Artist’s impression of the new east London neighbourhood of Goodluck Hope.DEVELOPER Ballymore will launch Goodluck Hope, a new riverside neighbourhood comprising 804 houses located directly on the River Thames in East London, on July 8 and 9 at Shangri-La Hotel Kuala Lumpur.Surrounded by water on...

WORK on the Lover’s Bridge land reclamation project in Tanjung Sepat, Kuala Langat is expected to be completed in August.New Village Development and Legalising of Factories Committee chairman Ean Yong Hian Wah told StarMetro that the project was initially planned to be done in January but work...

KLANG Municipal Council (MPK) will give a 50% discount in July on the compound notices for various parking offences.MPK president Datuk Yasid Bidin said the offer was also valid for parking compound notices issued in past years.For heavy vehicles, Yasid said the council had reduced the fine from...

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...