PETALING JAYA: OSK Holdings Bhd (OSKH) has crossed the 90% shareholding threshold to take PJ Development Holdings Bhd (PJ Dev) private in the company’s latest takeover offer.In a filing with Bursa Malaysia, RHB Investment Bank Bhd said that OSKH had acquired 4.292 million PJ Dev shares and 3.998...

PETALING JAYA: Construction firm Kerjaya Prospek Group Bhd has clinched a RM146.7mil contract from Eco World Development Group Bhd.The contract involved the main building works of a 34-storey condominium project comprising 333 units in Paya Terubong, Penang called Eco Terraces.The company said in a...

BY EUGENE MAHALINGAMSERI KEMBANGAN: Property developer Hua Yang Bhd, which is targeting sales worth RM500mil within its current financial year ending March 31, 2017, will be launching its newest offering, Astetica Residences, by this quarter.Hua Yang financial controller Joe Tan said the launch of...

Stagnant water on the slide at the recreational park in Taman Bukit Mulia, making it unusable for children to play. — SHALINI RAVINDRAN/The StarPreviously, the retention pond at the park was under DID’s jurisdiction while the playground area fell under the Ampang Jaya Municipal Council...

BY NABILA AHMADKULAI: Residents staying in the Taman Putri and Kelapa Sawit areas here are dissatisfied with their soaring electricity bills.Businessman Lau Tek Hai, 41, said he was shocked that his two-month reading from June 21 to Aug 23 was RM482.92.“I live in a single-storey house with my...

BY OH ING YEENThe authorities are putting their foot down by seizing several parcels of land used as illegal dumping sites.This is the first of such seizure in the Petaling District by the land office.As reported by StarMetro, according to data from the state and land offices from 2008 to March...

KUALA LUMPUR: A proposal to impose a fee on all hotels in the country has been met with objections from the Malaysian Tourist Guides’ Council.It’s president Jimmy Leong said should the Government go ahead and implement the tax, this would be a huge “bombshell” on the tourism sector,...

KULAI: The Johor government wants all local councils to set up its own park committees involving the public to ensure that facilities are well maintained.State Housing and Local Government committee chairman Datuk Abdul Latif Bandi said the Rakan Taman Bandar committee was introduced to encourage...

JOHOR BARU: A manufacturing company from China, specialised in Industrialised Building Systems (IBS), is expected to invest some RM1bil to set up a facility in Johor.State Domestic Trade, Consumerism and Tourism Committee chairman Datuk Tee Siew Kiong said that the company is keen to expand its...

BY RAZAK AHMAD KUALA LUMPUR: The city centre here is set to have its very own rainforest park to be equipped with various amenities for the people to enjoy the natural surroundings.The park will serve as an iconic symbol of Kuala Lumpur’s greenery in the same way as Hyde Park in London or...