A visitor looking at the excerpts of the DBKL Planning Guideline series during the launch at Menara DBKL.DBKL launches book on proper procedures for developers, professional bodies and the publicDEVELOPMENT planning is now easier with Kuala Lumpur City Hall’s (DBKL) series of Planning Guideline...

BY SHEILA SRI PRIYAHOUSEBUYERS who bought units in condominiums built on commercial land are in a bind over their water tariff.Their water bill is based on commercial rates and they need to pay a minimum of RM36 a month regardless of whether they use the water.One such buyer is Olivia Lee, who...

GEORGE TOWN: Using faked Housing Department letterheads that misspelled ‘Pejabat’ (Office) as ‘Perjabat’, a con artist has tricked at least four people out of RM40,000 by making them believe they would be eligible for a low medium-cost (LMC) apartment if they paid up.The victims thought...

KUALA LUMPUR: Low and middle-income civil servants will get more affordable housing once the Cabinet passes a proposal to review the National Housing Policy.Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said this move was to ensure that house prices would not be based solely on supply and...

BY DAVID TANGEORGE TOWN: Due to the shortage of resources in the state, it is only rational for the state government to use reclaimed land to finance the infrastructure projects, according to two key business organisations in Penang.Real Estate & Housing Developers Association (Rehda) Penang...

Some of the houses and structures in Jalan P. Ramlee along Sungai Pinang being demolished to make way for the flood mitigation project.THE RM654mil Sungai Pinang Phase III flood mitigation project will involve a river rehabilitation (River of Life) and the widening and deepening of Sungai...

BY Lee Yan LiMillions have been talking about the public transport system in Malaysia, front-page coverage is devoted to the update of the MRT and the rail system, but few have taken up the task to make sense of the system and what the development could bring.Ho Chin Soon’s fifth book, published...

BY MAK KUM SHImakks@thestar.com.myAdministrative district boundary and local authority areas. Source: Department of statisticsA WIDE range of transportation infrastructure at Western Klang Valley are expected to generate economic activities, enhance accessibility and mobility, and encourage new...

Public queue up as early as 8pm the day before to secure choice units at Hyde TowerBY OH ING YEENOng (left) and Gan Tai HwaMORE than 200 enthusiastic buyers flocked to the i-Gallery @i-City as early as 3am last Saturday in their quest to secure their choice unit of Hyde Tower @i-City.Andrew Wong,...

In the StarProperty.my March 2016 pullout that we had published today, we had quoted a report from WTW Research for our ‘Thriving Western Klang Valley’ story.It has been highlighted to us that there have been some inaccuracies in the table of new launches sourced from WTW Research in today’s...