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This is the first in a series of four snapshots on Seri Kembangan.

SINCE its inscription in 2008 as one of five UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Malaysia, the city of George Town, Penang, has drawn greater attention from local and foreign travellers.

LIVING in the tropics, heat is constant all year round.

KAJANG: The transformation of a former golf course into a housing estate in Kajang has gone well for Tropicana Heights, with the first phase Fairfield Residences fully taken up and ready for handover in the first quarter of next year, says Tropicana Corp Bhd executive director Kelvin Choo.

A mix of British, Indian, Chinese and Islamic influences, heritage sites and pre-war shophouses in Penang were a consequence of the socio-economic changes that followed the establishment of the Straits Settlement by the British.

HANOI (Oct 2): Foreign investors are increasingly focusing on the Vietnam property market because of its long-term investment potential and the country's drastic revamping of its policies, reports the Vietnam News Agency.

NUMEROUS run-down pre-war shophouses in George Town, Penang, have been given a new lease of life after being refurbished and reintroduced as trendy restaurants, cafes, guesthouses, hotels and others.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 2): Sunway Construction Group Bhd's shares rose as high as 5.

SEREMBAN (Oct 2): Seremban (MPS) and Nilai Municipal Councils (MPN) are in principal ready to become a city but merging the two authorities will need further study, according to president for both councils Datuk Abd Halim Abd Latif.

AS one of the oldest residential areas in the Klang Valley, Cheras is saturated with homes, making development parcels almost unavailable.