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PETALING JAYA (June 25): Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said it was “not so urgent” to inform Singapore on the status of the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore high-speed rail (HSR) in an interview with the island republic’s Channel News Asia portal today.

PETALING JAYA (June 25): TRX City Sdn Bhd (TRXC) has lodged a police report on its development funds taken by 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) last Friday (June 22) at the Jalan Travers police station in Kuala Lumpur.

KAJANG (June 25): Keretapi Tanah Melayu Bhd's (KTMB) RM6 billion property development projects planned on three parcels of land at the Klang, Shah Alam and Bangi KTM stations were delayed due to the longer-than-expected tendering process between KTMB and Railway Assets Corp (RAC), said KTMB CEO Mohd Rani Hisham Samsudin.

KAJANG (June 25): The Ministry of Transport (MoT) is planning to develop affordable housing projects on Railway Assets Corp's (RAC) 9,192 acres of land to generate better returns for the company.

PETALING JAYA (June 25): The Federal Government has ordered Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur (DBKL) to suspend meetings with its advisory board indefinitely, reported The Star.

PETALING JAYA (June 25): Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow has suggested for the development of a special master plan for each district in the state, especially the southwest district, reported StarMetro.

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 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%.