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KUALA LUMPUR (June 14): Property developer Country Heights Holding Bhd has identified new areas that are complementary to its existing business to venture into, according to its founder Tan Sri Lee Kim Yew.

PETALING JAYA (June 14): The new government’s apparent intention to ease lending rules for home purchases may introduce additional risks to banks, analysts told The Edge weekly.

PETALING JAYA (June 13): The Penang state government has approved the transfer of ownership of a heritage shophouse in George Town to the Penang Chinese Clans Council (PCCC), ending a row over the historical property between both parties.

PETALING JAYA (June 13): The Federal Territories Ministry – which governs Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya and Labuan – should be abolished, said Seputeh MP Teresa Kok who is reportedly the frontrunner to head the portfolio.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 13): “Give me time to find new location,” said Red Shirts leader Datuk Seri Jamal Md Yunos (pictured) in response to an eviction order on Restoran Gabungan NGO 1 Malaysia (RGN1M) in Jalan Pahang, Kuala Lumpur.

PETALING JAYA (June 13): Seputeh MP Teresa Kok has refuted a report that she will be sworn in as Federal Territories Minister.

PETALING JAYA (June 13): Iskandar Investment Bhd (IIB), a strategic developer of Medini in Johor, had brought up the idea of a scheme to allow private companies to lease out freehold land for housing development, back in 2012, reported SunBiz.

PETALING JAYA (June 12): Two more dirty eateries were shut down by Majlis Perbandaran Petaling Jaya, reported The Star.

PETALING JAYA (June 12): Three eateries here which were closed last week by the Majlis Perbandaran Petaling Jaya (MBPJ) health department were reopened, reported The Star.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 11): Could environmental concerns scupper Berjaya Corp Bhd founder and executive chairperson Vincent Tan’s (pictured) plans for a new airport in Tioman island? According to a report by news portal Malaysiakini, Malaysian Airport Holdings Bhd managing director Badlisham Ghazali said that there were environmental concerns as the new airport may entail lengthening the current, “abandoned airport runway into the ocean through land reclamation”.