat in Singapore and smashed into a toilet bowl just as a foreign domestic helper in her 20s was just about to clean it on Wednesday, Today reported yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 28): Shares in Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) fell as much 2.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 28): The Malaysian government has allocated RM20 billion under a stimulus package to boost the sluggish economy by putting more cash into the hands of consumers and providing tax reliefs to sectors particularly hard hit by the COVID-19 outbreak.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 28): CGS-CIMB Research said the potential beneficiaries from the RM20 billion stimulus package announced on Feb 27 will be the consumer, construction and tourism-related sectors.