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AT the time of the establishment of the Straits Settlement in Penang, local architecture was strongly influenced by British, Indian, Chinese and Islamic elements.

PETALING JAYA (Dec 15): Turkey has occupied the top spot for the fifth consecutive quarter in the Knight Frank Global House Price Index by having registered an annual house price growth of 13.

GEORGE TOWN (Dec 14): It looks like the saga concerning pre-war houses in Penang’s heritage zone is not going to be over soon.

DUBAI (Dec 14): Luxury hotel Jumeirah Al Naseem has officially opened its doors for guests on Dec 1, the global engineering and infrastructure advisory company for the resort, Aurecon Group stated in a press statement today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 14): The Greater Kuala Lumpur development has been deemed as being negative for the property sector and real estate investment trusts (REITs) by Hong Leong IB Research.

SINGAPORE (Dec 13): Frasers Hospitality Group, a division of Frasers Centrepoint Limited, recently launched North Park Place, a 105-unit luxury serviced residence located within the exclusive Rajpruek Golf Club in Bangkok, Thailand.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 13): MQ Technology Bhd (MQ Tech) is embarking on an integrated casino resort project, which includes a casino, serviced apartments and theme park, in Cambodia that carries a gross development value of US$51.

PETALING JAYA (Dec 13): Alila Fort Bishangarh, located in the Aravalli hills in Rajasthan, Jaipur district, India will open in the first quarter of 2017, according to Alila Hotels and Resorts.

SINGAPORE (Dec 13): Property developer Oxley Holdings has announced that its development project Oxley Tower has achieved Temporary Occupation Permit (TOP) from the Building and Construction Authority (BCA) of Singapore.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 13): It has been a relatively quiet year for Paramount Corp Bhd, which initially targeted some RM770 million worth of property launches this year but only achieved RM90 million of that so far as most of its projects were deferred, not surprisingly, due to the soft property market.