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KUALA LUMPUR (June 5): Bina Puri Holdings Bhd is set to launch two projects worth RM500 million this year, said group executive director Datuk Matthew Tee.

PUTRAJAYA (June 5): The Housing and Local Government Ministry (KPKT) will be setting up a committee to study the feasibility of redeveloping the land surrounding the ill-fated Highland Towers in Ulu Klang, Selangor.

PUTRAJAYA (June 4): About 11 affordable housing agencies bearing the 1Malaysia tag will be rebranded, said Housing and Local Government Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin (pictured).

SANDAKAN (June 1): The family staying in a seven-room house in the coastal Sim Sim Water Village managed to escape unhurt when the house collapsed into the sea early today.

PETALING JAYA (June 1): Segambut MP Hannah Yeoh agrees with the cancellation of the third mass rapid transit line (MRT 3), but has suggested that the government direct funds to improving the bus services in parts of her constituency.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 1): UEM Sunrise Bhd, which had in January engaged London-based Atkins as the master planner for Gerbang Nusajaya’s transit-oriented development (TOD) plot, will reconsider its plan following the government’s decision to scrap the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore high-speed rail (HSR) project.

PETALING JAYA (May 31): The cancellation of the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore high-speed rail (HSR) project will only have a light impact on Iskandar Puteri’s property market in the medium part, as it is only a positive point to upcoming projects in the region.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 31): Boustead Holdings Bhd returned to the black in the first quarter ended March 31, 2018 (1QFY18) after posting a net profit of RM6.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 31): TA Global Bhd's first quarter net profit almost tripled to RM230.

PUTRAJAYA (May 28): The Housing and Local Government Ministry is looking into setting up a one-stop online platform for government affordable housing that would enable applicants to submit their applications online and find out their approval status within days.