Sima Group of Companies, through its founder and chairman, Gan Seng Biang, completed its first construction project some 30 years ago. It was a 6-storey apartment project in Brickfields in Kuala Lumpur.The company first started out in 1974 as a construction company.

The London Olympics and Paralympic Games are just two years away and the ripples from a major urban overhaul are already sweeping through Stratford and the adjoining Lower Lea Valley, besides other neighbourhoods such as Cricklewood, Earls Court and areas within the London Borough of Hackney.It is no coincidence that a 500-acre tract in Stratford and the Lower Lea Valley was chosen to house the

The main Balestier Road has retained some of its charm with the presence of the Tua Peck Kong temple, Balestier Market and Food Centre, shophouses selling lighting fixtures and other home fittings, as well as popular eateries s

KUALA LUMPUR: Gamuda Bhd has completed its acquisition of Vietnamese Sai Gon Thuong Tin Tan Thang Investment Real Estate Joint Stock Company (Tan Thang), and has become a 60% subsidiary of Gamuda Land (HCMC) Sdn Bhd.

KUALA LUMPUR: Mahajaya Bhd is calling for an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) to discuss a proposed disposal of approximately 51.38 acres of leasehold land in Kinrara Puchong for a sum of RM178 million.

KUALA LUMPUR: Fountain View Development Bhd (FVDB) will not appeal against the decision by Bursa Malaysia Securities Bhd to de-list the company from the main board, and would be remove from Bursa's official list on September 22, 2010.

KUALA LUMPUR: NCSB Engineering Sdn Bhd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Naim Holdings Bhd, has terminated its memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Al-Waatasemu Charity Foundation (WCF) of Libya to develop a proposed 50-storey tower in Libya.

KUALA LUMPUR: Property developer AMDB Bhd will change its corporate name to AMCORP Properties Bhd effective September 21, 2010, with its stock short name changed to AMPROP from AMDB previously.

KUALA LUMPUR: TA Global Bhd is looking to launch the first residential phase of its RM3.8 billion Damansara Avenue in Bandar Sri Damansara in early November, following the overwhelming response received last month for its maiden commercial precinct Ativo Plaza.

HONG KONG: China-based buyers have become a new source of hope for Japan's weak property market.

"We are finding that more mainlanders are coming to Japan to buy residential property than there were last year," said Shirley Yan, Chinese market manager at Tokyo-based Housing Japan, a property agency targeting overseas buyers.