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KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 7): Malaysia Building Society Bhd (MBSB) has completed its acquisition of Asian Finance Bank (AFB) today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 7): MCT Bhd said Philippine-listed Ayala Land Inc, its major shareholder via Regent Wise Investments Ltd (RWIL), intends to explore options to boost MCT's public shareholding spread.

KUALA LUMPUR (7 Feb): Benalec Holdings Bhd has declined to sell 12 plots of land owned by its wholly-owned units in Pekan Klebang, Melaka Tengah, Melaka, to engineering solutions provider Spring Gallery Bhd for about RM186.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 7): Chinese buyers are not expected to drive up Malaysian house prices as most of them regard their property purchases in the country as long-term investments while the capital controls by the Chinese government will curb their overseas activities, said property consultancy firm Knight Frank Malaysia.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 7): With the improving infrastructure in Malaysia and China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), Chinese property developers may explore opportunities in the Malaysian real estate sector, particularly in industrial-driven township developments, said Knight Frank Malaysia.

KOTA KINABALU (Feb 7): Gamuda Land aims to launch the third and final tower of Bukit Bantayan Residences phase 1 in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, in March.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 7): Eversendai Corp Bhd said it has scrapped a private placement plan to raise up to RM75.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 7): Sunway Real Estate Investment Trust’s (REIT) net property income (NPI) grew 10% year-on-year (y-o-y) to RM103.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 7): Gadang Holdings Bhd is acquiring two freehold parcels totalling 78 acres (31.

While strolling along Jalan Sultan in Kuala Lumpur one fine morning in 2014, Andrew Siew chanced upon a man who was sketching in the company of three like-minded tourists.