10 January 2021
Main photo: Mdm Lee May La posing with a pumpkin from her garden. (Photo: Gaya Chandramohan)
SINGAPORE: Nine years ago, Mdm Lee May La, 64, nearly lost her life.
She had gone to Australia to attend her son’s graduation when she had a sudden onset of meningitis - an infection of the membranes
6 January 2021
Main photo: the new law was proposed in the light of developments in Cambodia’s property sector. KT/Pann Rachana
A proposal that will lead to substantial changes to the existing law governing land management and urban planning in Cambodia is moving forward.
The Ministry of Land Management, Urban
30 November 2020
Big projects backed by Beijing have gained fresh momentum now that the Rajapaksas have staged a political comeback
3 November 2020
The United Nations urged civic leaders to build more liveable urban centres better for public health, society and the environment
TBILISI, Oct 31 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - COVID-19 will not spell the end of world cities, which are set to grow further over the next decade, the United Nations
25 October 2020
The first ever global dataset that quantifies tenure insecurity puts Botswana in a category of countries with the highest land and property insecurity.In terms of the Prindex, a methodology for measuring tenure security for land and property around the globe, more than 30 percent of Botswana’s
28 September 2020
The Viana Administration will deliver plots of land for selfconstruction to some 18,000 families living in areas of risk or in very degraded houses. This measure aims to help rehousing families living in "terrible conditions of habitability".
3 August 2020
Cities Alliance is supporting the Greater Banjul 2040 plan by providing guidance, tools and technical assistance to make the Urban Plan a tool of women's social and economic empowerment. Starting from August 2020, Cities Alliance and UNOPS Gambia will organize a series of online and off-line
28 July 2020
The Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction on Tuesday said 550 officials in inter-ministerial groups are set to implement a land registration plan in Mondulkiri province.
The announcement came at a meeting chaired by Minister Chea Sophara and attended by Minister of
26 July 2020
Main photo: A construction worker casts a fishing net onto a flooded land following recent rain to catch fish on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, June 11, 2020.
17 July 2020
The Lands Department is looking at providing affordable housing for public servants as well as taxpayers.
Minister John Rosso made their intention known during a recent press brieng in Port Moresby.
Creating aordable housing in PNG’s urban centres is a complicated and daunting task considering
2 July 2020
With the COVID-19 pandemic still expanding across the globe, ACT NOW is urging the PNG government to drop its plans to put customary land into the hands of commercial banks.
The COVID-19 crisis has demonstrated once again that customary land is a vital and irreplaceable resource for our families
24 June 2020
BANGKOK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Chinese tech giant Tencent is creating a “smart city” that utilises technology to put people and the environment first, a model that could be applied to other urban developments after the coronavirus, the project’s architect said on Wednesday.
Net City will be