KOTA KINABALU: Heavy rain for six hours caused a landslide at Kilometer 65 of the Kota Kinabalu-Ranau road at the foot of Gunung Kinabalu early today, leaving hundreds of vehicles stranded.

The landslide, which occurred at about 1am covered a 100m stretch of the hillside road not far from the route to the Kinabalu National Park near Kundasang.

KUALA LUMPUR: The housing and local government has already fully revived 12 housing projects and is in the midst of rehabilitating another 90, but there are still 46 abandoned projects on the books.And according to Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Seri Kong Cho Ha, these projects are "difficult to revive"."Some of these projects are not commercially viable anymore due to the time fac

KUALA LUMPUR: Rental values in UK commercial property are expected to fall by at least 6% in all sectors in 2010, with continued declines anticipated in some sectors in 2011, according to Colliers International’s November CRE/EG Capital Investor Pricing survey released by Capital Economics on Nov 30.

PETALING JAYA: Some 2,375 hectares (ha) of land have been identified by the Selangor government for regeneration and redevelopment, Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim said.The areas were identified in the Local Plans and Draft Local Plans of Petaling Jaya, Klang, Ampang Jaya and Kajang, in line with the policies of the State Structure Plan, he told the International Conference on Urban

PETALING JAYA: The regeneration and redevelopment of Sections 51 and 52 here is of national importance for the survival of the country and the economy, says an experienced town planner.

Committee member of the Malaysian Institute of Planners Ahmad Jefri Clyde said Section 52 was a natural choice for redevelopment as it had train lines and would be easy to execute.

DUBAI: Dubai World unveiled details of a restructuring plan on Monday that would include its main property firms but leave other companies untouched in a move covering $26 billion (RM93.3 billion) in debt that could include asset sales.

SYDNEY: Australian home-building approvals unexpectedly fell in October for the first time in five months after the government reduced grants to first-time buyers and the central bank raised interest rates.

Singapore is an island city-state located at the southern tip of Peninsula Malaysia; it is a microstate and the smallest nation in Southeast Asia. It is connected to Malaysia with the Johor-Singapore Causeway in the north (opened on June 28, 1924) and Tuas Second Link in the west (opened to traffic on Jan 2, 1998).

PETALING JAYA: Malaysian architects have not been adversely affected by the current debt crisis affecting Dubai, the past president of Pertubuhan Akitek Malaysia (PAM) Dr Tan Loke Mun said.

SHAH ALAM: The Selangor state executive council (EXCO) will take full responsibility over its actions to declassify the Bukit Antarabangsa landslide report. Other state officials are not responsible as they were not part of the decision-making process and therefore should not be made legally liable, said Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim.