SC grants waiver to Sunway REIT for Penang land buy

KUALA LUMPUR (July 14): The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) has granted a waiver to Sunway Real Estate Investment Trust (Sunway REIT) that will allow the company to acquire land to construct an extension of the Sunway Carnival Mall in Seberang Perai, Penang.

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Kitted to please

Infuse a rustic touch with this amber-hued LSA Umberto Vase, which is made by skilled glass artisans who use century-old techniques.

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Shahril Faisal, emerging industrial designer

WHO: A native of Kuala Lumpur, Shahril Faisal (pictured, right) as a boy expressed an innate love for building and making things out of Lego bricks and clay, transforming them into “any desired form and construction”, he says.

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UEM Group, MMC Corp seen among Pan Borneo highway contenders

KUALA LUMPUR (April 4): AmInvestment Bank said it does not preclude the possibility of seeing Peninsular-based contractors being invited to set up joint ventures (JVs) to bid for jobs, after The Edge Weekly reported that UEM Group Bhd, MMC Corp Bhd and Warisan Tarang Construction Sdn Bhd are teaming up for the Sabah portion of the Pan Borneo Highway.

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Malaysian property agents must reach out to foreign markets in globalised era

KUALA LUMPUR (March 12): As globalisation is an unavoidable trend in the future, especially after the signing of Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), Malaysian real estate agents need to equip themselves with cross-border property investment knowledge to embrace future challenges, urged Malaysia Property Incorporated (MPI) general manager Veena Loh (pictured).

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Mah Sing to buy back its bonds

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 16): Mah Sing Group Bhd, the country’s second-largest property developer by sales value, is to buy back all of its unconverted secured bonds for RM337.

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