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KUALA LUMPUR (July 9): An earlier proposal to demolish and redevelop the long-established Concorde Hotel Kuala Lumpur (Concorde KL) — linked to Sultan of Selangor Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah, entrepreneur Tan Sri Syed Yusof Syed Nasir and Singaporean tycoon Ong Beng Seng — has been put on hold.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 8): It is a tree that is part of the daily school lives of many generations of students of Ipoh's famous  Methodist Girls’ School (MGS) and it was about to meet its end by the blade of a tree cutter.

SHAH ALAM (July 8): The urban well-being portfolio is now under the Ministry of Federal Territories, said minister Khalid Abdul Samad.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 8): The Ministry of Housing and Local Government (KPKT) has not received any report about the the construction of Federal Territory Houses (Rumawip) being halted, Bernama reported yesterday.

The United Nations Human Settlements Programme or UN-Habitat executive director, Maimunah Mohd Sharif’s passion for bringing change to people’s lives certainly shines through.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 7): Putrajaya will use the open tender system extensively for government projects, especially for large scale ones, to make sure that public funds are well spent, Bernama reported Minister of Works Baru Bian saying today.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 7): News that the Housing and Local Government Ministry is in talks with Bank Negara Malaysia to draw out the guidelines for a more relaxed loan scheme for some homebuyers may raise hopes of better earnings for the property firms.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 7): Things between China Communications Construction Co Ltd (CCCC) and its joint-venture (JV) partner George Kent (M) Bhd “is understood to be fraying at the seams because of issues” reported The Edge business weekly in its latest issue.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 7): The curtain has gone up for Yong Tai’s live performance, Encore Melaka (pictured), and the Melaka-based tourism-themed developer has high hopes for it.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 6): The Housing and Local Government Ministry (KPKT) will initiate an investigation into the business activities, dealings and performance of the 1Malaysia People’s Housing Programme’s (PR1MA), minister Zuraida Kamaruddin (pictured) told a publication today.