Kota Kinabalu coping with rapid development
API, among the many names of Sabah’s capital city, Kota Kinabalu, was perhaps the most prescient one when the coastal town served as one of the important trading posts of the British crown.
MRCB to build RM56.8m facility for Giant in Kajang
PETALING JAYA (April 5): Malaysian Resources Corp Bhd’s (MRCB) unit MRCB Builders Sdn Bhd will build a cold storage processing and distribution hub in Kajang for national retailing chain Giant.
Beyond wheels
IN the last few years, luxury carmakers have been dabbling in other areas of industrial design — from eyewear and fashion accessories to furniture and interior design.
PM Najib says government to build 5,000 affordable homes in Sarawak
KUALA LUMPUR (April 5): Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak (pictured) said the Government would build another 5,000 affordable houses in Miri and Kuching, Sarawak, to ensure more people could own comfortable and safe residential units.
Aset Kayamas goes full steam ahead with launches
KUALA LUMPUR (April 5): Unperturbed by low profit margins in the affordable segment, Aset Kayamas Sdn Bhd, a privately held property developer, is going full steam ahead with its launches this year as it banks on volume growth to improve its earnings.
IJM partners Facebook to bring its staff worldwide closer
KUALA LUMPUR (April 5): IJM Corp Bhd announced a groundbreaking partnership with Facebook last Friday, to bring the business version of Facebook to its 4,600-odd employees across the group.
Imbalanced property market may have negative repercussions – Part 2: Office segment
AN undersupply of affordable housing, particularly in major urban areas, coupled with an oversupply of office and retail spaces, may lead to deeper imbalances in the property market, says Bank Negara Malaysia in its 2015 annual report, which was released recently.
UEM Group, MMC Corp seen among Pan Borneo highway contenders
KUALA LUMPUR (April 4): AmInvestment Bank said it does not preclude the possibility of seeing Peninsular-based contractors being invited to set up joint ventures (JVs) to bid for jobs, after The Edge Weekly reported that UEM Group Bhd, MMC Corp Bhd and Warisan Tarang Construction Sdn Bhd are teaming up for the Sabah portion of the Pan Borneo Highway.
Imbalanced property market may have negative repercussions – Part 1: Housing segment
AN undersupply of affordable housing, particularly in major urban areas, coupled with an oversupply of office and retail spaces, may lead to deeper imbalances in the property market, says Bank Negara Malaysia in its 2015 annual report, which was released recently.
