BY NADYA NGUIRevenue generator: A file picure shows the group’s crown jewel Sunway Lagoon Resort Hotel in Petaling Jaya. Sunway says the proposed project in Singapore will contribute positively to the earnings of the group from the financial year ending Dec 31, 2018.PETALING JAYA: Sunway Bhd will...

BY JADE CHANSettlers and their families having a closer look at a scale model of the Laman Haris homes that EcoWorld will build for them.A TOTAL OF 987 settlers under “Rancangan Revolusi Hijau Peringkat II dan III” (Green Revolution Plan, Stages II and III) received their certificates of...

The AHS-Teluk Kumbar (Duo Residensi) project coming up in Jalan Bayan Lepas.The Bandar Cassia affordable housing project in Batu Kawan, Nibong Tebal, is already 77% completed to date.Penang Town, Housing and Country Planning Committee chairman Jagdeep Singh Deo said Phase One of the project...

BY KATHLEEN ANN KILIJais (third from left) being briefed on the newly installed early warning system at the Gunung Pulai Forest Reserve on Tuesday.KULAI: The Gunung Pulai Forest Reserve, which was closed down some 15 years ago following a tragedy that saw the loss of five lives, has finally...

BY ROYCE TANPETALING JAYA: The construction industry is short of tower crane operators and there are not enough locals to fill that gap, says the Master Builders Association Malay­sia (MBAM).Its president Foo Chek Lee said the shortage could be attributed to the ruling that only Malaysians can...

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...