BY STUART MICHAELResidents looking at the cleared area near Block C where the proposed shoplots will be built.  RESIDENTS living near the Selayang Makmur apartment are furious with Selayang Municipal Council (MPS) for not taking action against the apartment’s Joint Management Body (JMB),...

BY STEPHANIE LEEEnvironmentalists are trying to stop a development project from taking place on Tanjung Aru beach in Kota Kinabalu . — filepicKOTA KINABALU: The government is resolute in its decision to turn the Tanjung Aru public beach and park into a 348ha eco-friendly integrated waterfront...

BY NORBAITI PHAHARORADZIA signage states that the bus stop is under CCTV supervision but no CCTV has been installed here so far.OHOR BARU: Following the East West Link project which was proposed during the Ninth Malaysian Plan, the authorities need to resolve several problems before proceeding, for...

THERE has been zero crime at the Prai Free Industrial Zone in Penang during major festive holidays since 2011, thanks to the community policing programme introduced there that year.Malaysia Crime Prevention Foundation (MCPF) secretary Johnny Michael Tan said frequent factory break-in cases were...

Amcorp Prop will suffer a completion delay for a major London project.KUALA LUMPUR: Affin Hwang Capital Research has downgraded Amcorp Properties to Hold on the back of expected project delays and uncertainties ahead due to Brexit.The research house said on Friday Amcorp Prop will suffer a...

BY EUGENE MAHALINGAM“We will be launching something new every month for the remainder of 2016,” group managing director and chief executive Tan Sri Leong Hoy Kum(inset) told StarBiz.KUALA LUMPUR: Property developer Mah Sing Group Bhd will up its game in the second half of the year, signalling...

BY MENG YEW CHOONGTrial run: Rapid Rail train driver Azura Ahdi getting ready to test one of the new six-car trains on the Sri Petaling line.KUALA LUMPUR: LRT commuters are one step closer to an uninterrupted ride from Sentul Timur to Putra Heights.This follows the smooth progress of upgrade works...

BY TAN SIN CHOWGEORGE TOWN: The state government is looking at re-introducing the repealed Rent Control Act to prevent the inflation of property rentals in the George Town heritage site.Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng said the move would stop gentrification that was driving the locals and living...

BY TAN SIN CHOWFlashback: The recent front page report of The Star on foreigners snapping up pre-war buildings in the heritage zone. GEORGE TOWN: The state government is looking at re-introducing the repealed Rent Control Act 1966 to prevent the inflation of property rentals in the George Town...

GEORGE TOWN: George Town Heritage Action (GTHA) has lauded the proposed move to bring back rent control for pre-war buildings in the George Town World Heritage site.GTHA co-founder Mark Lay hoped it would be carried out as soon as possible.“It shows that the state has the political will to...