News about Kinta

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 11): PRG Holdings Bhd is set to develop its first affordable housing development in Ipoh, Perak with Syarikat Perumahan Negara Bhd (SPNB) once it has acquired the parcels of land there for the remaining sum of RM8.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 7): Majuperak Holdings Bhd is disposing of two plots of leasehold land measuring 664.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 2): Vivocom International Holdings Bhd’s subsidiary has been appointed as the turnkey contractor for a residential condominium project with a gross development value of RM600 million in Hulu Kinta, Perak.

SHAH ALAM (Aug 18): Pos Malaysia Bhd, whose share price has risen 16% this month, is looking to monetise its land bank assets, said its group chief executive officer Datuk Mohd Shukrie Mohd Salleh.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 13): What do you think of when Ipoh comes to mind? Pomelos? Shredded chicken kueh teow soup? A long gone mega tin mining industry? Crunchy bean sprouts? Salt-baked chicken? Pretty girls with flawless complexion? The city has been sort of underrated over the years as a tourist spot in Malaysia, with the Pearl of the Orient, Penang; and historical Melaka hogging the limelight in the peninsula and Land Below the Wind, Sarawak across the South China Sea drawing in visitors.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 5): Vivocom International Holdings Bhd is eyeing the main contractor role for an estimated RM200 million mixed-property project in Perak's Kinta district.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 27): Vivocom Intl Holdings Bhd subsidiary Vivocom Enterprise Sdn Bhd (VESB) has inked a heads of agreement (HoA) for a RM90 million contract to construct a mixed development on a 3.

IPOH (Dec 9): Ipoh mayor Datuk Zamri Man has lived up to his promise to revive the long abandoned Ipoh Riverfront Park (formerly People’s Park) on the banks of Sungei Kinta, on Jalan Sultan Iskandar, and to hand it over to the community.

IPOH (Sept 17): Ipoh Old Town is well on its way towards becoming a historical and multi-cultural enclave, thanks to the enthusiastic restoration of heritage buildings by  property owners and traders in the section of the city.