BY NEVILLE SPYKERMANKUALA LUMPUR: Majlis Amanah Rakyat (Mara) will face the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) to explain its controversial overseas investments.PAC chairman Datuk Nur Jazlan Mohamed (pic) said the focus would be on Mara investments in Australia which were being investigated by police...

KUALA LUMPUR: Ewein Bhd’s subsidiary Ewin Zenith Sdn Bhd has secured a contract for the development of “City of Dreams” project with a gross development value (GDV) of RM800mil after obtaining the advertising permit and developer licence.The company said the proposed 110-acre development...

Buyers study property prices and location to suit needsIdeal Property Group sales executive Sam Goh (left) briefing Khor and his wife on the company’s One Foresta project at the Star Property Fair 2015 at G Hotel in Penang.WHILE the recent implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) has...

BY ZUNAIRA SAIEEDIt will launch 3 projects within the next two yearsResidential project: The London City Island residential development project, launched on May 30, is one of Eco World Ballymore’s three projects in London.ECO WORLD Investment Co Ltd (EWI), a private vehicle controlled by Tan Sri...

Developer collaborates with social enterprise to hold festival that promotes upcyclingA water fountain at Eco Sky.VISITORS at Ecoworld Gallery got a glimpse of creative uses for recyclable items that were discarded.Property developer Eco World Development Group Bhd (Ecoworld) collaborated with...

BY GEETHA KRISHNANExpensive: While prices in Brisbane, Queensland and Perth, Western Australia have eased, Melbourne and Sydney are seeing astronomically high house prices. – filepicSECURING a job and having a roof over one’s head for the long-term are the main aims of most migrants.These goals...

KUALA LUMPUR: Officials of Majlis Amanah Rakyat (Mara) will face the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) to explain the agency’s controversial investments overseas.PAC chairman Datuk Nur Jazlan Mohamed said the panel’s focus would be on properties bought in Melbourne, which are also being...

BY REBECCA RAJAENDRAMXiamen University president-designate Professor Wang Rui Fang (right) showing the plans for Xiamen University Malaysia Campus to Ter.SUNSURIA Bhd will soon launch the Sunsuria City township in Sepang as it has completed the acquisition from a property development joint-venture...

No home sweet home with neighbours like theseThis neighbour can’t keep his or her nose out of your business.BY OH ING YEENWHETHER you live in a landed property or high-rise building, having a bad neighbour (or neighbours!) can be a nightmare. There are even cases where people have moved out...

BY S. PUSPADEVIWait-and-see: Cheah says the group will watch the market and study the revisions to the Strata Title Act and its impact.PETALING JAYA: Property and construction group Sunway Bhd that has unbilled sales of RM2.5bil as of March, will adopt a wait-and-see approach and plan its property...