Despite the drop in its year-to-date revenue, IOI Properties’ net earnings still grew, largely due to the property sales from South Beach Residences, in addition to the stable growth from its property investment division.

The main purpose for introducing this sub-policy is to enable the housing affordability issue in the country to be tackled in a holistic way.

For individual homeowners, the most attractive draw is probably the cost reduction in electricity usage, which can be quite significant in the long term. But is solar energy a worthy investment in Malaysia? What are the steps to getting one’s home “solar energised”?

The most suitable external masonry wall coating system for the conditions in Malaysia is a high performance 100% acrylic-based paint (one undercoat sealer with two top finishing coats) applied on a properly prepared wall surface.

“I have seen people getting into financial trouble due to overspending on home renovations. I believe some of the reasons are due to the lack of planning, over-budgeting and engaging the wrong contractor."

One parcel covering over 25ha has a cold supply chain facility while another three have existing factories and a warehouse.

The stronger-than-expected performance was mainly driven by higher revenue recognition of its Vietnam engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) project, as work progress started to catch up.

Local projects contributed 94% of the total new sales while international projects contributed the remaining percentage of the total sales.

Despite the lacklustre overall office market, MQREIT’s office space will remain relatively stable and well guarded by its long weighted average term to expiry with well-spread net lettable area expiry.

En bloc strata sale is where a certain piece of land with buildings erected on it is identified for acquisition by commercial developers.