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•     While Subang and Ara Damansara are located adjacent to each other, they offer vastly different landscapes with the former dominated primarily by industrial sites and affordable housing while the latter is more affluent with gated and guarded neighbourhoods and increasingly upmarket condominiums.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 4): Loss-making timber and timber products maker NWP Holdings Bhd is looking for opportunities in the construction sector for additional sources of income that may return the company to profitability.

GEORGE TOWN (July 4): Some 29 villages in Penang might face the risk of ‘disappearing’ forever, including its Malay heritage culture, following rampant development projects in the area, say academicians.

•     This week, the spotlight falls on the secondary market of non-landed residences in Ara Damansara and the adjacent Subang area.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 1): The 25 new stations under the Light Rail Transit (LRT) extension project are set to benefit about two million people in the Klang Valley, especially those in the Petaling district said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 1): Property developer S P Setia Bhd is set to launch its latest luxury condominium project in Taman Seputeh, Kuala Lumpur this September.

GEORGE TOWN (June 30): The Penang government yesterday rebutted Consortium Zenith BUCG Sdn Bhd’s (CZBUCG) claim that the latter has yet to receive RM100 million as payment for the feasibility studies and detailed design work the consortium had completed so far for the RM6.

PETALING JAYA (June 29): The National House Buyers’ Association (HBA) hopes that the new Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government Minister Tan Sri Noh Omar will encourage greater home ownership.

PETALING JAYA (June 28): S P Setia Bhd will be unveiling ViiA Residences at KL Eco City in August, said the developer in a press statement.

KUALA LUMPUR: Malayan Banking Bhd (Maybank) has jointly led a consortium of lenders to provide the first syndicated syariah-compliant construction financing in New York, the US, totalling US$219 million (RM895.