KUALA LUMPUR: Fajarbaru Builder Group Bhd, via its unit Fajabaru Builder Sdn Bhd (FBSB), has secured a RM36.47 million contract from the East Coast Economic Region Development Council (ECERDC) for proposed earthworks and infrastructure works for Pasir Mas Halal Park Phase 1 in Kelantan.

Work is scheduled to begin from Nov 1 and is expected to last 15 months.

KUALA LUMPUR: Zelan Bhd continued to pare down its shareholding in IJM Corp Bhd by selling off 900,000 shares in the latter on the open market for RM4.85 million cash or an average disposal price of RM5.40 apiece.

In a Bursa Malaysia filing on Thursday, Oct 21, the group said the price was arrived at on a willing buyer-willing seller basis.

SHAH ALAM: SP Setia Bhd's newly launched first integrated green commercial hub in Shah Alam, Setia City, will have a gross development value (GDV) of RM5 billion once completed within the next 10 to 15 years.

SHAH ALAM: The Ministry of Housing and Local government is considering how, water harvesting can be implemented in housing projects in Malaysia.

The Minister of Housing and Local Government Datuk Wira Chor Chee Heung said the Cabinet has agreed to this.

SHAH ALAM: There is still a long way to reach property bubble in Malaysia, says Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Wira Chor Chee Heung.

According to the Housing Index for the last 10 years, prices of houses have moved about 37% while in countries like Singapore and Hong Kong, property prices shot passed 35% last year, he said.

LONDON: Rents in London's prime residential market have risen 16% since their recessionary low in June 2009, even though they are still 7% lower than the recent market peak in March 2008, Knight Frank LLP said.

BEIJING: Colliers International believes that the central business district (CBD) in Beijing and the Beijing Lufthansa Centre will continue to be the most active submarkets, as several domestic and multi-national corporations (MNCs) are actively looking for office space.

HONG KONG: A drive to make it harder for developers to add green features and facilities to artificially inflate flat sizes does not go far enough, say architectural  professionals.

A number of loopholes will, for instance, mean the city is likely to see apartments with thick glass exterior walls that can be included as part of the saleable area.

HONG KONG: Buyers returned to the property market at the weekend after the removal of the cloud of policy uncertainty that was hanging over the market ahead of Chief Executive Donald Tsang Yam-kuen's policy address.

BANGKOK: Bangkok-based hotel investment company Red Planet Hotels plans to expand into the Chinabudget hotel market with its partner Tune Hotels.

Positive forecasts of continued rapid growth in tourist and business travel on the mainland will see the partners building budget hotels in second-tier cities, Red Planet chief executive Tim Hansing said.