GEORGE TOWN: Three people were hurt by falling concrete and steel girders when the interchange ramp of the Second Penang Bridge collapsed on June 6.
Two of the victims were construction workers Slamat, 36, from Indonesia and Tin Maung Iwin, 39, from Myanmar. Both were admitted to Penang Hospital and reported to be in stable condition.
NEW DELHI: The proposed ambitious trilateral 3,200km highway connecting India, Myanmar and Thailand is expected to be fully operational by 2016.
India is working closely with Myanmar and Thailand to develop the tri-lateral highway its Union Minister of Commerce, Industry & Textiles Anand Sharma said.
THE clear water of the river sparkles under the late morning light filtering through the trees. Inhaling deeply, you can smell the earth after the light rain and all you can hear is the chirping of insects and the sound of the running stream. It is nature untarnished.
IF I ask you what's greener, a new-build house designed to be sustainable or an older house, which would you pick?" asks BC Ang, co-founder of WHBC Architects in Petaling Jaya."If you say it depends on what features each house possesses, it shows that you're thinking.
PUTRAJAYA (June 7): A coordinating committee comprising Syarikat Perumahan Negara Bhd (SPNB), 1Malaysia People’s Housing (PR1MA) and National Housing Department (JPN) will be formed to help facilitate the government’s goal of delivering a million affordable and low-cost homes to the public.The joint committee will be chaired by newly appointed Urban Well-being, Housing and Local Government Mini
KUALA LUMPUR: Kuala Lumpur Hospital (HKL) in Jalan Pahang, here, the oldest and biggest in Southeast Asia, would continue to be upgraded to be the premier hospital in Malaysia, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr S. Subramaniam.
He said RM940 million had been allocated for the building of a seven-storey car park and a Women and Children's Hospital there.
HONG KONG: China Overseas & Investment has won the two sites in Kai Tak under the "Hong Kong property for Hong Kong people" scheme for a better-than-expected price.
The mainland developer paid HK$4.54 billion, or HK$5,157 per square foot, for the two sites, higher than surveyors' forecasts of up to HK$4.4 billion or HK$5,000 per sq ft.
HONG KONG: Hopewell Hong Kong Properties will see positive rental growth in its existing real estate portfolio in the short term, with improved tenants, managing director Thomas Jefferson Wu promised potential investors on Wednesday, June 5.
HUANCAVELICA: Peru's cable car project in the southern Huancavelica region will cost 125 million soles (US$46.2 million), its regional president, Maciste Diaz Abad said.
He said the project will benefit some 70,000 people.
NEW YORK: While many people scrimp and save to buy their first modest home and others rent for life, New York is seeing a boom in housing construction for the fabulously rich.
Buyers are snapping up high-rise luxury condos before they are even completed, with money gushing in from places like South America, the Middle East, China and Russia, as well as from New York.
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