Najib, Trump welcome US involvement in KL–Singapore High Speed Rail
KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 14): Malaysia Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and US President Donald Trump welcome US companies' participation in the planned Kuala Lumpur–Singapore High Speed Rail project to strengthen US-Malaysia economic cooperation.
Kuala Lumpur-Singapore HSR ‘wide open’ to all
KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 13): The Kuala Lumpur-Singapore high-speed rail (HSR) project is “wide open” to all and both countries will choose the builder based on merit from a tender expected to be opened in December, said MyHSR Corp Sdn Bhd CEO Mohd Nur Ismal Mohamed Kamal (pic), according to a Bloomberg report.
Is freehold always better than leasehold?
Many have debated whether freehold properties are better than leasehold ones, especially in terms of capital appreciation.
Transcendental habitation
Twenty years have passed since I last saw Ling Hao, the award-winning architect of the eponymous Linghao Architects, a Singapore-based practice established in 2000 that he currently runs as a one-man show.
Rise in OPR soon unlikely due to rising household debt — MARC
KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 8): Bank Negara Malaysia is unlikely to risk raising the overnight policy rate (OPR) too soon as it can affect consumers' debt service capacity, says Malaysian Rating Corp Bhd (MARC).
HDB pumps in S$10.7 mil in R&D collaboration with two universities
SINGAPORE (Sept 8): The Housing and Development Board (HDB) of Singapore yesterday inked two research and development (R&D) agreements with the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU) and the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) at the International Housing Forum on sustainable urban development.
Prefabricated bathrooms, units for all Singapore new flats by 2019
SINGAPORE (Sept 7): Singapore’s Housing Development Board (HDB) says it will improve construction productivity through a greater use of prefabricated units that are assembled off-site but that can be installed on-site.
Tower REIT appoints Eusoffe Chua as its CEO
KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 6): Tower Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) has appointed Chua Song Yong @ Eusoffe Chua as its chief executive officer effective yesterday.
Steep hike in development charge rates for Spore's non-landed residential sector
SINGAPORE (Sept 5): The Ministry of National Development has raised the development charge (DC) rates for land use groups: commercial; landed residential; and non-landed residential for the period of Sept 1 to February 28, 2018.
