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Berjaya Corp unit unveils lifestyle-focused loyalty programme
Mobile marketing platform: (from left) Perry Ong, country manager, Malaysia and Brunei, Mastercard Asia-Pacific Pte Ltd, Yau Su Peng, director, retail innovation, BCorp, Safdar Khan, division president for Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei, Mastercard Asia-Pacific, Tan, Markus Eichinger,...
Analysts have mixed view on banking sector outlook
BY GANESHWARAN KANAUOB Kay Hian Malaysia Research envisaged lacklustre loan growth for 2017, at about 4.5% to 5% due to the double-digit contraction in loan approval trend over the past 12 months.PETALING JAYA: Analysts have mixed views on the prospects of the banking sector amid a moderating...
Developer wins low-carbon city award for Sunway City
Cheah (middle) flanked by Ismail (left) and MPSJ president Datuk Nor Hisham Ahmad Dahlan at the Malaysian Institute of Planners (MIP) Awards for Planning Excellence. MASTER community developer Sunway Property recently won the prestigious Low Carbon City Award at the ninth Malaysian Institute of...
The state of the property market this year
BY NURUL ASMUI MD AZMIThe property market has been relatively soft in 2016 despite the many new projects that were being developed in the Klang Valley area. According to several property experts, the property market will only pick up between 2018 and 2019. If that is the case, what can we expect...
Dwellers of low-cost flats finally get strata titles
STRATA titles for three public housing projects – Taman Tun Sardon Peralihan, Taman Tun Sardon Phase Three flats and Batu Lanchang flats – have finally been issued.It is understood that some owners have been waiting more than 30 years for the titles.Penang Housing Committee chairman Jagdeep...
Residents give their point of view on PJ's future
CLEANLINESS is also in the sights of the Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) this year, with about 74,000 MGB 120l dustbins to be distributed for free to landed properties as part of a new waste management plan.MBPJ Solid Waste and Public Cleanliness department director Lee Lih Shyan said the council...
KL mayor has high hopes for the city in 2017
BY BAVANI MAS THE new year dawns, Kuala Lumpur mayor Datuk Seri Mohd Amin Nordin Abd Aziz speaks to StarMetro about the progress made in 2016, and shares plans for what city folk can expect in 2017.What’s new?Mohd Amin said the city was preparing for the upcoming SEA Games 2017 in August and...
‘MBPJ can cancel development order‘
BY PRIYA MENONFoodstuff also ended up covered in cement in the most recent incident.PETALING JAYA mayor Datuk Mohd Azizi Mohd Zain has no qualms cancelling the development order given for a project in Section 17 should the developer continue to flout Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ)...
Data for Structure Plan now open to public
Constituents at the Taman Free School public market showing the 2017 calendars they received from Jagdeep, who is also Datuk Keramat assemblyman.THE Local Plans for Penang island and the mainland are expected to be completed and gazetted sometime this year.State Housing, Town and Country Planning...
Questions over cost of walkway repairs
Liew showing the shoddy repair work on the walkway along Jalan Indah in Taman Cheras Indah,THERE seems to be confusion over the cost of the 1km walkway that has been built along Jalan Indah in Taman Cheras Indah, Ampang, among nearby residents.Teratai Gerakan public complaints bureau chief Ben...