LBS calls for allocations for first time homebuyers in Budget 2019
PETALING JAYA (Oct 23): LBS Bina Group Bhd is hopeful that new measures to empower first-time homebuyers will be announced in the upcoming Budget 2019.
Missing GST refund probe to be completed by December, says PAC chairman
KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 23): The Public Accounts Committee's (PAC) probe over the "missing" RM19.
Najib says Malaysia will not get back RM10bil from ECRL cancellation
PETALING JAYA (Oct 23): Former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak has refuted Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng's claim that Malaysia will get back RM10.
Govt can claim back RM10b advance paid if ECRL spiked
KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 23): The Malaysian government could claim back RM10.
Emkay's cross-subsidy affordable housing idea a 'private sector perspective', says minister
KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 22): The suggestion by Emkay Group executive chairman Tan Sri Mustapha Kamal Abu Bakar to sell affordable houses in Kuala Lumpur through a cross-subsidy method is a "perspective of the private sector", said Housing and Local Government Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin.
MBPP wants paired road project consultant to show cause over landslide
KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 22): The Penang Island City Council (MBPP) today instructed the consultant of the Bukit Kukus paired road project to show cause over the deadly landslide last week, reported the Malay Mail.
Govt can claim RM10b from cancelled ECRL project, negotiations still ongoing, says Guan Eng
KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 22): The Malaysian government could claim back the RM10.
New Zealand ban on foreign buyers kicks in
KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 22): The bulk of foreigners will not be allowed to buy homes (unless they are newly built apartments) in the rugby mad country starting from today.
Economic inequality hinders Malaysia’s high-income aspirations
KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 22): Although Malaysia aims to achieve high-income nation status by 2024 — the previous target was 2020 — Putrajaya appears cognisant of the need to address the yawning income gap between the B40 (bottom 40%) households and middle- and high-income households for social stability, since a sizeable 2.
'Highway trusts' to halve toll charges?
Restructure highway concessions into highway trusts, and list them on Bursa Malaysia, in order to halve toll charges? A corporate proposal says this model could reduce toll charges by as much as 50%, following the example of real estate investment trusts (REITS).
