The Klang River, meandering 120km through Selangor and Kuala Lumpur towards the Straits of Malacca, has had its glorious days.

Q&A with Selangor Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim

The framework of participation of the three companies chosen by the Selangor government to rehabilitate and develop the Klang River will be determined by the Public Private Partnership Task Force for the project, chaired by Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim.

What makes a successful township/project? Ho Chin Soon, the director of the eponymous Ho Chin Soon Research, puts it down to, among other factors, accessibility and the neighbourhood.

Experience life in the fourth dimension? What on earth, you may ask? Well, that’s the tagline for the Hypercubes Lounge, the second sky lounge at the first fully-furnished designer condo suites in Malaysia — Verve Suites in Mont’Kiara,Kuala Lumpur.When it comes to its developer Bukit Kiara Properties (BKP), one has come to expect the unexpected.

Taking risks is pretty much what SKN Land & Development Sdn Bhd thrives on, declares Datuk Shamir K Nandy, the executive chairman of its holding company SKN Group.

Tamansari — a high-end urban renewal project unfolding in Jalan Tun Razak, Kuala Lumpur, where the Pekeliling flats once stood — is expected to give a fillip to the entire area. Riding on this and expected better times this year, construction firm Prinsiptek Corp Bhd is launching its Vue Residences

Buyer interest in the property auction market is now more focused on landed properties in view of the long-term value gain, auctioneers say.

KUALA LUMPUR: The Real Estate and Housing Developers' Association Malaysia (Rehda) is planning to introduce a Home Completion Guarantee Scheme.

Its president Datuk Ng Seing Liong said the scheme would eliminate the possibility of projects being abandoned as Rehda would step in to complete the project should any problem arise.

KUALA LUMPUR: The Real Estate and Housing Developers' Association Malaysia (Rehda) and the Master Builders Association Malaysia (MBAM) will be mass importing steel from neighbouring countries as local steel prices have risen by 10%.