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KUALA LUMPUR (June 30): Tadmax Resources Bhd clarified today that the valuation of its Pulau Indah land for sale to 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) was not subject to approval by the Securities Commission Malaysia (SC).

KUALA LUMPUR (June 30): The scale of 1Malaysia Development Bhd's (1MDB) Bandar Malaysia mixed-use development here may require the combined expertise and financial strength of consortiums to ensure its success.

Government-linked corporation Sime Darby and the Penang Development Corporation (PDC) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to develop Changkat and Byram in Nibong Tebal, southern Seberang Prai, Penang.

Majlis Amanah Rakyat (Mara)'s investment arm, Mara Inc, spent a total of RM375.

PETALING JAYA: Matrix Concepts Holdings Bhd said the Negeri Sembilan government’s move to change its affordable housing policy and bumiputera quota will enable a project’s gross development value (GDV) to increase, in a report by The Edge Malaysia (June 29 – July 5 2015 issue), “The people will ultimately benefit as there will be more affordable housing, while developers can still make a profit,” Matrix Concepts founder and group managing director Datuk Lee Tian Hock told the weekly.

SHAH ALAM (June 29): Packaging manufacturer Scientex Bhd, which is also involved in property development, intends to buy 326 acres of freehold tract in Pulai, Johor Bahru, for RM219 million cash to expand its land bank.

PETALING JAYA (June 29): Sunway Construction Group Bhd (SCG) has set a dividend policy of paying out 35% of its annual core profit once it has been listed to enable its shareholders “to participate in the group’s profit”, according to its prospectus of its initial public offer.

SHAH ALAM (June 29): I-Bhd, the developer of the 29-ha (72 acre) i-City here, may pay higher dividends as the company expects better profit this year.

SINGAPORE (June 29): CapitaLand said last Friday that its consortium has fulfilled the conditions required to acquire several land parcels in Danga Bay in Johor, The Straits Times reported.

Sunway Real Estate Investment Trust (June 26, RM1.