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BRDB Developments Sdn Bhd Kajendra Pathmanathan  BRDB Developments Sdn Bhd CEO “We foresee the market to remain challenging.

LBS Bina Group Tan Sri Lim Hock San LBS Bina Group managing director “We are cautiously optimistic about the market outlook until the end of this year because we expect to see a gradual improvement in the economy which will in turn raise market confidence.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 6): Sime Darby Property Bhd said it sold as much as 90% of its new launches within one week, suggesting resilient demand for both its residential and commercial products despite the soft property market.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 6): Sunway Bhd, which announced yesterday it had received overwhelming response to its Sunway GEOLake Residences project during an exclusive preview of the project recently, said its property development arm Sunway Property is on track to meet its 2018 sales target of RM1.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 6): The judge presiding over the corruption trial of former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak (pictured) ought to have disclosed that the judge’s brother is a Pahang Umno leader in order to ensure that the integrity of the case is not affected, the Malaysian Bar said.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 6): The prosecution team that has pressed charges of criminal breach of trust and abuse of power against former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak (pictured) will apply for the trial date to be fixed in November this year, the Attorney-General’s Chambers (AG) said.

PETALING JAYA (July 6): Experience a new way of viewing and buying property at EdgeProp.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 6): The central bank’s plan to formulate a “relaxed” housing loan scheme to ease up the loan process for the middle 40% (M40) and the bottom 40% (B40) segments of the population may not be a move in the right direction and could worsen the problem, said a senior fellow of the Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (Ideas) in response to Housing and Local Government Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin’s announcement early this week.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 6): The new Pakatan Harapan government will continue to roll out the 1,060km-long Pan Borneo Highway (pictured) linking Sabah and Sarawak in East Malaysia, but the mega infrastructure project will be "looked into" to reduce its costs — expected at RM16 billion — said Works Minister Baru Bian.

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