Month: December 2023

The Ministry of Local Government Development is now known as the Ministry of Housing and Local Government (KPKT). KPKT, in a statement yesterday, said the name was amended based on the decision made during the Cabinet meeting on Dec 13, and it will be officially gazetted under the Ministerial Functions Act 1969. It said that providing affordable housing remains the ministry’s main thrust, with a target of constructing 500,000 housing units nationwide, especially for the B40 and M40 groups through the 12th Malaysia Plan. It added that the strategic direction through the implementation of KPKT’s vision and mission will continue to be strengthened through eight main functions, namely Affordable Housing, Urban Planning, Landscape Development, Local Government Empowerment, Firefig...

The demolition process of the Shah Alam Stadium for the reconstruction of the new Shah Alam Sports Complex (KSSA) is expected to be carried out soon. This follows the approval given by the Shah Alam City Council (MBSA) for the KSSA development project last Friday (Dec 22), a matter recently confirmed by the Selangor Menteri Besar, Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari. “Just got the approval from MBSA yesterday (Friday),” he said in response to inquiries from his followers on X who wanted to know about the progress of the KSSA reconstruction project. The Selangor government was previously reported to have submitted the Planning Permission (KM) plan for the KSSA project on Nov 15, involving a demolition process of the Shah Alam Stadium with a cost of RM35.5 million. The media reported ...

Most Londoners are hunkering down, hoping to weather Britain’s housing storm rather than look for more affordable homes outside the capital. Londoners spent roughly £29 billion (RM170.19 billion) on homes outside the capital this year, almost a third less than in 2022, according to a report from broker Hamptons International. While affordability pressures caused the rate of London outmigration to rise over the past 12 months, the number of homes bought outside the capital dropped to just over 69,000 — the lowest in nine years. “With only around a million homes changing hands across Great Britain this year, fewer Londoners crossed the M25 in 2023,” Hamptons head of research Aneisha Beveridge said, referring to a major highway that encircles the Greater London area. “Those that di...