GEORGE TOWN: The Real Estate and Housing Developers’ Association (Rehda) Penang has been urged to play a bigger role in helping local developers obtain the advertising permit and developer licence (APDL) for their projects.It was reported in The Star that 47 out of 81 applications for the licence...

(From left) Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng and Penang Housing, Town and Country Planning Committee chairman Jagdeep Singh Deo accompanied by other state excos and event participants at the Penang Property Summit 2016 at SPICE Arena, Penang. - Pic by: LIM BENG TATT.GEORGE TOWN: Studies are now...

(From left to right) State executive Councillor Lim Hock Seng; state Religious Affairs, Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Committee chairman Datuk Abdul Malik Abul Kassim; PDC information officer Chang Wing Mow; State Health Committee chairman Dr Afif Bahardin; Penang Chief minister Lim Guan Eng;...

The residential roads in Pandan Perdana are always congested as there are only two lanes, which has worsened with several building projects taking place.THE Ampang Jaya Municipal Council (MPAJ) has assured residents that road widening works in Pandan Perdana will be finished before the completion...

BY VINCENT TANVisitors from UBM, the Dutch embassy and the media checking out one of the grit-removal chambers at the Bunus Regional Sewage Treatment plant.TO help spread awareness about what happens after you press “flush,” Asiawater 2016 conference organiser United Business Media (UBM) Asia...

BY VIJENTHI NAIRMany budget hotels are set up in old shophouses.Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) has hit a snag in its effort to legalise unlicensed businesses.Budget hotels has a host of building guidelines to comply with and some are not able to be met, through no fault of the business...

BY ZAZALI MUSAJOHOR BARU: There are pockets of opportunities in the Johor property market, especially in Iskandar Malaysia, despite the challenging year ahead for property developers.Johor Real Estate and Housing Developers Association (Rehda) branch chairman Hoe Mee Ling said the association was...

PETALING JAYA: Waste management solutions service provider PJBumi Bhd is selling 2.02 ha in Kedah for RM4mil.In a filing with Bursa Malaysia yesterday, PJBumi said the disposal would provide an opportunity for the company to unlock the immediate value of the property that currently does not...

BY STUART MICHAELThe retention pond next to the Kelana Jaya LRT line along Jalan SS4C/1 in Kelana Jaya is covered with weeds and silt.AN UNMAINTAINED retention pond in Jalan SS4C/1, Kelana Jaya, has been causing misery for nearby residents as muddy water spills over into their houses whenever there...

Bumblebee and Iron Man posing for a photo with kids from the Association of Mentally Retarded Children Central Seberang Prai, Shammah Children’s Home and Pertubuhan Penyayang Chi Yun Bukit Mertajam during the event.HUNDREDS of families thronged the Garden Fest at the new Sunway Wellesley housing...