Khor Chap Jen (second left) receiving the award from Norliza Hashim.PETALING JAYA: Setia Eco Templer, S P Setia’s latest eco-themed township in Selayang, received an award for design excellence at the Malaysian Institute of Planners (MIP) Planning Excellence Award 2016.“It is always an honour...

BY YUEN MEI KENGUrban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government Minister Tan Sri Noh Omar speaks his mind about plans to help the urban poor, improve low-cost housing and tactics for the next general election.IT has only been a month since Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak tabled the national...

Joint effort: (From left) Lim, Hoo and Wong launching the StarProperty.my Fair 2016 at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre.KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysians can tune in to Inspiring Homes on Astro next month for an exclusive peek at creative ways to build and design dream homes.The inaugural collaboration...

By Lee Yan Li lylee@thestar.com.myFrom Left Thong Mun Wai, Soam Heng Choon, Matthew Tee and Ng Seing Liong. PETALING JAYA: While the construction industry has been getting less jobs from private developers due to the softening property market since 2012, contractors have enjoyed good growth due...

KUALA LUMPUR: A massive restructuring exercise is on the cards for conglomerate Sime Darby Bhd and it would like to start hiring bankers to advise on the group restructuring.Its president/group chief executive Tan Sri Mohd Bakke Salleh told Bloomberg that being a conglomerate with hefty wide...

BY TEE LIN SAYandHANIM ADNANWahid-Rahman partnership to unleash the hidden value in PNBPERMODALAN Nasional Bhd (PNB) appears to be stirring from its slumber.In a clear move to show that Malaysia’s largest fund-management company is on a transformative path, PNB invited members of the media for a...

BY S. PUSPADEVIPETALING JAYA: Property developer Mah Sing Group Bhd saw a 8.9% jump in net profit to RM91.89mil for the third quarter ended Sept 30, 2016 from RM84.40mil in the same quarter a year ago.This was achieved on the back of a lower revenue of almost 5% at RM732.37mil from RM770.74mil, a...

BY THEAN LEE CHENG IT is obvious that IOI Properties Group Bhd (IOIPG) was determined and focused in its bid for the Central Boulevard land in Singapore’s Marina Bay area.It is also “understandable” that the deal raised quite a few eyebrows among shareholders and other parties given its...

BY WANI MUTHIAHHome visit: Najib is all smiles during a meeting with RMR1M homeowners at RTB Bukit Changgan in Kuala Langat. Also present was Noh (far left).KUALA LANGAT: More people from the low income group will be able to own homes once the Go­­vern­­ment increases the subsidy for the...

BY RUBEN SARIOOrang utan observed in the jungle of Sandakan. KOTA KINABALU: Sabah is piecing together a conservation area that will eventually become a key biodiversity zone about four times the size of Penang island.State Forestry Department director Datuk Sam Mannan said the Kuamut Forest...