'Extend your land lease before it expires'
PETALING JAYA: Leasehold properties generally see slower price growth than freehold properties especially after 30 years into the lease.
Report: Bulk of US plastic waste shipments end up in Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam
KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 6): About half of plastic waste coming out of the US for recycling recorded for the first six months of this year was taken to Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam, said Unearthed, Greenpeace’s investigative arm, reported British newspaper The Guardian yesterday.
Waste management: Planning is the only way forward, says Malaysian Institute of Planners president
KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 6): Planners, architects and engineers have to sell their good ideas to others and make them accept that planning is the only way forward for waste management, Malaysian Institute of Planners president Ihsan Zainal Mokhtar (pictured) told The Star recently.
HCK Capital likely to take over Empire Remix development, says report
KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 6): Mammoth Empire Holding Sdn Bhd’s (MEH) Empire Remix development in USJ 1, Subang Jaya, Selangor, “is expected to be taken over by a new investor, or a group of new investors”, reported The Edge Malaysia in its latest issue.
Penang’s transport master plan to feature a land tunnel
PENANG (Oct 5): The state’s transport master plan (PTMP) will have a land tunnel since the Persiaran Gurney-Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu bypass dubbed Package 3 will be 50% elevated and 50% underground or at grade, reported The Malaysian Insight news portal today.
MTEM: Johor should continue with bumi perks for properties priced over RM1m
PETALING JAYA (Oct 5): The Malay Economic Action Council (MTEM) has urged the Johor government to ignore a suggestion to do away with bumiputera quotas and discounts for properties priced above RM1 million, reported The Malaysian Insight.
Flash flood woes in Taman Melawis to be resolved
KLANG (October 5): Pandamaran assemblyman Tony Leong is working on a resolution to the flash floods in Taman Melawis, Klang.
MTEM: China companies should develop partnerships with locals
PETALING JAYA (October 5): The Malay Economic Action Council (MTEM) has said China companies must develop smart partnerships with locals in Malaysia.
Selangor orders Sepang council to close mining pool
SHAH ALAM (October 5): The Selangor Government has ordered the Sepang Municipal Council to close down the disused mining pond in Taman Putra Perdana, Puchong once the search and rescue (SAR) operations for the teenager who reportedly drowned there is completed.
Mysterious “loud bang” jolts Ipoh
IPOH (Oct 4): It can get quite quiet in parts of this sleepy Perak capital and when a loud bang and tremor was heard and felt this morning, some folk here got a tad curious/worried.
