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Eco World Development Group Bhd (April 29, RM1.

IN barely two weeks on May 5, Londoners will head to the polls to vote for a candidate they deem worthy to replace current London mayor Boris Johnson in running the British capital city.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 21): Eastern & Oriental Bhd (E&O) has cancelled the proposed admission of the securities of its indirect wholly-owned Eastern & Oriental Property (UK) Ltd (E&O UK) to trade on the London Stock Exchange (LSE), citing unstable global market conditions and exchange rate volatility as the reasons.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 14): A study by international property consultancy CBRE has shown that properties within and around regeneration zones experience a substantial growth in prices that outpaces properties within other local authorities in London.

Amcorp Properties Bhd (April 11, 89 sen) Maintain buy with an unchanged target price of RM1.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 8): Eco World International Bhd (EWI) has obtained the approval of the Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) to proceed with its proposed initial public offering (IPO) on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia Securities Bhd.

Eastern & Oriental Bhd (April 6, RM1.

PETALING JAYA (April 1): Acclaimed Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid, whose iconic projects include the London Olympics Aquatics Centre, the Bahrain International Circuit and the Beijing New Airport Terminal building has passed away at the age of 65 from a heart attack.

PETALING JAYA (March 22): Despite the slowdown in the property market, demand for Asia Pacific’s office space increased by 33% in 2015 compared with 2014, said JLL’s head of research of Asia Pacific capital markets Megan Walters.

Ching Chiat Kwong, a former policeman-turned-serial entrepreneur and property developer, is used to taking risks.