By MAK KUM SHImakks@thestar.com.myAgeing demographics, financing for senior citizens and retirement homes are expected to make an impact in the future for the property market.IN years to come, senior citizens will make up a bigger segment of the Malaysian population. In view of this development,...

Halal restaurants and prayer rooms are not uncommon in airports around Asia, but has the increasing number of halal-certified hotels, halal food guides at tourist information counters, and even halal-certified cosmetics at duty-free shops caught your eye yet?As halal tourism continues to gain...

BY JADE CHAN Mohd Azizi holding a copy of MBPJs 2017 budget. It is expected to be posted on the councils website for public viewing next month. — KAMARUL ARIFFIN/ The StarPETALING Jaya City Council (MBPJ) will increase its development expenditure by a whopping 128% for its 2017 budget.“We have...

PUTRAJAYA: The final blocks of Conezion Residence service apartments was launched on Sunday, October 2, amidst a party-like atmosphere and received an overwhelming response.“We believe that such a good response is a result of customer confidence in our brand, the quality of our product and our...

By VIKNESH ASHLEYvikneshashley@thestar.com.myBringing communities at Northern Kuala Lumpur together with homes and trees.THE StarProperty.my Fair 2016, held in Publika Mall in Kuala Lumpur was a success, as it saw over 5000 property passionate visitors as well as an estimated RM5mil in property...

Asean cities set to face this as middle-class households quadruplePETALING JAYA: Asean cities could face urbanisation challenges as middle-class households are set to quadruple by 2030, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU).The EIU has projected that the number of middle-class...

KUALA LUMPUR: UEM Group Bhd will be pumping in about RM150mil on an integrated Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Cloud Solution for the company and its subsidiaries.The project is expected to be completed in three years.Describing the move as its digital revolution journey, the engineering-based...

BY CECILIA KOKKUALA LUMPUR: The World Bank has slashed its growth forecast for Malaysia from 2016 through 2018 due to the subdued global economy weighing on the country’s prospects.In its latest forecasts, the global financial institution predicted Malaysia’s gross domestic product (GDP) would...

BY RAZAK AHMADKUALA LUMPUR: The cost of living, housing and urban issues, and healthcare are the people’s top concerns as Budget 2017 looms, an online survey conducted by the Prime Minister’s web portal has revealed.The two-week survey (https://bajet2017.najibrazak.com/survey), which culminates...

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia’s main challenge and opportunity lies in speeding up structural reforms to accelerate the country’s transition to a high-income economy, according to the World Bank.In its newly released East Asia and Pacific Economic Update entitled “Reducing Vulnerabilities”, the...