BEGINNING tomorrow, new guidelines from Bank Negara Malaysia to curb rising household debt are going to kick in. The guidelines cover all consumer loan products including housing, personal and car loans, credit card receivables as well as loans for the purchase of securities.Instead of loan approvals being based on gross ... Read More

DNP Land Sdn Bhd will spend RM10mil on a chic and trendy-looking community clubhouse within its upcoming Jesselton Hills mixed development project in Alma, Bukit Mertajam. Its northern region general manager K.C. Tan said property owners in the residential scheme would not be charged any membership fee to use the ... Read More

WITH less than a month away before Penangites usher in the Year of the Dragon, the state government has called on the public, individuals and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to lend a hand to the upcoming ‘Spring Cleaning @ George Town World Heritage Site 2012’ programme. Unlike the state’s first gotong- royong programme ... Read More

GEORGE TOWN: Christmas may be over but until the school term commences next week, the narrow roads here are expected to be congested with an influx of vehicles from outside the state. This is because there is an estimated 40% increase in the entry of vehicles, as reported by Penang ... Read More

A PIECE of land covering the peak of Pearl Hill in Tanjung Bungah and its surrounding area in Penang will be transformed into a park with a viewing point for tourists. Tanjung Bungah assemblyman Teh Yee Cheu said a 6.07ha piece of land where a Tua Pek Kong Temple is ... Read More

PHASE One of the road upgrades on Penang island by the Penang Municipal Council (MPPP) is now 30% completed and it is expected to be fully completed by the end of 2013. The project involving several roads is aimed at reducing traffic congestion on the island. Six construction packages, at ... Read More

KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian property market is likely tosee a gradual slowdown next year, taking into consideration the uncertainty in the global economic situation. President of Fiabci Malaysia, Yeow Thit Sang, said the high end residential units were already seeing a slowdown both in pricing and the take-up rate. "There ... Read More

KUALA LUMPUR: The Penang Government should build low-cost houses for its people first and worry about land conversion later, said MCApresident Datuk Dr Chua Soi Lek. “The Chief Minister said they cannot build low-cost houses because there is no freehold land to build them on. “If they don't build any ... Read More

GEORGE TOWN: Participants of a forum held here have passed a resolution urging the state government to impose a moratorium on high-rise and high density development. The participants of Penang Forum 4, which numbered about 80, wants the moratorium to be in place until the Local Plans for the state ... Read More

GEORGE TOWN: There should be better enforcement on the traffic flow on the island where it is believed that there are now more vehicles than residents here. Engineer Low Swee Heong said that while the Penang Government had implemented initiatives such as ‘No Vehicle Day’, there was a lack of ... Read More