News about plan

  KUALA LUMPUR (April 10): Ahead of the tabling of the White Paper on the Federal Land Development Authority (Felda) in the Dewan Rakyat today, the agency lodged a police report, claiming it was cheated into signing a one-sided deal in its purchase of PT Eagle High Plantations Tbk (EHP) from Indonesia’s Rajawali Group.

  KUALA LUMPUR (April 9): Federal Land Development Authority (Felda) director general Datuk Dr Othman Omar had yesterday evening lodged a police report at the police commercial crime unit here, claiming that it was cheated into entering into a "one-sided" deal for the sale and purchase of Eagle High Plantations TBK (EHP), owned by the Rajawali Group, two years ago.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 8): Approval for the light rail transit (LRT) and Pan Island Link 1 (PIL 1) projects are yet to be obtained, said Penang chief minister Chow Kon Yeow.

  PETALING JAYA (April 2): Sime Darby Plantation Bhd (SDP) is seeking sale of some 4,300 acres of freehold estate land in Peninsular Malaysia, which they estimate will bring in RM1 billion.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 11): Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah called for the government to continue the fight against corruption as the menace burdens the people and destroys the foundation of a country.

TANJUNG BUNGAH (March 8): Penang Housing, Town, Country Planning and Local Government Committee chairman Jagdeep Singh Deo hopes a separate law on urban regeneration could be proposed to the Attorney General’s Chamber (AGC) for consideration to allow for the process to be carried out smoothly.

PETALING JAYA (Feb 26): Shah Alam City Council (MBSA) has clarified that the plot of land near the Bukit Cerakah Forest Reserve in Shah Alam is not part of the forest reserve.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 26): Urban development policies have been “for too long” under the purview of “politicians who often make decisions on what wins the most votes”, president of the Malaysian Institute of Planners (MIP) Ihsan Zainal Mokhtar (pictured) told the Malay Mail recently.

PETALING JAYA (Feb 16): The lower plot ratios for property developments under the newly-gazetted Kuala Lumpur City Plan 2020 (KLCP 2020) will likely drive down the prices of development land in the capital as project densities – and consequently profitability – are reduced, reported The Edge Malaysia.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 13): Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow has strongly refuted claims that the cost of the state's proposed Pan Island Link 1 (PIL 1) highway has further escalated to an exorbitantly priced figure of RM9 billion as claimed.