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PETALING JAYA (July 26): Following the recent signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore high speed rail (KL-SG HSR) by both the Malaysian and Singaporean governments, MyHSR Corp Sdn Bhd (MyHSR) has selected CH2M as its technical advisor for the landmark cross-border project.

SINGAPORE (July 27): DBS Vickers Securities is keeping its “hold” call on CapitaLand Mall Trust (CMT) with a higher target price of S$2.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 26): The joint venture of KKB Engineering Bhd and WCT Holdings Bhd has bagged a RM1.

SINGAPORE (July 26): UOB is expecting the Singapore-Kuala Lumpur High Speed Rail to be the “next growth-game changer for the two countries, after Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Malaysia Prime Minister Najib Razak signed the memorandum of understanding for the project on July 18.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 26): A joint venture (JV) between Bina Puri Holdings Bhd and Cahya Mata Sarawak Bhd yesterday received and accepted a letter of award from Lebuhraya Borneo Utara Sdn Bhd for the proposed development and upgrade of Pan Borneo Highway in Sarawak for a contract sum of RM1.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 26): Public Bank Bhd announced yesterday that it will reduce its base rate (BR) and base lending rate (BLR) or base financing rate by 23 basis points (bps) from tomorrow onwards, following Bank Negara Malaysia’s (BNM) move to cut the overnight policy rate by 25 bps to 3%.

Tiong Nam Logistics Holdings Bhd(July 25, RM1.

LONG-established Concorde Hotel Kuala Lumpur — which is linked to Sultan of Selangor Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah, entrepreneur Tan Sri Syed Yusof Syed Nasir and Singaporean tycoon Ong Beng Seng — may be torn down to make way for a multibillion-ringgit integrated project, documents show.

THE Malaysian Institute of Architects’ (PAM) new headquarters in Jalan Tandok, Bangsar, called PAM Centre, exudes a minimalist feel.

PETALING JAYA (July 25): The Malaysian Institute of Architects (PAM) has launched its Architecture Exhibition in conjunction with the Kuala Lumpur Architecture Festival 2016 (KLAF 2016) and the soft launch of the new PAM centre at Jalan Tandok.