News by The Malaysian Insider

State infrastructure exco Zaidy Abdul Talib said this was to ensure that the state had maximum accessibility, fewer traffic jams and more alternative routes.

This was because even though PKNP’s affordable housing units in D'Aman Residensi and Casa Kayangan in Meru Raya, priced between RM150,000 and RM299,000 each, were fully booked when they were launched in May last year, some applicants had to cancel because they were unable to secure housing loans.

The pilot project for Komtar by PDC Setia Urus, which manages the building, is part of a larger effort to get Penang ready for the green practice that will be enforced statewide on June 1.

Subang Jaya assemblyman Hannah Yeoh said the Subang Jaya Municipal Council (MPSJ) had taken over the management of the complex when the contract with a third party expired last year.

Security guards were stationed at the security booth for the first two years after the residents moved in. However, their services were stopped after that and since then, there had been break-ins and car thefts at the apartments.

Responding to the announcement by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak yesterday that the sale of houses priced under RM300,000 in new developments must be limited to first-time house buyers only, Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng said it helped little if the buyers still could not secure housing loans.

It is understood that on the first day of Chinese New Year, 1,166 SWM workers and contractors will be on duty, operating 228 waste collection vehicles.

Petaling Jaya residents want to be given more time to study the state transport master plan due to concerns over its impact on their neighbourhoods.

Mayor Mohd Azizi Mohd Zain said that the move was part of the plan to make Petaling Jaya a City of Art.

Mayor Datuk Mhd Amin Nordin Abdul Aziz said the new process would reduce the number of procedures and days for approval of construction of projects.