HONG KONG: Homebuyers shrugged aside the twin blow to confidence delivered by poor land auctions and a tumbling stock market to chase prices at the top end of the market sharply higher last month.

WELLINGTON: New Zealand house price growth fell in May, the first reversal in 14 months, as buyer confidence slipped on uncertainty over property tax and interest rates, government agency Quotable Value (QV) said on May 9.

KUALA LUMPUR: The government on June 9 gave an assurance that Kampung Baru will continue to be 100% owned by Bumiputeras and that plans for property development in the Malay settlement on a 60:40 ratio
(Bumiputeras/Non-Bumiputeras) was merely a proposal.
 

KUALA LUMPUR: The newly-formed Land Public Transport Commission has appointed Shahril Mokhtar as its chief operating officer, effective June 7.

In a statement today, the commision said that Shahril's appointment was for three years and that he would assume overall responsibility for the commission's operations and regulatory functions.

KUALA LUMPUR: Sarawak-based infrastructure and marine engineering specialist Hock Seng Lee Bhd (HSL), in consortium with Matrik Bestari Sdn Bhd received the go ahead to construct an access road linking Technology Park Samarahan to Tanjong Bako in Kuching, Sarawak from Public Works Department (JKR) at a contract sum of RM72.5 million. HSL has 90% share in the consortium.

KUALA LUMPUR: The Tourism Ministry is collaborating with I-Bhd the developer of i-City to hold the first Ramadhan Summer Festival in Malaysia at the hi-tech city in Shah Alam.

The Ramadhan Summer Festival is aimed at attracting Middle Eastern tourists who travel during the summer months in their countries, said Tourism Minister Datuk Seri Ng Yen Yen.

KUALA LUMPUR: The Tourism Ministry will encourage more investments in boutique heritage hotels and resorts from both local and foreign investors, said Tourism Minister Datuk Ng Yen Yen on Wednesday, June 9.

HONG KONG: Retail rent rates at Russell Street in Causeway Bay here continued to be the highest among premier streetfront rates in Asia Pacific as of March 2010, according to Colliers International Spring 2010 Global Retail Highlights.

HONG KONG: Sun Hung Kai Properties on Tuesday, June 8 paid the second-highest price ever for a development site, helping to lift confidence in the recently depressed luxury residential market.SHKP, the largest developer in terms of asset value, bought the site in Ho Man Tin for HK$10.9 billion (RM4.65 billion), or HK$12,540 per square foot - exceeding the HK$10.6 billion maximum market-watchers

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