BANGKOK: Leaders in hotel innovation, SilverNeedle Hospitality, are delighted to welcome the iconic Riva Arun Bangkok hotel to its boutique collection of luxury handpicked properties ‘The SilverNeedle Collection’.The lobby of Riva Arun, Bangkok.Riva Arun, uniquely positioned on the Chao...

PUTRAJAYA: The final blocks of Conezion Residence service apartments was launched on Sunday, October 2, amidst a party-like atmosphere and received an overwhelming response.“We believe that such a good response is a result of customer confidence in our brand, the quality of our product and our...

By VIKNESH ASHLEYvikneshashley@thestar.com.myBringing communities at Northern Kuala Lumpur together with homes and trees.THE StarProperty.my Fair 2016, held in Publika Mall in Kuala Lumpur was a success, as it saw over 5000 property passionate visitors as well as an estimated RM5mil in property...

BY JONATHAN ROBERTSjonathan@propwall.comPropwall.my meets Tan Lee Siang.As concerns over rapid climate change become increasingly evident, stakeholders and industry players are urged to look to sustainable building and encourage the adoption of energy conservation. Green building is a buzzword that...

Asean cities set to face this as middle-class households quadruplePETALING JAYA: Asean cities could face urbanisation challenges as middle-class households are set to quadruple by 2030, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU).The EIU has projected that the number of middle-class...

KUALA LUMPUR: UEM Group Bhd will be pumping in about RM150mil on an integrated Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Cloud Solution for the company and its subsidiaries.The project is expected to be completed in three years.Describing the move as its digital revolution journey, the engineering-based...

BY CECILIA KOKKUALA LUMPUR: The World Bank has slashed its growth forecast for Malaysia from 2016 through 2018 due to the subdued global economy weighing on the country’s prospects.In its latest forecasts, the global financial institution predicted Malaysia’s gross domestic product (GDP) would...

BY RAZAK AHMADKUALA LUMPUR: The cost of living, housing and urban issues, and healthcare are the people’s top concerns as Budget 2017 looms, an online survey conducted by the Prime Minister’s web portal has revealed.The two-week survey (https://bajet2017.najibrazak.com/survey), which culminates...

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia’s main challenge and opportunity lies in speeding up structural reforms to accelerate the country’s transition to a high-income economy, according to the World Bank.In its newly released East Asia and Pacific Economic Update entitled “Reducing Vulnerabilities”, the...

BY NURUL ASMUI MD AZMIasmui@propwall.com(From left) Chew, Kho, Yeo, Towle, Ho, Chong and Toh.Participants at the roundtable focused their discussion on the challenges of the property market.ON Sept 1, StarProperty.my had organised a roundtable discussion on "Overcoming Malaysia’s Property...