KUALA LUMPUR: The project to upgrade Brickfields will begin after the 67 traders there have shifted to a temporary location at Lorong Chan Ah Tong end of this month, Deputy Federal Territories and Urban Wellbeing Minister Datuk M Saravanan said on May 5.

KUNMING: The death toll in Monday's (May 3) landslide in Myanmar near its border with southwest China's Yunnan Province rose to 15 on Wednesday, May 5, after rescuers recovered another two remaining bodies.

KUALA LUMPUR: Menang Corp (M) Bhd's unit, Inovatif Mewah Sdn Bhd (IMSB), has secured the RM300 million Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) campus project at Seremban 3.

IMSB, a 71% subsidiary of Menang Corp, has entered a concession agreement with the government, represented by the Higher Education Ministry and UiTM to undertake the project on a Private Finance Initiative (PFI).

SEOUL: South Koreans' purchases of overseas properties declined during the first quarter from three months earlier as investor sentiment remained sluggish despite steadily improving global economic conditions, data showed Wednesday, May 5.

KUALA LUMPUR: Singapore’s tallest residential tower when completed has received encouraging sales from foreign investors including Malaysians.

PENANG: The Eastern & Oriental Hotel (E&O Hotel) (pictured) in Penang has been ranked among the world’s best hotels in this year’s Expedia Insiders’ Select™ list.

PETALING JAYA: The Master Builders Association Malaysia (MBAM) is looking at purchasing steel bars and cement from overseas markets if domestic building materials prices continue to increase.

KUALA LUMPUR: There is a need for a regional green building council (GBC) co-operative in Asia where countries can look at new technologies, research and development integration as well as benchmark and data collection, said Singapore GBC’s founding board member Lee Siew Eang.

SHAH ALAM: The Selangor state government feels that there are alternative sources of energy and does not see the need to turn to nuclear energy yet.

According to Selangor Menteri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim, the state also will not allow such facilities to be built on its land.

CHICAGO: Getz Pharma Malaysia Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of Getz Pharma (Private) Ltd of Pakistan, plans to acquire 15 acres of land for its facility in techpark@enstek, Bandar Enstek Nilai, announced Malaysian Biotechnology Corp (BiotechCorp) at the Malaysian Pavilion at the BIO International Convention here on May 4.