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China construction big guns among bidders for Penang TMP

GEORGE TOWN: Some 30 local and foreign companies have picked up the subscription forms for bidders to take part in the state’s request for proposal (RFP) to implement the RM27 billion Penang Transport Master Plan (TMP).

KEuro aims to exit Talam Transform within a year

KUALA LUMPUR: Kumpulan Europlus Bhd (KEuro) plans to exit as shareholder of Talam Transform Bhd over the next 12 months, said the group’s independent non-executive director Datuk Oh Chong Peng.

“We have a plan to exit Talam since it does not fit into our plans,” he told reporters after KEuro’s annual general meeting yesterday.

Sunway announces five sen dividend

KUALA LUMPUR: Sunway Bhd’s net profit for the second quarter ended June 30, 2014 (2QFY14) rose 7.1% to RM182.53 million from RM170.35 million a year ago.

Revenue for the quarter rose 6.6% to RM1.2 billion, from RM1.12 billion a year ago.

The company announced a dividend per share of five sen.

Rapid Synergy buys into Shangri-La Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR: Rapid Synergy Bhd has bought 2.04 million shares in hotel chain Shangri-La Hotels (M) Bhd for RM14.65 million cash.

In a filing with Bursa Malaysia yesterday, Rapid Synergy said the investment represents a 0.46% stake in Shangri-La, based on the group’s total share capital of 440 million shares.

Mah Sing finds caveat lodged on Seremban land

KUALA LUMPUR: Mah Sing Group Bhd said it has discovered that a caveat has been lodged on the piece of freehold land measuring 1,051 acres (425ha) in Mukim Rantau, Seremban that the group is in the process of acquiring for RM359.557 million in cash.

Dr Yu further raises stake in YNH Property

KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Dr Yu Kuan Chon, the controlling shareholder of YNH Property Bhd, continues to mop up shares in the property firm, having bought an additional 1.472 million shares or  a 0.36% stake, through the off-market transaction yesterday.

UEM Sunrise slashes sales target to RM2b

KUALA LUMPUR: Property developer UEM Sunrise Bhd slashed its full-year sales target to RM2 billion from RM3.2 billion as the group’s financial results faltered in the second quarter ended June 30, 2014.

Its net profit dropped 30.6% year-on-year (y-o-y) to RM74.5 million from RM107.3 million, a filing with Bursa Malaysia yesterday showed.

Ho Hup’s 2Q net profit more than doubles to RM17m

KUALA LUMPUR: Ho Hup Construction Company Bhd’s net profit for the second quarter ended June 30, 2014 (2QFY14) rose 164% to RM17.04 million from RM6.45 million in the previous corresponding quarter.

Revenue jumped 431.6% to RM88.5 million from RM16.65 million previously.