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KUALA LUMPUR (June 25): Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has said there are grounds to renegotiate or scale down the RM55 billion East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project, which is currently under review.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 24): The federal government’s move to continue with the building of the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) albeit at a lower cost is a move in the right direction, MCA publicity spokesman and Religious Harmony Bureau chairman Datuk Seri Ti Lian Ker said.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 24): Australian developer and infrastructure firm Lendlease has confirmed it is committed to transforming the Tun Razak Exchange (TRX) (pictured) Lifestyle Quarter into one of its largest urban regeneration developments, Bernama reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 23): Hong Kong (pictured) just keeps setting records for its uber expensive real estate.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 23): Is it safe to eat out in Kuala Lumpur? Recent reports of restaurants and eateries being closed down owing to poor hygiene in the Klang Valley have made city folk more wary but how bad is the situation, really? According to a report by The Star today, the rate of food contamination in eateries in the city is less than 15%.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 23): There will be more options for Penang homebuyers as the state government plans to revive its rent-to-own (RTO) home programme.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 23): Kepong MP Lim Lip Eng has called for a probe on land in Jinjang allegedly sold at below market value to two Umno-linked companies.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 23): The government wants to renegotiate so that the cost of the controversial East Coast Railway Line (ECRL) can be reduced, said Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 22): Police have detained two men believed to have been involved in breaking into the home of Sungai Besar Umno division head Datuk Seri Jamal Md Yunos (pictured) in Ampang here recently.

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