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KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 21): Malaysia needs to have higher population growth to sustain the rate the country is injecting new housing supply into the market, said property consultancy firm Rahim & Co International Sdn Bhd director of research and strategic planning Sulaiman Saheh.

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.

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.

PUTRAJAYA (Feb 20): The Bantuan Sara Hidup (BSH) 2019 payment of RM100 will be paid out to individuals categorised as bachelors at the end of next month, said Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng.

  PETALING JAYA (Feb 20): Negotiations to restore the stalled multi-billion ringgit East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) infrastructure project are likely in the “last mile”, said Foreign Minister Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah in a Bloomberg report.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 20): The Transport Ministry is serious about improving the “safety level at public transport stations”, reported the New Straits Times yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 20): Netizens are over the moon with the arrest of a man believed to have assaulted and robbed a woman in a lift at the Taman Mutiara MRT station in Cheras on Valentine’s Day last week, reported the New Straits Times (NST).

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.

PETALING JAYA (Feb 19): The large incoming supply does not bode well for the office and retail property segments as rentals and occupancy rates face more downward pressure, according to Rahim & Co International Sdn Bhd.

PETALING JAYA (Feb 19): Marginal price drops in residential properties have been observed in some established areas in the country while the country continues to grapple with the high number of overhang units in the housing market.