? Developers started their actions. The rising foreign interest on direct investment into Penang should continue to hold up property values in the state, underpinned by higher demand from both local and foreign buyers.

KOTA KINABALU: A smart partnership between the Sabah Housing and Town Development Authority (SHTDA) and a peninsula-based developer will see 20,000 units of affordable homes built throughout Sabah in the next five years.

HONG KONG: Hong Kong's government will increase land supply in the coming fiscal year in a bid to cool property prices, the Ming Pao newspaper reported on Tuesday, Feb 8.

KUALA LUMPUR: Seloga Holdings Bhd reported a net profit of RM5.9 million for the fourth quarter (4Q) of its financial year ended Dec 31, 2010, an increase of 296% from RM1.49 million in the same quarter a year ago, due to the sales of the company's developmental rights over a parcel of land under the joint-venture agreement with UEM Land Bhd.

KUALA LUMPUR: IRIS Corporation Bhd has signed a joint-venture (JV) agreement with Koto Malaysia Sdn Bhd and Ambitech Sdn Bhd for the development, manufacture and construction of Koto's Industrialised Building System (IBS).

KUALA LUMPUR: Ireka Corporation Bhd's wholly-owned subsidiary Ireka Engineering and Construction Vietnam Co Ltd has been awarded a contract by Vietnam-based Hoa Lam-Shangri-La Healthcare LLC for a construction job worth RM27.58 million.

KOTA BHARU: Consumers in more than 10 areas in and around Kota Bharu are expected to experience water disruption on Saturday, Feb 12.

Air Kelantan Sdn Bhd (AKSB) Consumer affairs executive Hazwan Hassan said expected water disruption was to facilitate electrical works carried by Tenaga Nasional Bhd at the Kampung Puteh treatment plant.

KUALA LUMPUR: On the face of it, Naim Holdings Bhd, which was listed in April 2008, is possibly one of the most well-covered Sarawak-based companies on the stock exchange today.

The company, primarily involved in construction and property development, is 23.4% owned by Abdul Hamed Sepawi, who in turn is closely linked to Sarawak's chief minister Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud.

KUALA LUMPUR: Hock Seng Lee Bhd (HSL), East Malaysia's largest construction firm by market capitalisation, expects this year to be at least as good as 2010 on potential jobs within the Sarawak Corridor of Renewable Energy (Score).

HONG KONG: Home prices in Hong Kong resumed their upward course last month after a dip in December, rising an average of 2.1% month-on-month.

The average home cost 19.6% more than a year earlier.