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KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 17): The Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High Speed Rail project represents Japan’s No 1 priority in terms of even more Japanese investment into Malaysia, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak (pictured).

SINGAPORE (Nov 16): Dark clouds are gathering for Singapore real estate investments trusts (REITs).

SINGAPORE (Nov 11): DBS Group Research has a buy call on CapitaLand after the property group posted a robust set of earnings for its third quarter of 2016 amid portfolio-wide improvement.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 10): Malaysia’s first Oakwood hotel and residence, Oakwood KL, — formerly the Nomad SuCasa Hotel — is eyeing to achieve an average occupancy rate of 70%  backed by strong demand from business and leisure travellers, according to Oakwood Hotel & Residence Kuala Lumpur director of sales and marketing Kenny Goh (pictured).

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 10): The DAP’s Tony Pua (pictured) said Transport Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai’s response to East Coast Rail Line (ECRL) pricing criticisms proved that he is the most clueless Transport Minister.

SINGAPORE (Nov 9): Property group CapitaLand reported a 28.

SINGAPORE (Nov 8): Commercial real estate transaction volumes in Asia Pacific fell by 1.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 4): The controversial 600km East Coast Rail Line (ECRL) project, which is estimated to cost RM55 billion, is under the purview of the Economic Planning Unit (EPU) and not the ministry of transport (MoT), Parliament was told yesterday.

BEIJING (Nov 3): Malaysia has attracted growing investment interest from major China companies, among which is the giant real estate developer, China Fortune Land Development Co Ltd (CFLD), Bernama reported today.

SINGAPORE (Nov 1): DBS Vickers Securities is maintaining its “buy” call on Starhill Global REIT (SGREIT) with an unchanged target price of 87 Singaporean cents, while CIMB Securities is reiterating its “hold” call on the REIT, lowering its target price from 86 cents previously to 81 cents.