Ipoh gets Lonely Planet honour

KUALA LUMPUR (July 13): What do you think of when Ipoh comes to mind? Pomelos? Shredded chicken kueh teow soup? A long gone mega tin mining industry? Crunchy bean sprouts? Salt-baked chicken? Pretty girls with flawless complexion? The city has been sort of underrated over the years as a tourist spot in Malaysia, with the Pearl of the Orient, Penang; and historical Melaka hogging the limelight in the peninsula and Land Below the Wind, Sarawak across the South China Sea drawing in visitors.

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DTZ Nawawi Tie Leung rebrands as Nawawi Tie Leung

PETALING JAYA (July 11): The Nawawi Tie Leung group of companies — previously comprising DTZ Nawawi Tie Leung Sdn Bhd and DTZ Nawawi Tie Leung Property Consultants Sdn Bhd — have been rebranded as Nawawi Tie Leung Real Estate Consultants Sdn Bhd and Nawawi Tie Leung Property Consultants Sdn Bhd, said the group in a press statement.

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Buyer for land near palace?

KUALA LUMPUR (July 11): All eyes are on the price tag that the ministry of finance (MoF) could fetch for the two parcels of land that it has put up for sale near Damansara Heights at the time when the property market is experiencing a slowdown.

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MRCB close to clinching RM700m DASH contract

PROPERTY and infrastructure developer Malaysian Resources Corp Bhd (MRCB) is close to securing a RM700 million work package for the Damansara-Shah Alam Highway (DASH) project, say sources with knowledge of the matter.

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PROPERTY SNAPSHOT 2: What’s affordable in Subang/Ara Damansara?

•     While Subang and Ara Damansara are located adjacent to each other, they offer vastly different landscapes with the former dominated primarily by industrial sites and affordable housing while the latter is more affluent with gated and guarded neighbourhoods and increasingly upmarket condominiums.

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