Cancelled or postponed infrastructure projects due to budget constraints
The MRT Circle line (Line 3), The East Coast Rail Link (ECRL), Trans Sabah Gas Pipeline (TSGP), KL-Singapore High Speed Rail and the Sistem Kawalan Imigresen Nasional (SKIN).
Reviewing 2018: 10 highlights
It would probably be an understatement to say the year 2018 has been an extraordinary year for Malaysia.
Sarawak is the next place to be for construction, says HLIB Research
KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 28): As crude oil markets pulled back, sparking concerns of a federal budget recalibration, construction players who have shifted their focus to East Malaysia may find shelter there as state-funded projects are insulated from the risk of reduction of the federal government spending.
Petition to fix potholed road signed by over 8,500 people
KOTA KINABALU (Dec 27): A petition calling for authorities to repair a potholed road, Jalan Telupid Sandakan, from Telupid to Batu 32 in Sandakan has garnered over 8,500 signatures.
PWTC still belongs to Umno, was not sold to Gerbang Perdana
PETALING JAYA (Dec 27): The headquarters of Umno, the Putra World Trade Centre (PWTC), was not sold off to Gerbang Perdana Sdn Bhd, said its new management.
重点报道：你的管理费是不是给多了？
根据在2015年开始实行的2013年分层管理法令（SMA 2013），一名分层产业的业主必须支付每个月的管理费或服务费给共管机构（JMB）或管理机构（MC），让后者将这些资金用来管理和维护建筑物内的共用空间和财产。 除此，业主也必须支付一笔储备基金，而这笔基金一般上是所有费用的10%。 Chur Associates管理伙伴Chris Tan指出，这笔储备基金是用来应付日后突然出、且比平常管理费更昂贵的开支，例如油漆和翻新内部共用设施等。 对此，很多业主认为本身给的管理费很贵，但究竟多少的管理费才是真的太贵了呢？而这笔管理费又是如何计算，当中有没有什么方程式或指引？ 在SMA 2013和1985年分层地契法令底下，一个住宅或商用单位在法律意义上被称为一个区块（parcel），而每一个区块在分层地契法令底下都有一个以整数呈现的份额数值（share value）。 大马Burgess Rawson董事经理Wong Kok Soo解释道，在2015年分层地契条例的第四附表中，列明了一个计算份额单位（share unit）和管理费的标准公式（见Table A）。 管理费到底用来支付什么开销？ Bangsar最早期的公寓之一Sri Penaga的管理机构主席 Khaw Chay Tee向EdgeProp.
UPDATE: KL home prices fell this year, says Knight Frank
PETALING JAYA (Dec 26): Research from a global property firm has found that Kuala Lumpur home prices fell this year.
Indonesia admitted their mistake in holding M'sians hostage, says minister
PETALING JAYA (Dec 24): Jakarta assures that the situation — in which five Malaysians were accused of stealing wood, and were taken hostage by the Indonesian army — will not be repeated.
Indonesian soldiers cross into Sarawak, kidnap five Malaysians, says report
KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 23): Five Malaysians were reported to have been allegedly kidnapped by heavily armed Indonesian soldiers on the Sarawak side of the border and taken to Kalimantan.
