News about asia

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 29): Sunway Hotels & Resorts newly opened regional sales office in Shanghai targets to push its hotel revenue growth to double-digit from the burgeoning and affluent outbound Chinese travel market.

PETALING JAYA (Sept 23): Skyscrapers in Asia Pacific experienced the highest rental growth in 1H2016 as Hong Kong skyscrapers continue to be the most expensive, according to international real estate services firm Knight Frank’s 2017 Global Cities report.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 7): AmFunds Management Bhd, or more commonly known as AmInvest, has rated Malaysia's real estate investment trust (REIT) as "underweight", despite seeking to double its investment to RM500 million in that asset class by next March.

IREKA Group of Companies has been keeping a relatively low profile in the property development sector in the past few years.

SINGAPORE (Aug 29): Singapore Exchange (SGX) on Monday launched the SGX APAC ex Japan Dividend Leaders REIT Index, comprising 30 real estate investment trusts (REITs) across the Asia Pacific region excluding Japan.

IJM Corp Bhd (Aug 25, RM3.

DUE to the rising use of smartphones and the internet, what can retailers do to enhance their competitiveness? JLL Malaysia managing director YY Lau says with urbanisation, changing demographics and consumer behaviour, shopping habits have also evolved, forcing mall owners to rethink the way they operate.

THE real estate sector may deliver better returns than bonds, but investors should be patient and selective when looking at new property allocations, according to the Global Alternatives Survey 2016, published by Willis Towers Watson, a leading global advisory and broking and solutions company headquartered in London.

THE early 1990s are known as Malaysia’s golden years.

STEAMING food has been in the Asian cook’s repertoire for generations – countless dishes utilise the heat that steam emits to cook meats and vegetables in order to preserve its colour and flavour.