News about Pan Borneo

THERE appears to be some misunderstanding between the Sarawak government and Putrajaya over the funding for the 1,089km Sarawak portion of the Pan Borneo Highway project.

FOLLOWING the overall soft residential market in Kota Kinabalu last year, opinions are mixed on how the market will perform this year, Rahim & Co Sabah branch manager Max Sylver Sintia says when presenting The Edge/Rahim & Co Kota Kinabalu Housing Property Monitor 1Q2016.

Bina Puri Holdings Bhd (May 27, 37 sen) Maintain hold with a lowered target price (TP) of 42.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 27): The federal government will bear the land acquisition cost totalling RM2.

PETALING JAYA (May 3): Malaysia has been placed fifth in the the Global Infrastructure Investment Index (GIII) 2016 in the ranking by global design and consultancy firm Arcadis.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 13): Cahya Mata Sarawak Bhd (CMS) is bidding for one of the 10 packages for the Sarawak side of the Pan Borneo Highway mega project, said its group chief financial officer Syed Hizam Alsagoff.

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 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.

KUALA LUMPUR: Quarry equipment distributor SCH Group Bhd’s revenue may decline 20% in the current financial year ending Aug 31, 2016 (FY16) due to the property market slowdown, according to its managing director cum deputy chairman Lau Mong Ling.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 19): CIMB Investment Bank Bhd said Malaysia's Budget 2016 revision was "unlikely to be a huge negative" for construction projects, in anticipation the government would continue to spend on high-impact jobs.