GEORGE TOWN (Mar 15): Contractors who are interested in undertaking heritage building conservation work are invited to participate in a Heritage Building Conservation Workshop organised by George Town World Heritage Incorporated (GTWHI) on April 21-22. GTWHI Education Programme Coordinator Rozaini Hassan said the two-day workshop would be held at the ... Read More

Residents  in Batu Kawan, South Seberang Prai, are eagerly awaiting the completion of the RM4.5bil Second Penang Bridge, which will connect their hometown to Batu Maung on the island. The oil palm estate, which is fast shedding its kampung image, is set to become an industrialised township, with the bridge ... Read More

BANK Negara Malaysia said slightly less than half of the applicants for My First Home Scheme were unsuccessful in obtaining loans under the scheme as they failed to meet the eligibility criteria. These applicants amounted to 505, or 47.5 per cent, of the total applications of 1,062 as at the ... Read More

GEORGE TOWN: Car toll for the Second Penang Bridge has been set at RM7, said Jambatan Kedua Sdn Bhd managing director Datuk Dr Ismail Mohamed Taib. “Tolls will match those of the first Penang Bridge. We want it to be lower, but if we are lower, the first bridge management will complain ... Read More

PETALING JAYA: Policymakers at Bank Negara followed the lead of their regional peers by holding the key policy rate steady, as growth momentum moderated amid a slowdown in trade activity while upside risks to inflation remained. The central bank, which maintained the overnight policy rate (OPR) at 3%, said in ... Read More

THERE was a lot of talk late last year that property prices will tumble in 2012 after the steep rise in the residential sector over the past few years. So far, we have not seen any of that. What we are seeing is: ● Bank Negara's tightened guidelines on consumer lending ... Read More

BUYING a property that eventually becomes abandoned is a painful experience for many house buyers. It not only hurts purchasers who have lost their hard-earned money but also affects the property industry's reputation which has taken a beating due to unethical activities of a few culprits. This is particularly so ... Read More

PETALING JAYA: With close to 2,600 high-end condominiums scheduled for completion in Kuala Lumpur this year, the outlook for the luxury condominium market in the capital city is expected to be challenging.“Bank Negara is keeping a close eye on the mortgage loan market on concerns of rising household debt-to-gross domestic ... Read More

FOREIGN workers are being paid up to RM1,000 to queue up for housebuyers to book hot properties in land-starved Penang island. These professional queuers — mostly Bangladeshis and Indonesians — even bring along their wives and children to camp outside the developer’s office up to one week ahead of a ... Read More

DIJAYA Corp Bhd will buy assets worth RM1.1 billion owned by its major shareholder, Tan Sri Danny Tan Chee Sing, under a consolidation exercise to spur its growth. The exercise is specifically aimed at streamlining and rationalising a majority of land and properties held by Tan into Dijaya. Both parties ... Read More