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FIVE years into the launch of the Low Carbon Cities Framework (LCCF) in Malaysia, we are starting to see some progress.

AN undersupply of affordable housing, particularly in major urban areas, coupled with an oversupply of office and retail spaces, may lead to deeper imbalances in the property market, says Bank Negara Malaysia in its 2015 annual report, which was released recently.

PETALING JAYA (April 6): IJM Land Bhd is allowing buyers of homes in selected schemes to pay nothing for up to 12 months upon vacant possession, as well as a zero-interest instalment scheme for up to 36 months under its Free Stay @ No Pay campaign, the group announced in a press release today.

GEORGE TOWN (April 6): The Federal Government is willing to provide input on the RM27 billion Penang Transport Master Plan (PTMP), according to Works Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof (pictured).

KUALA LUMPUR (April 6): Pelaburan Hartanah Bhd (PHB) continues to be on the lookout for suitable properties for possible injection into Amanah Hartanah Bumiputera (AHB) and to further increase its fund size, said its group managing director and chief executive officer Datuk Kamalul Arifin Othman.

API, among the many names of Sabah’s capital city, Kota Kinabalu, was perhaps the most prescient one when the coastal town served as one of the important trading posts of the British crown.

WHILE the local property sector continues to be gloomy, LBS Bina Group Bhd’s shares are climbing steadily.

PETALING JAYA (April 5): Malaysian Resources Corp Bhd’s (MRCB) unit MRCB Builders Sdn Bhd will build a cold storage processing and distribution hub in Kajang for national retailing chain Giant.

IN the last few years, luxury carmakers have been dabbling in other areas of industrial design — from eyewear and fashion accessories to furniture and interior design.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 5): Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak (pictured) said the Government would build another 5,000 affordable houses in Miri and Kuching, Sarawak, to ensure more people could own comfortable and safe residential units.