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PETALING JAYA (Nov 30): Selangor government's RM18mil allocation for the completion of abandoned projects, the Abandoned Projects Revival Fund (Tepat) has yielded results.

Pets are often treated as a member of the family and hence facilities for pets and pet owners are becoming very much sought after.

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PETALING JAYA (Nov 9): Residents of low and medium cost Apartment Permai here have been living in fear since one of their retention walls collapsed in May.

PETALING JAYA (Oct 18): Singapore's new guidelines on the size of apartments that can be built per development threaten to erode profit margins further as it reduces the number of shoe-box units in a development, reported Reuters.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 8): Asian Strategy & Leadership Institute (Asli) chairperson Tan Sri Jeffrey Cheah said there is a need to change existing legislation for the real estate industry as the laws have not kept up with the pace of nation’s economic and social landscape.

CYBERJAYA (Aug 16): The Real Estate and Housing Developers' Association Malaysia (Rehda) (pictured) hopes that the proposed single entity to oversee affordable housing will be different from the rest as there is more urgency now to ensure the issues faced are addressed promptly.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 27): The authorities are considering having the spatium concept in urban development for greater efficiency in land management, said Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail (pictured), Bernama reported today.

SHAH ALAM (July 8): The urban well-being portfolio is now under the Ministry of Federal Territories, said minister Khalid Abdul Samad.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 28): More than 60 fire stations in the country are in dilapidated condition, revealed The Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government Ministry (KPKT) today.