PKNS chief to retire at end of this month

PETALING JAYA: Selangor State Development Corp (PKNS) general manager Datuk Othman Omar (pic) will not be renewing his contract when it ends on Jan 31.

Othman, 54, was appointed general manager in 2009. He changed the direction of the corporation by taking the balanced approach of providing social housing with profit-making ventures, which involved building high-end housing. PKNS was set up in 1964 to provide social housing.