News about Town

KUALA LUMPUR (April 2): Pasukhas Group Bhd has proposed to diversify its business to include property development and coal trading.

  PETALING JAYA (March 31): Property developer See Hoy Chan Sdn Bhd — which owns and manages offices, shopoffices and Starling Mall at its flagship Damansara Uptown — may plan to set up a real estate investment trust (REIT), reported The Edge weekly.

Sime Darby Property Bhd (March 19, RM1.

PETALING JAYA (Feb 19): The receivers and managers of Asian Global Business Sdn Bhd, the developers of The Rice Miller Hotel and Residences project in George Town, Penang, are looking for white knights to rescue the project, reported The Edge weekly.

In an age where most relics of bygone eras have been bulldozed to make way for modern edifices, 53, Jalan Sultan, Kuala Lumpur stands proud as a marker of the good old days, thanks to Ng Sin Leong and Steven Yap.

Julia Child once said: “A party without cake is really just a meeting.

One would be forgiven for thinking that Stefan Gehrig, a Swiss transplant to Penang who owns the Coffee Atelier boutique hotel along Stewart Lane, is an aficionado of the beverage.

History has it that when miners from China sailed up the Klang River searching for tin in 1857, they anchored at the confluence of the Klang River and Gombak River as it was the furthest point up the Klang River that could accommodate supply boats.

PETALING JAYA (Jan 29): Penang is top on the national list with approved investments worth RM7.

When George Town in Penang and Melaka city were inscribed into Unesco’s World Heritage List in 2008, it was an international recognition that the nation was proud of.