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KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 8): The Ministry of Finance (MoF) is "definitely not on an austerity mode", Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng said, as the government prepares for the upcoming Budget 2019, which will be tabled on Nov 2.

KUALA LUMPUR: (Oct 8): State governments play an important in providing affordable homes for the B40 and M40 groups as they can provide more land suitable for the development of affordable homes to the federal government, said Housing and Local Government (KPKT) Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 8): There will be no change to the number of underground stations for the Mass Rapid Transit 2 (MRT2) project, Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng said, dismissing concerns after the federal government decided to retender all the unfinished underground work of the project via an international open tender process.

PETALING JAYA (October 8): Residents of Jinjang Selatan Tambahan (JST) were promised to be relocated, but have yet to receive updates on the matter from Kepong MP Lim Lip Eng.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 8): The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has summoned Umno president Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi for questioning at its headquarters in Putrajaya on Wednesday (Oct 10), according to Malaysiakini.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 8): The Housing and Local Government Ministry (KPKT) wants to review the Bumiputera housing quota policy and the release mechanism to ensure that they are in line with current market needs.

KUALA LUMPUR (October 8): Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor has appeared as a character in a satire skit that was performed at a fundraising dinner for Singaporean theatre company Wild Rice.

PETALING JAYA (Oct 8): Fugitive financier Low Taek Jho aka Jho Low has successfully evaded Malaysian authorities thanks to moles in the civil service and enforcement agencies tipping off members of the former Malaysian government, said former Council of Eminent Persons (CEP) chairperson Tun Daim Zainuddin.

PETALING JAYA (October 8): Within the next three years, Forest City will look into building affordable housing that is tailored to local tastes and needs, said the developer.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 8): Construction counters this morning reacted negatively to news of the government's decision to retender MRT2's underground work, after terminating MMC-Gamuda KVMRT Sdn Bhd as the contractor.