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PETALING JAYA (Aug 13): United Malayan Land Bhd (UMLand) has launched the RM333 million Suasana Iskandar Malaysia (Suasana IM) in the Johor Baru city centre today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 13): While some building materials will be exempted from the soon-to-be implemented Sales and Services Tax (SST), house prices may not come down due to the increase in other cost components, said Housing and Local Government (KPKT) Deputy Minister Datuk Raja Kamarul Bahrin Shah.

GEORGE TOWN (August 13): Privately-owned lots, 271 of them, lay vacant in Komtar.

KEPONG (Aug 13): A family of three were scammed out of more than RM620,000 by a syndicate claiming to be able to assist them in buying three semi-detached houses developed by Selangor State Development Corp (PKNS).

PETALING JAYA (August 13): Relief from the heatwave is expected to arrive with the inter-monsoon season in Octo­ber.

  KUALA LUMPUR (August 13): The Tabungan Harapan Malaysia fund, which stands at RM173 million as of Aug 9, has yet to be used, said the finance ministry in a written parliamentary reply cited by Free Malaysia Today (FMT).

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Sunway Real Estate Investment Trust (Aug 10, RM1.

KUALA LUMPUR (August 13): Axis Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) hopes to complete RM190 million worth of industrial asset acquisitions by the end of next year, said the trust’s manager.

KUALA LUMPUR (August 13): Rembau member of parliament (MP) Khairy Jamuluddin has asked fugitive financier and a key figure in the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) scandal Low Taek Jho (Jho Low) to come back to Malaysia to face the law.