BY MAJORIE CHIEWIn the foreground are SAC Jamaludin (left), Yee (second from left) and SAC Mazlan (in dark uniform)) and Supt Hamzah (far right).THE children of Kampung Bantal in Jerantut, Pahang, are a happy lot but their joy was doubled when a group of outsiders came visiting bearing gifts.The...

BY R.S.N.MURALIMALACCA: All 149 signboards standing along junctions in Malacca will be inspected to ensure their stability.The directive came after a signboard crushed a 64-year-old security guard to death at the Pokok Mangga and Klebang traffic light junction on Tuesday morning.The victim, Ahmad...

KUCHING: The latest block of the Skyvilla Residence condominiums in Batu Kawah New Township now on sale, and its showroom opens today.In a press release, the developer, MJC City Development Sdn Bhd, said the latest block, called Bella, consisted of 16 floors with only eight units per floor,...

PETALING JAYA: Mah Sing Group Bhd is launching RM1.8 billion worth of properties in the next six months in the Greater Kuala Lumpur, Klang Valley, Penang and Iskandar Malaysia, Johor Bahru.Pacing towards the sales target of RM2.3 billion this year, Mah Sing’s upcoming launches in the central...

Hoo (second left) sharing a light conversation with Datuk Ustaz Md Daud Che Nga (second right), with Hamizi (left) and Ibrahim Mat Sin (right) looking on.PETALING JAYA: IJM Land aims to lessen the bumiputera’ financial woes with its newly-introduced ‘Beli Rumah, Jom Umrah’ campaign, in which...

 KUALA LUMPUR: Macquarie Research is retaining its Outperform rating on property company Mah Sing with a fair value of RM1.72, which is a discount of 30% to its realised net asset value (RNAV) estimate of RM2.45 a share.It said on Thursday that while the Malaysia property market continues to face...

BY FARAH FAZANNA ZULZAHAAs part of the upgrading works, one track will be closed leaving only one track to be used by trains. — filepicHeads up, KTM commuters.Expect delays in the KTM Komuter services tomorrow as works on the Klang Valley Double Track Project (KVDT) will start.The infrastructure...

BY SHEILA SRI PRIYASelangor Local Government committee chairman Ean Yong Hian Wah wants the bill of quantities for local council related projects be made public to ensure greater transparency.However, he said at the moment there were restrictions imposed by the Federal Treasury in relation to...

TWO hundred and twenty-six private housing development projects in Peninsular Malaysia have been abandoned since 2009.Deputy Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Halimah Mohd Sadique said the abandoned projects affected 40,866 house buyers.“Of this total, the ministry has...

BY IZWAN IDRISKUALA LUMPUR: Sime Darby Bhd has identified a potential buyer for the planned sale of its 14 industrial assets in Australia as the country’s biggest conglomerate steps up efforts to mitigate the impact of weak palm oil production and losses at its Malaysian motor division.The...