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KUALA LUMPUR (July 11): Sentoria Group Bhd has bought 150 acres of land in Morib, Kuala Langat in Selangor for RM20.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 11): Tenants at Sabah’s 1Borneo Hypermall are “in distress” after the Sabah Electricity Sdn Bhd (SESB) completely cut off the mall’s electricity supply for the second time today, reported the Malay Mail.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 11): Sabah’s Infrastructure Development Ministry will form a committee to replace appointed consultants to monitor the building of the Pan Borneo Highway project in the state.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 11): Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) has maintained the overnight policy rate (OPR) at 3.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 11): The Master Builders Association Malaysia (MBAM) is hoping for that the authorities will legalise foreign workers already employed by the construction sector, Bernama reported today.

PETALING JAYA (July 11): A water tank on an 18m-tower at a school in Maran, Terengganu, burst and collapsed this morning, damaging three cars parked nearby, reported Bernama.

PETALING JAYA (Jul 11): The analysis to reduce the cost of construction for the MRT Sungai Buloh-Serdang-Putrajaya Line (MRT2) is still ongoing, and Mass Rapid Transit Corporation Sdn Bhd (MRT Corp) said it might “take some time” for it to finalise the study.

PETALING JAYA (July 11): The Housing and Local Government Ministry may seek to lift the current freeze on new luxury residential developments, prompted by signs that the economy is improving, said its minister Zuraida Kamaruddin.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 11): Putrajaya is studying the possibility of increasing minimum property prices for foreign buyers Housing and Local Government Ministry secretary general Datuk Mohammad Mentek told a local business publication that “a new threshold will be set based on the condition of the local currency”.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 11): The government wants to stop using landfills while studies are to be conducted to adopt more energy efficient and eco-friendly methods of waste disposal.