The undersupply of affordable houses in Malaysia may worsen, given current income and demographic factors, according to Bank Negara Malaysia's 2016 Annual Report. Bank Negara said since 2012, the increase in house prices in the country had outstripped the rise in income levels. "Consequently, prevailing median house prices are beyond the ... Read More

Property and industrial groups today backed the implementation of the RM27 billion Penang Transport Master Plan (PTMP) for the greater good. Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM) Penang Branch vice chairman KK Hun said the state needed to move forward or risk being left behind. He cited Malacca and Johor as ... Read More

After waiting for months on end for their applications for advertising permits and developers’ licences (APDLs) to be approved, developers in Penang breathed a sigh of relief recently — they have finally been given the nod. They are now busy with sales and purchase agreement signings and banking in of cheques, ... Read More

The Penang government has extended by six months the validity period of the award letter for SRS Consortium, the project delivery partner (PDP), of the Penang Transport Master Plan (PTMP) project. The award letter was to expire by the end of this month but will now be valid until June ... Read More

Market performance remained sluggish in the first half of this year as property transaction numbers in the country continued their downward trend. According to the National Property Information Centre’s (Napic) data for 1H2016, a total of 163,528 properties were transacted averaging 27,255 properties a month, a decrease of 12.3% compared ... Read More

A developer has failed in its bid via judicial review to set aside the stay order issued by the Penang Appeals Board on its high-rise project in Pykett Avenue here. A High Court here upheld the decision of the board in the issuance of a stay of implementation of planning ... Read More

The Beijing Urban Construction Group (BUCG) has withdrawn from Consortium Zenith BUCG Sdn Bhd (CZBUCG) which is the developer for the RM6.3 billion proposed undersea tunnel and three paired roads projects in Penang. Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng said CZBUCG sought the approval from the state government to do so ... Read More

Penang hopes to secure a conditional approval for its first railway scheme connecting Bayan Lepas to Komtar by next month, state executive councillor Chow Kon Yeow said. The local government committee chairman said SRS Consortium, the project delivery partner (PDP) for the Penang Transport Master Plan (PTMP), met with Land Public ... Read More

The governor of Penang today called on Putrajaya to approve the state’s application for tram and Light Rail Transit (LRT) systems at his opening speech at the state legislative assembly sitting today. The Yang diPertua Negri Tun Abdul Rahman Abbas said the state needs better public transport systems to resolve ... Read More

We may be an aging society, but the fact is Malaysia’s population is made up of mainly the young. According to the Statistics Department, the largest age group in 2015 was those between the ages of 20 and 49 years. About 14.375 million, or 47%, of the about 30 million ... Read More