News Feed

BY BRENDA CH’NGTHE services of parking concessionaire Godell Parking Sdn Bhd will be terminated by the Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) following complaints of faulty parking meters and its failure to pay the council its dues.Confirming this, Petaling Jaya mayor Datuk Mohd Azizi Mohd Zain said...

PUTRAJAYA: The 1Malaysia Peo­ple’s Housing (PR1MA) initiative has led to more private property developers building affordable homes.Perbadanan PR1MA Malaysia chief executive officer Datuk Abdul Mutalib Alias, who said this, added that previously, not many developers were involved in building...

Members of Malaysia Retailers Association (MRA) were interviewed on their retail sales performances for the first half-year of 2017. Latest retail performanceFor the first quarter of 2017, Malaysia retail industry recorded another disappointing growth rate of -1.2% in retail sales, as compared to...

BY KATHLEEN ANN KILIA birds eye view of the Emerald Bay waterfront homes in Iskandar Puteri, Johor.ISKANDAR PUTERI: A project featuring waterfront villas in a Caribbean tropical setting, with private berth (dock) and swimming pool to boot, has taken property development sector in the country up a...

BY SABRINA BENNISThe rubbish truck collects Section 11 residents’ recyclable waste every Monday.NINETEEN per cent of households have participated in the waste separation initiative in Section 11, Petaling Jaya six weeks into the launch of the project.Of the 329 houses in Section 11, 62 have...

BY YIP YOKE TENGIn need of rescue: The shops on the right have been repurposed to become the now fashionable Old Malaya dining hub while the one on the left, once called Serani Row for housing elite members of the Eurasian community, is eroding. — SADIQ SANI/The StarIT IS time to give due...

BY HEMANANTHANI SIVANANDAMKUALA LUMPUR: Bukit Bintang City Centre (BBCC) will feature a retail mall, with construction work for both BBCC and Mitsui Shopping Park LaLaport KL set to begin soon.Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, who officiated the ground-breaking ceremony for the project on...

BY HEMANANTHANI SIVANANDAMA new world: BBCC’s chief executive director Datuk Richard Ong (left) showing Najib the model of the complex during the groundbreaking ceremony in Kuala Lumpur. Also present were (from third left, front row) Mitsui Fudosan Asia Malaysia & MFBBCC Retail Mall managing...

Connecting ultra-high-net-worth clients in Singapore, Malaysia and the region to luxury residential homes through its global footprint and digital capabilities Despite the current weak market sentiment, the market targeting the ultra-high-net-worth clients are still underserved, according to...

KUALA LUMPUR: Penang’s failure to monitor extensive land clearing projects has led to severe environmental problems, claims Gerakan.Party vice-president Datuk Dr Dominic Lau Hoe Chai said more than 30 plots of green land on the island were being cleared to make way for development.He claimed that...