BEIJING: A property tax to be launched on a trial basis in the southwestern Chinese city of Chongqing will cover new and existing homes, city mayor Huang Qifan was quoted as saying on Wednesday, Jan 12 by state television.

KUALA LUMPUR: UEM Land Holdings Bhd has received acceptances for 477.64 million Sunrise Bhd shares at a takeover offer price of RM2.80 per share, representing a 96.42% stake in the company at the close of the offer period.

KUALA LUMPUR: Property developer Titijaya Bhd and hardware marketing outfit Bunseng Holdings Bhd are the latest two companies that have proposed to list on Bursa Malaysia.

The Securities Commission had put up the companies' listing prospectus exposure on Monday, Jan 10, with the last day of exposure on Jan 31.

KUALA LUMPUR: Sunway Holdings Bhd is set to undertake a public housing development in Singapore after being awarded the tender of land parcel by the Housing and Development Board of Singapore (HDB).

ALOR SETAR: It has become almost unbearable for more than 4,000 residents of the Simpang Kuala Flats near here who have been plagued by improper disposal of refuse for over a year.

Simpang Kuala Flats Federal Village Development and Security Committee chairman Zakri Hassan said the problem cropped up after E-Idaman took over the contract of refuse disposal at the end of 2009.

ALOR SETAR: Bina Darulaman Berhad (BDB), a Kedah state government subsidiary, denied on Tuesday, Jan 11 alleged irregularities in the award of the contract to build the Insaniah University College (KUIN) campus in Kuala Ketil, Baling.

NEW DELHI: A proposed new city in Gujarat, a prosperous state in western India, has shown interest to replicate Putrajaya, Malaysia's administrative capital.

Malaysia's special envoy for infrastructure to India and South Asia Datuk Seri S Samy Vellu said the state government was keen on Putrajaya's design, which he had proposed to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi.

LUSAKA: Zambian President Rupiah Banda has laid the foundation stone for the new state-of-the-art Lusaka Independence Stadium, which is to be constructed with the help of the Chinese government at a cost of US$94 million (RM289.52 million).

LIMA: Peru's President Alan Garcia said the housing sector could once again become one of the "most dynamic" components of the economy with estimated growth of over 20% this year.

PUTRAJAYA: Teliti Datacentres' current project involving the building of a 120,000 sq ft data centre facility has been named one of the key projects under the Business Services sector Entry Point Projects (EPP).

It was among the 19 more EPPs from 10 National Key Economic Areas (NKEA EPPs) announced by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak on Tuesday, Jan 11 in Putrajaya.