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KUALA LUMPUR (April 12): Mah Sing Group Bhd sees the worst to be over for the Malaysian property market as various market indicators appear to have bottomed out with residential property transactions seen to be contracting at a slower pace, while growth in house prices moderates.

PETALING JAYA (April 11): Singaporean hotel and serviced residences operator Far East Hospitality (FEH) is upbeat about Malaysia’s tourism industry and is poised to take advantage of an anticipated growth in international tourist arrivals to the country, said CEO Arthur Kiong.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 2): Kota Kinabalu-based property developer Borneo Estate Development Sdn Bhd is planning a RM4.

PETALING JAYA (March 24): Companies are more sensitive and cautious in their spending on office space compared with 20 to 30 years ago, said JLL country head for Malaysia YY Lau.

PETALING JAYA (March 22): Despite the slowdown in the property market, demand for Asia Pacific’s office space increased by 33% in 2015 compared with 2014, said JLL’s head of research of Asia Pacific capital markets Megan Walters.

STARTING out as a civil structure contractor, Singapore-based Beverly Group Sdn Bhd — a subsidiary of Singapore-registered Qingdao Investments Pte Ltd — became a property developer when its founder and CEO Lim Seak Koon decided to experience property development “from the other side”.

Ching Chiat Kwong, a former policeman-turned-serial entrepreneur and property developer, is used to taking risks.

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GEORGE TOWN (Feb 24): Penang Island City Council (MBPP) today reiterated that it had no records to show that a building demolished on the Runnymede property in George Town was the home of Singapore founder Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles.