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KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 30): Berjaya Corp Bhd (BCorp) reported a 44% year-on-year rise in net profit in the second quarter of financial year 2017 (2QFY17), largely due to improved contribution from its property investment and development business segment.

THE slowdown in the world economy took its toll on property activity and transactions in Malaysia this year, with major deals few and far between.

SINGAPORE (Dec 28): Yanlord Land Group, the China-focused developer, is embarking on a prime integrated project on the Sino-Singapore Nanjing Eco Hi-Tech Island.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 28): Some 43% of the 442 studio office units at Ceylonz Suites were taken up three weeks after its official launch, according to developer Exsim Development Sdn Bhd.

SPACE has always been a valuable commodity, and modern demands have prompted many innovative entrepreneurs to turn it into creative cash cows.

PETALING JAYA (Dec 24): Despite the soft high-rise residential market in Johor, it is a different story for the industrial sector, which is driven by need and not speculation.

“This is a very simple solution if you wish to dress up the table without too much effort,” says Alann Lung, one half of the talented duo behind OFlwr, one of Kuala Lumpur’s most sought-after names for occasion flowers, from stunning centrepieces to bouquets, high-society weddings and their signature season floral box collections.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 21): Amcorp Properties Bhd (AmProp) is planning to venture into the Hong Kong property market via a tie-up with Grosvenor Asia Pacific Ltd.

SINGAPORE (Dec 20): DBS Group Research has an “underweight” rating on the Singapore REIT sector as it anticipates four interest rate hikes by the US Federal Reserve in 2017 alone.