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Kidzania KL owner to construct and operate new ESCAPE theme park in Perak

In a bourse filing dated May 11 on Singapore's stock exchange, Sim Leisure said it has entered into a theme park agreement in relation to the project management of the construction and the operation and maintenance of an environmentally sustainable ESCAPE theme park in Jalan Tanjung Tualang Batu Gajah, Perak.

DONE DEAL: Single-storey semidee house at SS14, Subang Jaya, Selangor

Noteworthy:

  • Freehold

  • Built-up: 2,200 sq ft

  • Land size: 3,692 sq ft

  • Unfurnished

  • Four bedrooms, two bathrooms

  • Amenities: Shopping malls such as Sunway Pyramid, SS15 Courtyard, Citta Mall, Subang Parade and Empire Subang, tertiary educational institutions, wet market, shoplots with convenience stores and eateries nearby, Sunway Medical Centre and Subang Jaya Medical Centre

  • Accessibility: KESAS (Shah Alam Expressway), Federal Highway, NKVE (New Klang Valley Expressway), LDP (Damansara-Puchong Highway) and NPE (New Pantai Expressway), plus SS15 LRT Station

When: March 2022

BNM raises OPR to 2% from record low of 1.75%

Bank Negara Malaysia’s (BNM) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) on Wednesday (May 11) increased the overnight policy rate (OPR) by 25 basis points to 2% from a record low of 1.75% as global inflationary pressures have increased sharply and after taking into account that the sustained reopening of global economy and improvement in labour markets continue to support the recovery of economic activity from the impact of Covid-19-driven movement restrictions.

Building Materials Cost Index in April up in tandem with higher steel prices - DoSM

The Building Material Cost Index (BCI) without steel bars and with steel bars has increased for all building categories between 0.1 and 3.6 per cent in April 2022 with Peninsular Malaysia between 0.6 and 3.4 per cent, Sabah between 0.1 and 2.4 per cent and Sarawak between 0.8 and 3.6 per cent, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DoSM).