News about Town

PETALING JAYA (April 23): Retail space in the Klang Valley continues to grow despite declining sales, with new malls adding more than two million sq ft last year.

CAPTAIN Francis Light founded Penang in 1786 when he convinced the Sultan of Kedah, whose territory it was at the time, to cede the island to the British.

PETALING JAYA (April 8): It is not every day that you find a home with a sea view, and this privilege often comes at a premium.

PETALING JAYA (April 7): Seri Pajam Development Sdn Bhd’s Nusa 15 1-storey terraced houses have been 60% taken up within a few days of their launch, said director Tey Soo Leng.

PETALING JAYA (April 6): The Yeangs Sdn Bhd has introduced its 20-unit Y Cantonments four-storey town villas development for retirees and bigger families who are looking for properties on Penang island, with selling prices from RM2.

JOHOR Bahru, capital of the country’s southernmost state, has gone through a tremendous transformation and revitalisation over the past few years.

WHO: Tang Mun Kian, Desmond Phang and Bernard Chong met while working at the same advertising agency and struck up a friendship that has endured for more than a decade and counting.

TODAY, 54% of the world’s population lives in urban areas.

PETALING JAYA (Feb 24): About 33% of London’s West End homes were sold for above £2,250 psf in the final quarter last year (4Q2015), compared with 10% of the market a year ago, said international property services firm CB Richard Ellis (CBRE) senior director Jamie Gunning in the firm’s report on the area’s residential market.

GEORGE TOWN (Feb 25): The new Gurney Wharf seafront unveiled by the Penang government has the potential to cause a devastating environmental impact elsewhere, according to the Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) and Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM).