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•     This week, the spotlight falls on the secondary market of non-landed residences in one of Kuala Lumpur’s oldest suburbs, Setapak.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 15): UEM Sunrise Bhd’s managing director and chief executive officer Anwar Syahrin Abdul Ajib is taking a leave of absence from the property development group for personal reasons, with its parent’s group managing director Datuk Izzaddin Idris assuming his duties in the interim.

PETALING JAYA (April 15): WCT Holdings Bhd is set to launch the first phase of luxury condominium development The Waltz Residences at Paradigm Garden City, Overseas Union Garden (OUG), Kuala Lumpur in 2Q2016, said WCT Holdings managing director Taing Kim Hwa.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 12): ML Global Bhd will be bidding for construction jobs from the government, said Tan Sri Lim Hock San (pictured), managing director of LBS Bina Group Bhd, which has gained control of the former holding a 50.

PUTRAJAYA (April 11): The Sabah portion of the Pan Borneo Highway upgrading works have been made official by the signing of a project delivery partner (PDP) agreement by the federal and state governments and the PDP, which includes public-listed MMC Corp Bhd and Khazanah Nasional Bhd-owned UEM Group Bhd.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 9): The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) has bought a portfolio of industrial and logistics assets in the United Kingdom from IM Properties plc, one of the largest British privately owned property groups, for close to £200 million (RM1.

PETALING JAYA (April 6): IJM Land Bhd is allowing buyers of homes in selected schemes to pay nothing for up to 12 months upon vacant possession, as well as a zero-interest instalment scheme for up to 36 months under its Free Stay @ No Pay campaign, the group announced in a press release today.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 5): S P Setia Bhd has confirmed its acting president and chief executive officer (CEO) Datuk Khor Chap Jen (pictured) as executive president and CEO, Datuk Wong Tuck Wai as deputy president and chief operating officer (COO), and Choy Kay Yew as chief financial officer (CFO), effective April 1.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 5): IJM Corp Bhd announced a groundbreaking partnership with Facebook last Friday, to bring the business version of Facebook to its 4,600-odd employees across the group.

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.