KUALA LUMPUR: German companies are being encouraged to partake of Malaysia's Economic Transformation Programme (ETP) by forming a strategic and synergistic relationship with their Malaysia counterparts.

SYDNEY: Returns on Australian properties are improving, with Sydney's prime retail rents the second highest in the world behind New York, but experts see rises moderating as investors turn cautious and on higher interest rates.

HONG KONG: Last year Jessie Yip Wai-lun found herself and her family in a bit of a bind. Yip and her husband sold their apartment in Pok Fu Lam to buy a village house in Tai Po that would give them the 2,100 square feet they needed for themselves and their two young children.

HONG KONG: The upcoming launch of the second phase of flat sales at Cheung Kong's Festival City project above the Tai Wai MTR station will provide the first test of market sentiment since last month's annual policy address by Chief Executive Donald Tsang Yam-kuen.

Sunway has met 67% of our replenishment target YTD and we expect more contract wins by year-end. These include private condos, Legoland, Sarawak road packages,
Arzanah Phase 2 and SunCity projects. We have imputed the contributions from its recent property ventures in Singapore and Sri Lanka, which conservatively increases

Bandar Raya Developments
To Be A Washout 2H10

BRDB’s annualised 9M10 core net profit, excluding the RM82.7m exceptional gain from property revaluation surplus, was 50% and 77% below our and consensus estimates. 9M10 y-o-y and q-o-q turnover fell by 33% and 16% respectively on lower property sales, exhausting unbilled sales and delays in progress billing.

BANDAR RAYA DEVELOPMENTS BHD

• Bandar Raya Developments Bhd (BRDB) recorded net losses of RM0.7mil in its 3QFY10 thus taking its 9MFY10 core earnings to only RM23mil. This is way below our and consensus estimates, covering only about 18%-20% of our numbers. No dividend was declared during the quarter.

KUALA LUMPUR: Mah Sing Group Bhd is set to preview Phase 1 of its latest commercial project called Star Avenue@D'sara on Nov 20 and 21, 2010 the Group stated in a press statement on Nov 16, 2010.

KUALA LUMPUR: Bandar Raya Developments Bhd has posted a lower pre-tax profit of RM3 million in its third quarter (3Q) ended Sept 30, 2010, compared to RM59.3 million in the same period last year.

Revenue declined by 52 per cent to RM127.5 million from RM267.4 million previously, the company said in a filing to Bursa Malaysia on Tuesday, Nov 16.

KUALA LUMPUR: Paramount Corporation Bhd saw its net profit rise by 32% to RM21.6 million for the third quarter (3Q) ended Sept 30, 2010 from RM16.27 million a year ago, on the back of higher profit margins and contribution from a new development, it said in a filing to Bursa Malaysia.