DBKL to buy land and save forest reserve
PETALING JAYA (March 1): Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) will preserve the biggest tropical forest within the city of KL by buying a piece of land in the Bukit Nanas Forest Reserve.
Malaysia has not secured cooperation to extradite Jho Low
SEMENYIH (Feb 22): The Malaysian Government has not secured the cooperation of an unnamed country to extradite fugitive financier Joh Low, Home Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said at a ceramah here last night.
ECRL discussions ongoing, hope for price reduction
KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 21): Discussions on the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project is still ongoing and details will be revealed soon, said Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng.
‘Some planned PR1MA projects may be scrapped’
SEMENYIH (Feb 21): The housing and local government ministry said that the 1Malaysia People’s Housing Programme (PR1MA) is currently being reviewed and that some of its proposed projects that are deemed unviable may be scrapped.
Prices not going down with SST — deputy finance minister
KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 20): Deputy Finance Minister Datuk Amiruddin Hamzah has been reported as saying that implementation of the Sales and Services Tax (SST) has not reduced the prices of goods.
‘Quicker approvals for developers who use standardised IBS models’
KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 20): The housing and local government ministry and works ministry have come up with several models of industrialised building system (IBS) homes that, if used by developers in constructing affordable homes, will result in quicker project approvals.
Jalan TAR traders object to road closure
KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 14): Most of the traders on Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman (TAR) have voiced objection to the plan by Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) to close a 1km stretch to private vehicles on the street, one of the oldest shopping districts in the city.
Guan Eng: TRX project has been detoxified
KUALA LUMPUR: Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng has declared that the Tun Razak Exchange (TRX) project had been “detoxified”.
If you illegally built on govt land, go see the KL mayor
KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 9): Those who have built on government land illegally, under the previous government have been urged to come forward and discuss the matter with Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) and the Federal Territories Ministry.
Cenergi SEA eyes government lighting retrofit project
KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 7): The plan to retrofit 50 government buildings with energy-efficient lighting and appliances by this year is an exciting prospect for Cenergi SEA Sdn Bhd, the renewable energy company wholly owned by Khazanah Nasional Bhd.
