Ipoh’s FMS is back after 11 years, as Durbar At FMS
Visitor and diners can view photographs of pre-WWII and colonial Ipoh and “some rare copies of newspaper articles” published during Merdeka.
MPAJ to spend RM22m on drain and road repairs: Report
“The biggest project is to mill and pave Jalan Pandan Utama, starting from the MRR2 to Ampang Campuran, at a cost of RM2.5 million.”
Losing sleep over abandoned homes in Kulai, Johor
“The local council must take action and get the owners to clean their premises, failing which they should clean and charge them.”
Penang CM hopes for ‘conditional approval’ of PTMP’s ‘major components’ soon
“Unless you get conditional approval, we are unable to move into the next level of work, final designs, calculating the costs, and tendering the projects’ work components.”
Development near Bukit Cerakah not on forest reserve land
“The land is not part of the forest reserve and belongs to the developer."
Retired teacher left with unfinished renovation after contractor goes missing
So far, she has paid the contractor RM76,403.
Bukit Jambul, Penang, residents worried about stray golf balls
The balls may even hit and injure people living and working in the area, they say.
Melaka to spend RM3m a year to build homes for hardcore poor
The first 30 homes would be located in Pokok Mangga and rented out at RM150 a month to newly married couples for three years.
MIP wants ‘less’ political interference in urban planning -- report
President of the Malaysian Institute of Planners (MIP) Ihsan Zainal Mokhtar: “They represent interest groups or self-interest... and most of the time they get in the way of a good plan and the people feel it.”
Jagdeep wants urban regeneration law for Penang, says report
“So if there are 1,000 units, 999 gave approval but one disagree and this meant the whole project could not go on.”
