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Bina Puri and two luxury brands raise the bar
KUALA LUMPUR: Bina Puri Holdings recently held a grand event uniquely termed 'The Appointment of Signature Partners Ceremony for Opus Tower II'. The inking of a signature partnership agreement between the developer with Calvin Klein Furniture and Gorenje kitchen appliance supplier is set to amaze...
The jewel of Damansara Heights nears completion
Kuala Lumpur: Damasara City, a flagship project by GuocoLand (Malaysia) Berhad (a subsidiary of the Hong Leong Group), held its topping out ceremony to celebrate the moment of reaching its final point of building structure. The event marked the topping out of the final tower of the project, which...
Making a splashing statement of style
Capturing the essence of a neo-metropolitan lifestyle, Trinity Group Sdn Bhd’s latest development, Trinity Aquata KL South, represents an aquatic celebration of water as its overall theme.BY YVONNE YOONGTrinity Aquata, inspired by nature's most versatile element - water, will be reflected in...
Property builder Plenitude to exercise right to buy remaining shares of Nomad
PETALING JAYA: Property developer Plenitude Bhd will exercise its rights to compulsorily acquire the remaining shares in The Nomad Group Bhd, as the unconditional takeover offer date lapsed yesterday.Plenitude, which already held more than 90% of The Nomad as of May 29, said in a statement issued...
Young newly-weds told not to depend on handouts
YOUNG couples struggling to make a living in the city have been advised to be more creative and pro-active in sustaining their livelihood.Kuala Lumpur City Hall’s (DBKL) Housing Management and Community Development director Wan Mohammad Ghazali Nor said it was getting more challenging to live and...
Restaurant vexes residents by hogging parking bays
BY SHALINI RAVINDRANBooked spots: A restaurant along Lorong Datuk Sulaiman 7 blatantly disregards the law by placing their tables and chairs on the road at night.FOR the past four years, residents living near Lorong Datuk Sulaiman 7 in Taman Tun Dr Ismail have had to endure loud music blasting into...
DBKL’s housing merit system needs revamping, says advisory board member
BY BAVANI M.(From left) Nurul Syafiqah Azrina Che Ros, 14, Mohd Asri Che Ros, 29, and his wife nur Aliyah Zainal Abidin, 23, having a dinner at the kitchen’s floor at midnight as the other family member sleep in the living room. There are 23 of them living in one PPR unit.A KUALA LUMPUR City Hall...
Apartment dwellers living in filth
SANITARY pads and durian skin were among the filth found strewn all over the ground floor of an apartment building in Desa Tun Razak, Cheras, reports Sin Chew Daily.A resident who wanted to be known as Gao, 55, said it was common practice to just throw rubbish, including egg shells, rotten...
Slow sales eat into developer’s profit
Impressive: Naim sales and marketing general manager Tony Lau during the launch of the Sapphire on the Park last year.KUCHING: Naim Holdings Bhd says it will adopt a cautious approach, especially on product launches and product types, as the group’s earnings have been dragged down by slower sales...
New home to be proud of
BY YASMIN AHMAD KAMIL Two volunteers sanding down the veranda’s wooden railing.A GROUP of 35 volunteers showed that youth is not wasted on the young when they built a house for an orang asli family in Kampung Ulu Geruntum, Gopeng, Perak.Aged between 18 and 34, the volunteers endured challenging...