New ULI/CLC report presents ten cities implementing bold plans to improve urban mobilitySINGAPORE: As inner-city congestion increases owing to populations rise, a new publication from the Urban Land Institute (ULI) and Centre for Liveable Cities (CLC) sets out how 10 cities in Asia-Pacific are...

Singapore: Singapore is now the 24th most expensive location in the world for expatriates, falling from 18th place last year.This was one of the findings of the latest Cost of Living survey published by ECA International, the world's leading provider of knowledge, information and software for the...

By Yuri AzraniBusiness estate developments may be less “sexy” than the retail, commercial and residential developments that feature prominently in our daily lives, but these are the developments that helps to engineer the growth of the national economy by providing an environment that aids in...

The StarProperty.my Real Estate Awards is drawing near with nominations ending on June 25.The premier event will highlight the unique journey of property agents as well as key real estate agencies, and set the benchmark like never before in Malaysia.“A successful agent should be sincere, has good...

Mass Rapid Transit Corp Sdn Bhd (MRT Corp) sees it as an employer’s responsibility to provide a safe and healthy environment for its foreign workers, and to oversee their welfare.“The growth of the number of foreign workers in Malaysia has been substantial, however, the living conditions of...

RESIDENTS and Tamil activists in Bukit Gambir, Penang, are furious over the vandalisation of SJK(T) Subramaniya Barathee’s signboard, Tamil dailies reported.The school signboard is located near the sign for another school and a private company, but these were not touched.Parents of pupils who...

MOTORISTS driving along Persiaran Kinrara in Puchong have been doing so in the dark for almost two months now.It is believed that 24 streetlights along the 1km stretch stopped functioning after a downpour.Trader Calvin Leong, 22, uses Persiaran Kinrara daily to travel to a morning market in the...

Pathetic site: Shacks like these are quarters provided for workers and are common at construction sites in the Klang Valley. — AZHAR MAHFOF/The StarBY YIP YOKE TENGA NEWBORN, tiny and fragile, swaddled in the mother’s arm.Around them, insects were scurrying all over their “room” made with...

BY KATHLEEN MICHAELSUBANG Jaya Municipal Council's (MPSJ) programme to approve illegal renovations of terrace houses may include bungalows and semi-detached homes later.Councillor Pooi Weng Keong said the matter needed to be reviewed before a decision could be made.Currently, the programme to...

For more than six months, construction and bulk waste have been piling up at an abandoned house in Jalan PJS 10/28, Petaling Jaya. BY BRENDA CH’NGABANDONED houses are an eyesore, and it is worse when they are used to dump waste as they could become breeding grounds for mosquitoes, snakes and...