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GEORGE TOWN (July 25): The proposal for the RM1 billion soft loan for the Penang Transport Masterplan originated with Southern Reclamation Scheme (SRS) Consortium Sdn Bhd, said Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 25): More power for women, and more facilities for them too! Housing and Local Government Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin announced today that Malaysia will have its first women-friendly sports complex in three years, reported Bernama.

PETALING JAYA (July 25): While the Association of Valuers, Property Managers, Estate Agents and Property Consultants in the Private Sector Malaysia (PEPS) president Foo Gee Jen believed the drafting a commercial development act and streamlining housing data by introducing a data input system are laudable, his concerns lie in their enforcement and execution.

GEORGE TOWN (July 25): Short-term measures to reduce congestion at the Penang International Airport (PIA) during peak hours is expected to be completed by February 2019, said Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 25): Malaysia has to strengthen the legal framework of the local rental market to nurture renting as a viable alternative to homeownership, said Messrs Amir Toh Francis & Partners advocate and solicitor Ivan Chan.

PETALING JAYA (July 25): The Ministry of Housing and Local Government (KPKT) is working with the National Property Information Centre (Napic) to streamline their housing data by introducing a data input system for developers at the beginning of next year, said its national housing department director-general Jayaselan Navaratnam “[The progress of streamlining the data] is still in the initial stage because we have come to an agreement first.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 25): The Ministry of Housing and Local Government (KPKT) national housing department director-general Jayaselan Navaratnam said the ministry is planning to draft a commercial development act as it realises the need to standardise the particular segment.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 25): Perak’s district, municipal and city councillors will be sworn in by this week, reported The Star today.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 25): The Ministry of Housing and Local Government (KPKT) has identified six agencies that will be involved in the establishment of a single entity to oversee and coordinate affordable housing development in the country, said the ministry’s national housing department director-general Jayaselan Navaratnam.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 25) — While Malaysia's diplomatic ties with neighbouring Singapore are expected to decline, trade will not be affected, said BMI Research.