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WHO: Combining the old with the familiar and coming up with something unexpected is how Singapore-based designer Jarrod Lim describes his creative process.

THE office market in Kuala Lumpur and beyond KL (Selangor) remained mostly static and unglued in the first quarter of the year, in the light of the slowing local economy, and the situation looks set to continue for the rest of the year.

•    Today, we look at price growth and indicative rental yields for non-landed homes in Tropicana/Sunway Damansara.

PETALING JAYA (June 15): In conjunction with World Environment Day 2016, property developer S P Setia Bhd had held several activities to raise awareness and educate children on how they can make the world a better place to live in, said the group in a press release.

SINGAPORE (June 15): Property group CapitaLand announced that it is setting up a venture fund, C31 Ventures, to tap global tech start-ups in its ongoing effort to “innovate and build real estate of the future”.

SERI KEMBANGAN (June 15): Sapura Resources Bhd will channel proceeds from the sale of its education assets towards its RM1.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 15): Prasarana Malaysia Bhd will begin to award the first batch of work packages for the upcoming RM9 billion Light Rail Transit Line 3 (LRT3) in the next two to three months.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 15): The Penang government has issued a halt order on the 83%-complete feasibility studies and detailed design (FSDD) for the 7.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 15): The expected higher taxes for foreign buyers of residential properties in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) are not expected to have much effect on Malaysian developers there, say analysts.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 15): There has been no final decision made on toll hike for eight highways as negotiations are still ongoing, said the Association of Highway Concessionaires Malaysia.