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Vivocom International Holdings Bhd (Dec 4, 13 sen) Maintain buy recommendation with an adjusted target price (TP) of 33 sen per share: Vivocom International Bhd’s nine-month financial year 2017 (9MFY17) earnings came below expectations.

PETALING JAYA (Dec 4): S P Setia Bhd has launched its ‘Jom Pindah’ year-end campaign, offering a slew of products for homebuyers and business owners in the southern state of Malaysia, Johor.

PETALING JAYA (Dec 4): The Melaka Monorail is expected to begin operations today following a four-year hiatus owing to technical issues, reported Bernama.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 30): When measuring housing affordability, policymakers should take into account a person’s “lifetime” earning capability, instead of basing it on current income level, said Monash University senior lecturer Dr Jason Ng Wei Jian.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 29): The government has cancelled the Kuala Lumpur-Klang bus rapid transit (BRT) project as the service will overlap with the proposed light rail transit 3 (LRT3) project, the Dewan Rakyat was told yesterday.

  PETALING JAYA (Nov 29): The Rawang Bypass opened at 6am today and is expected to cut travel time between Serendah and Selayang during peak hours to 30 minutes from up to two hours previously.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 29): A week after highlighting the government will not make a U-turn on its blanket ban on luxury property developments with units above RM1 million, Second Finance Minister Datuk Seri Johari Abdul Ghani says he will ask the prime minister to allow such projects in major cities.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 28): Putrajaya's recent freeze on new developments of shopping malls, offices, serviced apartments and condominiums priced above RM1 million is intended to eliminate property players who are "not serious" from the industry as they will "kill the serious developers", said Finance Minister II Datuk Seri Johari Abdul Ghani.

  PETALING JAYA (Nov 28): The federal government plans to enact a new law to streamline the management of water in each state next year, said Natural Resources and Environment Minister Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar.

LONDON (Nov 27): In a cramped apartment in an industrial zone in south London, Sandra Rumkiene recounts her struggles to bring up a baby as one of a growing number of poor families forced to live in temporary housing.