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Sime Darby Property celebrates launch with ‘Xplore Elmina Carnival 2015’
Sime Darby Property organised the ‘Xplore Elmina Carnival 2015’ to add zest and fanfare to the official launch of City of ElminaFun race: Mountain bike racers being flagged off by Sime Darby Property senior vice-president Mohd Salem Kailany (far left, with flag) and Shah Alam mayor, Datuk Ahmad...
THE LIGHT Waterfront Penang wins Silver FIABCI Award
IJM Land Berhad’s iconic development wins World Silver Award under the Master Plan Category in the FIABCI World Prix D’Excellence 2015Dreamy: THE LIGHT Collection II – MarinaA WATERFRONT project by IJM Land Berhad, THE LIGHT Waterfront Penang, was conferred the World Silver Award in the...
WCT plans 2 new malls
BY CHERYL POOHigh traffic: Gateway@KLIA2 is expected to break even within the next two to three years.WHEN WCT Holdings Bhd opened its first mall – the Aeon Bukit Tinggi Shopping Mall – in Klang eight years ago, it was a start to a long-term plan to diversify into shopping mall ownership and...
From taxi driver to city builder
BY DESIREE TRESA GASPERBig vision: Maha posing next to a miniature model of Greater Springfield, a development which he envisioned two decades ago. -Pic taken from Maha’s Facebook account.PETALING JAYA: To the Aussies and even his own wife, he was “Mad Maha Sinnathamby” for wanting to build a...
Operation to check if tenants still eligible for government housing
BY BAVANI M.Most of the 23 family member slept at the living room due to limited space.EXCLUSIVE: KUALA Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) has launched a crackdown on rent defaulters and people who sublet their government housing units to third parties.The operation is being carried out to weed out hundreds...
Quit rent can be paid at 3C Complex
PETALING Jaya and Subang Jaya residents can now pay their quit rent in the 3C Complex in Bandar Sunway.Petaling land office assistant district officer for revenue Mohd Nurunnajmi Amat Janji said residents from the two areas now do not have to travel to Shah Alam to pay their quit rent bills.“The...
SS22A/4 residents see red over bungalow turned hostel
BY SHEILA SRI PRIYANearby residents claim that the bungalow houses 30 people.RESIDENTS of an affluent neighbourhood in Damansara Jaya claim that a bungalow in the neighbourhood has been converted to a hostel with more than 17 rooms, housing at least 30 occupants.They said the bungalow, located in...
100 Quarters comes down
BY BAVANI M.Hard at work: Workers were seen dismantling the roofing of 100 Quarters in Brickfields.AT 9AM yesterday, the roar of an excavator could be heard in the vicinity of the century-old 100 Quarters in Jalan Rozario, Brickfields, as contractors began demolition work on the historic...
More pre-qualification calls for Kwasa Damansara
PETALING JAYA: Property developer Kwasa Land Sdn Bhd has opened another round of pre-qualification to develop its 2,330-acre iconic Kwasa Damansara township.The call seeks to pre-qualify three categories of developers for the township, which has a gross development value (GDV) of RM50bil, over the...
US-based Paramit to develop RM60mil facility in Penang
BY DAVID TANFactory in the forest: an artist’s impression of Paramit’s proposed facility in Bukit Minyak. (Inset: Paramit Corporation Global CEO Billoo Rataul delivering his speech during the factory groundbreaking ceremony in Butterworth, Penang. - THE STAR/Asri Abdul Ghani June 01,...