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Ho Hup seeks to hasten exit from PN17

KUALA LUMPUR: Ho Hup Construction Company Bhd will submit the proposal for its upliftment from PN17 status to Bursa Malaysia after the completion of its financial regularisation exercise today, said executive director Derek Wong Kit Leong.

Selangor Prop pre-tax profit rises to RM132m

KUALA LUMPUR: Selangor Properties Bhd’s pre-tax profit for the financial year ended Oct 31, 2013 (FY13), rose to RM132.17 million from RM122.13 million a year ago. Revenue rose to RM239.49 million from RM224.47 million previously. In a filing with Bursa Malaysia, the company said the higher pre-tax profit was contributed mainly by investment holdings and its Australian business.

Sunway acquires four tracts in Penang for RM267.41m

KUALA LUMPUR: Sunway City (Penang) Sdn Bhd (SCP), an indirect unit of Sunway Bhd, has signed a sale and purchase agreement with Luxor Precision Sdn Bhd to acquire four pieces of freehold land in Penang for RM267.41 million.

Offer for Perduren ‘not fair but reasonable’

KUALA LUMPUR: Property investment company Perduren (M) Bhd’s majority shareholder TS Law Group Sdn Bhd’s bid to take over the company at RM1.10 per share was deemed as not fair but reasonable by independent adviser KAF Investment Bank Bhd.

City & Country: Cooling measures cause uncertainty

JOHOR BARU’S residential market continued to grow in 3Q2013. The area where most homes experienced appreciation was Nusajaya/Skudai. Values of all of the 2-storey houses there, except in Nusa Idaman, grew by 4% (The Gateway at Horizon Hills, to RM780,000) to 11% (Taman Impian Emas, to RM500,000) on a quarterly basis.

Dubai will see highest residential growth in 2014

PETALING JAYA: According to Knight Frank’s prime global forecast for the fourth quarter of 2013, the report predicted that opportunities in 2014 will be focused more locally, than at the macro level previously.Rising interest rates and government intervention in the form of buyer restrictions now pose the greatest threat to luxury residential markets worldwide.Dubai leads the forecast for the l