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GEORGE TOWN (Jan 22): Penang-based property player Aspen Vision Development Sdn Bhd (Aspen Group) is targeting to have its shares floated — either on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia or the Catalist board of the Singapore Exchange (SGX) — by the fourth quarter of this year, according to Aspen Group co-founder and chief executive officer Datuk M Murly (pictured).

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 21): Prasarana Malaysia Bhd has assured residents it will take steps to minimise any discomfort and inconvenience when it runs comprehensive tests on its six-car trains on a new stretch of the extended Ampang LRT line beginning tomorrow.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 20): Housing non-performing loans (NPLs) are expected to increase this year, although it won’t be at the level seen during the financial crisis in the late-1990s, according to VPC Alliance (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd managing director James Wong (pictured).

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 20): Yong Tai Bhd has aborted plans to develop a luxury serviced apartment project in Jalan U-Thant here, which carries a gross development value of RM168 million, via a joint venture (JV).

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 18): Terror groups are targeting Bukit Bintang, Hartamas, Bangsar and malls, such as Publika and The Curve, Federal Territories Minister Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor said yesterday.

PULAU INDAH (Jan 18): Prasarana Malaysia Bhd, the owner and operator of Malaysia's light-rail transit (LRT) networks, said that the first of its 14 new trains for the Kelana Jaya line would be operational by May this year.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 15): Ewein Bhd's 60%-owned subsidiary Ewein Zenith Sdn Bhd (EZ) has been granted the right to acquire three parcels of land at Bandar Tanjong Pinang, Penang for a total of RM2.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 15): Instacom Group Bhd has signed a heads of agreement (HoA) with PT Kharisma Kemingking, an Indonesian oil palm plantation company, to develop a port that has a project value of RM2 billion.

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MALAYSIAN real estate investment trusts (MREITs) may step up acquisitions this year as the rental reversion cycle peaked in 2014, which helps with asset valuations said Malaysian REIT Managers Association chairman Datuk Stewart LaBrooy (pictured).