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PETALING JAYA: Budget 2019 will continue to be geared towards affordable housing policies.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 22): Although Malaysia aims to achieve high-income nation status by 2024 — the previous target was 2020 — Putrajaya appears cognisant of the need to address the yawning income gap between the B40 (bottom 40%) households and middle- and high-income households for social stability, since a sizeable 2.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 16): Malaysian households earning less than RM2,000 spent 94.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 16): There are huge disparities in the income threshold of the Middle 40 (M40) in the various states across Malaysia, according to Khazanah Research Institute’s (KRI) latest report.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 16): The wealth gap is widening although the income growth among the middle group (M40) and low (B40) group is faster than the rich.

SERI KEMBANGAN (Oct 2): Developers, researchers and policy makers opined that to resolve the affordable housing availability problem, all stakeholders in the public and private sectors need to work together to offer multiple solutions.

I-Bhd (Sept 26, 51 sen) Maintain neutral with a lower target price (TP) of 53 sen: We recently organised a presentation made by I-Bhd’s representative (represented by non-executive independent director Ooi Hun Yong) to RHB remisiers and dealers.

Pestech International Bhd (Sept 26, RM1.

Sapura Energy Bhd (Sept 25, 44 sen) Maintain trading buy with an unchanged target price (TP) of 81 sen: Sapura Energy Bhd announced that it had been awarded multiple contracts in four different countries — Malaysia, Australia, Brunei and Nigeria — with a combined value of about RM815 million.

IGB Real Estate Investment Trust(Sept 25, RM1.