Ikhmas Jaya secures job worth RM37.74 mil
KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 5): Ikhmas Jaya Group Bhd has been appointed to undertake the piling and substructure work for a commercial building in Damansara, Selangor, valued at RM37.
2017 to be a challenging year for construction industry
THE end of the year is a time to reflect on the challenges faced and achievements made in the past year and to remind ourselves that all may not be so rosy next year.
Raffles Country Club to make way for HSR facilities
SINGAPORE (Jan 4): The Land Transport Authority and the Singapore Land Authority jointly announced on Tuesday evening that the Singapore government has gazetted the site of the Raffles Country Club for acquisition, in order to house the facilities for the Kuala-Lumpur Singapore High Speed Rail (HSR), the western depot of the Cross Island Line, and other transport related needs.
Rafizi: Public to ultimately bear burden of inflated MRT costs
KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 4): Malaysians will likely face higher taxes in future to help the government pay for the construction cost of the mass rail transit (MRT) project, which may hit above RM100 billion, according to Pandan member of parliament Mohd Rafizi Ramli.
Mixed bag of results for global property markets
THE year has been a mixed bag for the global property markets; some have performed fairly well while some, like in Malaysia, are wishing for better days ahead.
Tell us the names of your housing contractors, Rafizi urges Felda
KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 3): Federal Land Development Authority (Felda) was asked to disclose the contractors whom it has tasked to undertake housing projects for the statutory body’s members.
UTAR: Current property market downturn will not be as turbulent as previous ones
KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 3): A research team from Universiti Tunku Adbul Rahman (UTAR) has concluded that the current property market downturn plaguing the country will not be as turbulent as the ones that occurred some two decades ago.
Looking ahead into a lacklustre property sector
Property sector Maintain neutral: The House Price Index (HPI) grew by 5.