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SOMETIMES, fact is stranger than fiction.

SEVERAL real estate markets across the globe grew this year, albeit at a slower pace.

AUTOMOTIVE sales supervisor Wong Yoon Lim from Langkawi has his wife Sue Khoo to thank for winning the first prize in the Jet Set with Setia campaign’s second draw.

PETALING JAYA (Dec 31): Only about 42% of public projects and 70% of private projects in the country use modern Industrialised Building Systems (IBS) technology, according to the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB).

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 31): It was never our intention to demolish or build over the Vivekananda Ashram, but to develop the adjoining land, says trustee R Sri Skanda Rajah.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 31): 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) is selling 60% of Bandar Malaysia Sdn Bhd to a consortium comprising Iskandar Waterfront Holdings Sdn Bhd (IWH) and China Railway Engineering Corp (M) Sdn Bhd (CREC) for RM7.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 31): Analysts say Pavilion Real Estate Investment Trust (Pavilion REIT) is paying a fair price for Intermark Mall here, given that the commercial asset comes with a freehold strata title and is located on the fringe of the Golden Triangle.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 31): Ho Hup Construction Co Bhd has gained entry into the granite quarrying business, via the acquisition of a company with quarrying rights, for RM2 million cash.

Pavilion Real Estate Investment Trust (Dec 30, RM1.

GEORGE TOWN (Dec 30): Over the past seven years, the DAP-led Penang government has had to endure criticism from various quarters over many of the changes introduced in the state.