.As developers and contractors grapple with compressed margins due to rising construction costs

affordable housing says the government can loosen its usually strict rules to help groups manage rising

PETALING JAYA: Oil palm plantation companies could see higher cost of production next year with

building material prices to make sure house prices remain stable. The Real Estate and Housing Developers

borrowing costs.... The December figures came in slightly above economists’ forecasts. Housing costs

banks to lend for low-cost housing and micro and small enterprises through amendments in prudential

THE construction sector has never had it this bad in a long time.... We also administer wastage control on-site to optimise raw material usage.” The group is involved in construction, concessions, utilities services and property development and has a RM1. 6bil order book.... “ The problem is even more acute in private sector projects, many of which do not include provisions to account for hiked prices of raw materials in terms of a VOP, ” he says.As to when the situation will get better, it is

“ This government’s dither and delay is costing the country dearly, ” Ms Reeves told the House of

for Kuwaiti housewives is the high cost of recruiting a domestic worker.... Some owners of domestic

chairman Datuk Jeffrey Ng said this has been the case in recent years because of rising costs especially