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MELAKA (June 8): Guests may get to experience the opulence of Seri Bendahara over a night’s stay soon, if the proposal to turn it into a boutique hotel gets the thumbs up, The former official residence of the ousted Chief Minister of Melaka in Ayer Keroh has drawn more than 10,000 visitors, including busloads of Chinese tourists, since it was opened for public viewing following the defeat of the Barisan Nasional administration on May 9 general election.

PETALING JAYA (May 28): Australian developer and infrastructure firm Lendlease seeks to continue its joint venture with TRX City Sdn Bhd to develop The Exchange TRX at the 70-acre Tun Razak Exchange (TRX) international financial district.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 23): UOA Development Bhd independent director Alan Charles Winduss has been redesignated as independent and non-executive chairman of the company.

PETALING JAYA (May 22): S P Setia Bhd will be soft-launching the Barras starter homes in its Setia EcoHill 2 township in Semenyih, Selangor this weekend.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 17): Although previously close to securing between RM2 billion and RM3 billion worth of financing for its Lifestyle Quarter in the Tun Razak Exchange (TRX) development, TRX City Sdn Bhd and its joint-venture (JV) partner Lendlease Corp Ltd appear to be having difficulties locking down funding.

PETALING JAYA (March 22): The second product under Setia Alam’s Starter Homes series — Adina recorded more than 90% of take-up rate on the launch day.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 6): Standard Chartered Malaysia and its Islamic subsidiary Standard Chartered Saadiq raised their base rate (BR), base lending rate (BLR) and base financing rate (BFR) by 0.

PETALING JAYA (Feb 1): All allocated units of Careya terraced houses — the first of S P Setia Bhd’s Starter Homes series in its 2,525-acre Setia Alam township — were sold out on the day it was launched, said the developer in a statement today.

Setia Alam has become well known for catering to people from all walks of life.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 10): Standard Chartered Bank said Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) is expected to hike the overnight policy rate (OPR) in January 2018, mainly due to the central bank’s “hawkish intent”.