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To take the path less trodden is no easy feat.

THOUGH the market offers numerous quick fixes for every problem, from indigestion to removing rust, at a certain price of course, most remedies can be found at a mere fraction of the cost of the commercial ones.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 24): Mass Rapid Transit Corp Sdn Bhd (MRT Corp) said today the original cost estimate of RM40 billion for the construction of the Klang Valley MRT (KVMRT) project is "no longer relevant" to be used for comparison with the current project that has materialised.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 23): Iris Corp Bhd group managing director and chief executive officer Datuk Tan Say Jim has ceased to be a substantial shareholder of the company after disposing of 56.

Construction sector Maintain overweight: Last Friday, a day after the official launch of phase 1 of the mass rapid transit (MRT) Sungai Buloh-Kajang (SBK) line, we hosted a group tour for 10 domestic fund managers to experience the country’s first MRT system.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 23): Boustead Plantations Bhd, which is selling five adjoining plots of freehold land in Penang for RM620.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 23): Country Heights Holdings Bhd said its executive chairman and major shareholder Tan Sri Lee Kim Yew has agreed to a further extension of the tenure of a "friendly" loan for another 12 months until Dec 21, 2017.

Sold for: RM975,000 (RM920 psf) Concluded by: Ann Soh (REN 03232) of One Sunterra Properties (018-369 8650) When: June 2016 Noteworthy: ● Freehold ● Built-up: 1,060 sq ft ● Completed in 2009 ● Developed by Sunrise Bhd (now UEM Sunrise) ● 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms ● Located above a mall According to the agent, Ann Soh of One Sunterra Properties, the unit is located on the 16th floor of Publika, a shopping mall favoured by expats.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 22): Plantation firm Tanah Makmur Bhd’s subsidiary has bagged a contract to develop Pahang’s new state administrative complex for RM415.

Sunway Bhd (Dec 20, RM2.