News about Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 11): Iskandar Waterfront Holdings (IWH) Sdn Bhd is mulling reviving an initial public offering as early as next year as it ramps up projects including one linked to state fund 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB), Bloomberg reported today.

MEDINI is slowly taking shape with the number of world-class companies setting up a base there.

GEORGE TOWN (Oct 7): The Penang government is still awaiting a final opinion from its legal advisor's office pertaining to measures to be taken against those who abused the affordable housing system, Bernama reported today.

PETALING JAYA (Oct 5): The current property market slowdown may only recover in 2018 and the market environment may dip further before that.

ON June 16, as the agreement that formally sees IWH CREC Sdn Bhd become a 60% shareholder in the Bandar Malaysia development as well as its master developer was signed, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak announced a slew of incentives for the massive project.

THERE is no denying that developing raw or undeveloped land is vastly different from transforming an established suburb.

THE instinct to beautify and decorate our living spaces is a basic one that has been passed down to us from prehistoric times.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 29): Sunway Hotels & Resorts newly opened regional sales office in Shanghai targets to push its hotel revenue growth to double-digit from the burgeoning and affluent outbound Chinese travel market.

HOTELS are struggling to fill their rooms due to a high supply coupled with the economic slowdown and less government and corporate business.

PETALING JAYA (Sept 28): One of the largest global independent corporate services providers, Vistra Group, has established its first Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) Centre of Excellence (COE) in Iskandar Puteri, Johor Bahru to support its operations in Singapore and Southeast Asia, the group said in a statement today.