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BY VIKNESH ASHLEYvikneshashley@thestar.com.myi-Bhd launches Icona, i-City.Artist's impression of i-City.THE sleepy image of the Klang - Shah Alam region seems to quickly slip away, as the past decade has seen much growth in terms of infrastructure, connectivity and communities developing in this...

The popular StarProperty.my Fair makes its appearance once more. This time it heads down south to Johor Bahru City Square.Interested buyers enquiring properties at the StarProperty.my Fair. -filepicVISITORS to the fair can expect to be wowed by an array of properties from reputable developers such...

BY TAN SIN CHOWQuality assured: Khoo (second right) and EcoWorld sales manager Eunice Lee Lay Wah (right) explaining the features of the project to potential buyers at their sales gallery in Jalan Paboi, Simpang Ampat. (Below) A family admiring the windmill and decorations at the show village.ECO...

BY CHOONG MEK ZHINA rendering of Macly Equity Sdn Bhd’s Wisma Infinitum project in Kuala Lumpur.A SEARCH for greener pastures for property development has led one of the pioneering developers of the famous Singapore shoebox apartments to its first mixed development project here in Kuala...

IPOH: The Perak government has mapped out a five-year plan to develop the state between 2016 and 2020.The Perak Development Plan (PDP), which was tabled by Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abd Kadir (BN-Pangkor) during the state assembly sitting yesterday, would include initiatives with a proposed...

PETALING JAYA: Bina Puri Holdings Bhd has bagged a RM100mil contract to design, build and complete a hotel for Terengganu state government.According to a filing with Bursa Malaysia yesterday, the award helps boost the group’s unbuilt book order to RM2.72bil.“With this award, we have managed to...

BY JOSEPH CHINKUALA LUMPUR: Bina Puri Holdings Bhd has secured a contract from the Terengganu state government to build a RM100mil resort on Pulau Poh in Kenyir Lake.It said on Tuesday its unit Bina Puri Sdn Bhd had accepted the letter of award from the Terengganu State Public Works Director on...

BY MICHELLE TAMFaces of Malaysia: (from left) 988 DJ Chan Fong, Choo, Wong, Anas, Low, Harith, Dr Lyana and Teoh posing together at the launch of The Star-EcoWorld Merdeka and Malaysia Day #anak-anak Malaysia campaign at EcoWorld International Centre in Mid Valley city. — AZHAR MAHFOF / The...

BY WONG WEI-SHENAnwar Syahrin Abdul Ajib: We are optimistic that we will continue to have a strong presence.KUALA LUMPUR: UEM Sunrise Bhd recorded a 12.6% increase in net profit to RM83.91mil in the second quarter ended June 30, 2015, compared with RM74.53mil a year ago.The group had on Monday...

GEORGE TOWN: Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng has condemned the threat made by the Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government Minister over housing issues in Penang.Lim claimed that Datuk Abdul Rahman Dahlan might have a personal feud with him and the state but was hitting out at the developers...