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KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 5): The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) (pictured) said today it is supportive of innovative ideas that tap into the transformative power of technology to democratise investments, allowing more financing options for Malaysians to buy their first homes and enhance their socio-economic well-being.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 5): The announcement that exemptions will be granted for specific business-to-business (B2B) service tax from Jan 1, 2019 for registered service tax entities would help lower the costs of doing business by eliminating pyramiding taxation, or the tax-on-tax effect.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 3): The Housing and Local Government (KPKT) Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin said the Budget 2019 is an accurate and detailed plan to solve homeownership issues for Malaysians.

The measures introduced in Budget 2019 will certainly help to promote home ownership, said Paramount Corp Bhd CEO Jeffrey Chew.

PETALING JAYA (Nov 2): The National House Buyers Association (HBA) has urged the government to take measures to slow down escalating property prices by raising the supply of homes in the affordable housing segment through  government-linked corporations, state economic agencies and  bodies such as Perbadanan PR1MA Malaysia (PR1MA).

PETALING JAYA (Nov 2): Kenanga Head of Equity Research Sarah Lim (pictured) said it will be interesting to know how the current government will monitor the selling prices of new houses.

PETALING JAYA (Nov 2): The Real Estate and Housing Developers’ Association Malaysia (Rehda) President Datuk  Soam Heng Choon (pictured) has lauded the government’s initiative in introducing a new technology-based mechanism –property crowdfunding, to encourage homeownership.

PETALING JAYA (Nov 2): Mah Sing Group Bhd will be seeking clarity from the Real Estate and Housing Developers’ Association Malaysia (Rehda) on the commitment it made to the government for its members to provide up to 10% discount on new residential projects.

PETALING JAYA (Nov 2): The Master Builders Association Malaysia (MBAM) hopes the government will take a holistic approach in handling policies related to foreign workers employment to ensure that the market has sufficient manpower while reducing the cost of doing business.

​ KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 2): Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) is of the view that the formation of the airport real estate investment trust (airport REIT), as proposed in the Budget 2019 tabled in Parliament today, is a way for the government to 'securitise' its infrastructure assets.