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KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 24): The government has announced that its final and best offer to buy Kampung Baru land is RM1,000 psf, with RM150 psf being in the form of shares, say reports today.

JOHOR BAHRU (Oct 23): Clogged drains in Johor will be cleared to avoid unnecessary floods in light of the Northeast Monsoon season.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 17): Sales campaigns and the falling number of available units owing to the “self-discipline” of developers will help improve the local property market, Bloomberg reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 16): Malaysia has made considerable strides in its poverty eradication efforts but problems relating to poverty persist and require policy attention, said Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 15): The move to reduce the price threshold for foreigners to purchase property announced in the 2020 Budget was meant to address property overhang in the country that if left unchecked could contribute to financial woes like what was seen in some Asian cities, Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said today.

  LANGKAWI (Oct 14): Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad today said the decision to lower the threshold on high rise property prices in urban areas for foreign ownership from RM1 million to RM600,000 was meant to reduce supply overhang of condominiums and apartments.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 10): A request for the government to lower the tax rates but increase subsidies at the same time is deemed not possible, said the Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad (pictured).

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 9): The Finance Ministry has refuted allegations that the Pakatan Harapan government has sold land owned by it since assuming power on May 8, 2018.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 7): Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said today the Malaysian government can sell highway owner and operator PLUS Malaysia Bhd to private entities on the condition that the government still participates in the company's future decision making.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 7): Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad (pictured) said the government started reviewing the poverty line from March to give a truer picture of the poverty situation in the country.