Knight Frank: Covid-19 prompts rethink of long-term design for housing worldwide
PETALING JAYA (Sept 24): The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic could impact the long-term design of housing around the world.
DONE DEAL: Office unit in Arcoris Business Suites, Mont'Kiara, Kuala Lumpur
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Encorp plans private placement to fund expansion activities and working capital
KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 24): Encorp Bhd plans to raise RM5.
Lagenda Properties and Majuperak Holdings to develop Tapah affordable housing project
SITIAWAN (Sept 21): Lagenda Properties Bhd's (formerly known as DBE Gurney Resources Bhd) wholly-owned subsidiary Taraf Nusantara Sdn Bhd (TNSB) has signed a joint-venture (JV) agreement with Tenaga Danawa Sdn Bhd (TDSB), a unit of Majuperak Holdings Bhd, to embark on an affordable housing project in Tapah.
Covid-19: Malaysia reports 20 new cases, one death and a new cluster
KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 19): Malaysia reported 20 new Covid-19 cases today, with one new fatality in the country, as at noon today.
PNB to take Amanah Harta Tanah private at RM1 per unit
KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 19): Permodalan Nasional Bhd (PNB) intends to take Amanah Harta Tanah PNB (AHP) private via a selective unit redemption (SUR) exercise, in which the minority unitholders will receive RM1 per unit.
Legalising booking fees collection?
For many naïve and unwary purchasers, signing a booking pro-forma with a housing developer, its agent or lawyer and paying a sum of booking fee before signing the formal Sale & Purchase Agreement (SPA) is part and parcel of the standard operating procedure to purchase a residential property.
1MDB: US DoJ wants to recover US$300m more of assets in the UK, says report
KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 17): The US Department of Justice (DoJ) wants to recover US$300 million (RM1.
Government has important role in pushing new building technology
PETALING JAYA (Sept 16): Government’s role is crucial in supporting the rollout of new construction technologies in the country and regulation is also important for the industry players to adapt to new building methods, said Hong Kong-based Ho & Partners Architects (HPA) executive chairman Nicholas Lik Chi Ho.
Time to shift to new building methods, says PAM president
PETALING JAYA (Sept 16): The Covid-19 pandemic may have hit the construction sector but it also opened up a new avenue for the industry players to rethink the conventional construction process and start to embrace Industrialised Building System (IBS) and Modular Integrated Construction (MiC), said Malaysian Institute of Architects (PAM) president Datuk Ezumi Harzani Ismail.
