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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.

PETALING JAYA (March 3): i-Bhd’s Hyde Tower  apartment project at its flagship i-City integrated development in Shah Alam is 90% taken up since its launch last Sunday.

S P Setia Bhd (Feb 26, RM3) Maintain neutral with a lower target price (TP) of RM3.

PETALING JAYA (Feb 24): About 33% of London’s West End homes were sold for above £2,250 psf in the final quarter last year (4Q2015), compared with 10% of the market a year ago, said international property services firm CB Richard Ellis (CBRE) senior director Jamie Gunning in the firm’s report on the area’s residential market.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 26): Real estate investment consultancy Cornerstone International Properties is launching London Spring Place (LSP), a new phase of a London purpose-built student accommodation project, in Malaysia tomorrow despite the poor local economic sentiment.

S P Setia Bhd’s three-month “Jet Set with Setia” campaign, held in conjunction with its 40th anniversary, found a grand prize winner in Lee Sheng Jie at the concluding lucky draw on Dec 12 last year.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 11): Buy-to-let investors in the UK are rushing into the market ahead of a stamp duty increase, said surveyors in a report by BT.