The proposed paired road from Tanjung Bungah to Teluk Bahang will reduce the travelling time between the two places by more than half, said project director Mazlan Ali. He said it now took about 20 minutes to drive on the 10.9km existing stretch from Tanjung Bungah (where Jalan Lembah Per-mai ... Read More

Aspen Vision City Sdn Bhd (AVCSB) is set to launch its first landed housing at Aspen Vision City in Bandar Cassia, Batu Kawan, Penang next year. AVCSB is a subsidiary of Aspen Vision Land Sdn Bhd (AVLSB) while AVLSB is a subsidiary of Aspen Vision Development Sdn Bhd (Aspen Group) ... Read More

The three paired roads proposed as part of the RM6.3 billion undersea tunnel project could be delayed further due to land and environmental assessment issues, said state executive councillor Lim Hock Seng. “This package was supposed to start first but we found that the lands that was previously acquired by ... Read More

SP Setia Bhd is acquiring 1,675 acres of land in Penang for RM620.12 million following a successful tender bid. In a filing with Bursa Malaysia yesterday, the group said its wholly owned subsidiary Setia Recreation Sdn Bhd accepted an award of tender for the purchase of the parcels of freehold ... Read More

The guidelines for the increase in development density to 128 units per acre from 87 units per acre will only come into effect next year in Penang. Penang Local Government, Traffic Management and Flood Mitigation Committee chairman Chow Kon Yeow said the state was in the process of fine tuning ... Read More

Tropical Island Resort Sdn Bhd (TIRSB) has entered into a joint-venture agreement with Q Islands Development Sdn Bhd (QID), a subsidiary of Ideal Property Group, to redevelop the Jerejak Rainforest Resort & Spa and the 80 acres of land owned by TIRSB on the island. TIRSB is a joint-venture company ... Read More

The right to shelter is an inalienable basic human right. Providing basic, sufficient and affordable housing for its people, particularly those with a low income, is one of the fundamental duties of the state. However, if a government-linked research institute’s housing survey is any indication, it has validated the people’s ... 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

Will property prices come down?” This is not a new question especially in a time when the property market is soft. Before one answers that question, panellists at TheEdgeProperty.com’s Roundtable on Budget 2017 held on Oct 24 pointed out that industry stakeholders should first ask and find out whether there ... Read More

If you feel that Penang, especially the island, is getting crowded you are absolutely right. According to the Department of Statistics, the level of urbanisation in Penang at 90.8 per cent is among the highest after Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya and Selangor. The population density of the northern state is also ... Read More