News by theedgemalaysia.com

Higher contributions from property investment and healthcare segments lifted Sunway Bhd’s first quarter net profit by 3.76% to RM141.64 million from RM136.51 million a year ago. This more than offset the lower profit contributions from the other business segments, the group said.

The Court of Appeal on Wednesday (May 24) has allowed the appeals of 68-year-old landowner Tan Jiak Chye to subpoena four people to testify in his RM330 million suit against 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) and 1MDB’s counterclaim of RM6 million on him in relation to the Air Itam estate.

Over the past five months, Chin Hin Group Bhd’s controlling shareholder Datuk Seri Chiau Beng Teik has been actively raising his stake in the building material specialist, breaching the 60% mark.

Kerjaya Prospek Group Bhd reported RM29.41 million net profit for the first quarter ended March 31, 2023 (1QFY2023), a slight increase from RM28.86 million a year earlier.

EMSB, which is jointly owned by two individuals Teow Wooi Huat and Teow Chee Chow, is the land owner of three adjoining plots of leasehold land spanning 519.5 acres.

The public utilities group attributed this to a higher share of losses reported by its associates, higher depreciation and amortisation expenses, and lower other operating income, primarily from the fair value measurement on its investments.

Quarterly revenue dropped 16.41% to RM522.13 million, from RM624.66 million.

Quarterly earnings per share declined to 4.7 sen from 5.63 sen previously. 

UOA Development Bhd’s net profit jumped 81.62% to RM46.1 million for the first quarter ended March 31, 2023 (1QFY2023), from RM25.39 million a year earlier, while revenue grew 56.17% to RM85.24 million, from RM54.58 million over the same period.

Capitalisation rates (cap rates) of commercial properties across the Asia-Pacific region are likely to continue rising for the rest of the year, with higher borrowing costs and economic uncertainty expected to push rates up by between 75 basis points (bps) and 150bps within the next six months, according to a survey by international commercial real estate services firm CBRE.