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Ranhill to build treatment plant in China
PETALING JAYA: Ranhill Holdings Bhd, a company with a focus on power and water, has executed a private-public partnership concession agreement to undertake a 10-million-litre-per-day wastewater treatment plant in Maoping Industrial Park in China.The company said in a filing with Bursa Malaysia that...
191 household heads get communal grants
Musa (second from left) giving the mock key to Kampung Iburu residents. – Bernama picSIPITANG: The Sabah government has issued communal grants for 1,133ha of land to 191 household heads in Kampung Iburu in this district.Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman said the grants were issued to...
New homes for fire victims in Terengganu
KUALA NERUS: The Terengganu government is offering new houses to four families in Kampung Duyong Kecil who were left homeless by a fire.Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Ahmad Razif Abd Rahman said the victims were given options depending on whether they owned land or not."For those who own land, the...
Fostering ties among residents
Children taking part in a colouring contests at the K1M programmer at the Phase 3 flats.BY YVONNE T. NATHANBANDAR Baru Sentul Perdana’s community square became a one-stop centre for residents in the area to build closer neighbourly ties.The annual 1Malaysia Community (K1M) Information Programme...
MBSB to raise up to RM2bil through rights issue
BY CECILIA KOKKUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia Building Society Bhd (MBSB) plans to raise up to RM2bil via a renounceable two-call rights issue of new shares to meet its capital requirement.In a filing with Bursa Malaysia on Thursday, the financial services provider said the entitlement basis and issue price...
ML Global sheds its PN17 status after six years
LBS Bina, helmed by group managing director Tan Sri Lim Hock San, is the strategic investor that helped rescue ML Global from the PN17 status.BY M. HAFIDZ MAHPARKUALA LUMPUR: ML Global Bhd is finally free of the Practice Note 17 (PN17) status after six years and amendments to its original...
A cut above in Bangsar South
The project is a stone’s throw from Mid Valley Megamall and The Gardens, and adjacent to the Federal Highway and LRT station.BY DAVID TANEUPE Corporation Bhd is launching its RM555 mil Novum high-rise residential project in Bangsar South comprising three tower blocks of 729 condominium units.The...
Corporation donates RM1mil to help 39 deserving recipients
BY MOHD FARHAAN SHAHRaja Zarith (right) presenting a mock cheque to the Malaysian Red Crescent Datuk Mohd Rashidi Mohd Nor (left) while Tan looks on. – ABDUL RAHMAN EMBONG/The StarJOHOR BARU: A total of 39 charitable organisations in Johor have received a helping hand, thanks to the Better...
Far Pavilion to set up hub
BY GURMEET KAURPETALING JAYA: A local property owner, Far Pavilion Sdn Bhd, is leading a group of international investors to acquire a piece of land in Tun Razak Exchange (TRX) or pieces of land within that vicinity as part of the group’s plan to establish an investor services hub in Kuala...
Property sales rose in 2H 2015
BY INTAN FARHANA ZAINULPETALING JAYA: Property sales rose to about 18% in the second half of 2015 compared to the first half of 2015, although property launches slowed, according to a survey by the Real Estate and Housing Developers' Association Malaysia (Rehda).In the first half on 2015, 5,195...