GEORGE TOWN, Nov. 19 -- The Penang government has shortened the waiting period for Rumah MutiaraKu (RMKu) applications from six months to just three months after the state housing board implemented reforms to the housing information system, state exco Datuk Seri S. Sundarajoo said.

The state housing and environment committee chairman said the housing board has to clear its system and streamline its database after they found a large portion of previously registered applicants were no longer eligible for the affordable housing.

"Some of these previously registered applicants were no longer eligible due to changes in their household income and they had failed to update their application information," he said in reply to a question from Pin...