PETALING JAYA: Mah Sing Bhd has acquired the entire issued and paid-up share capital of Grand Prestige Development Sdn Bhd on Jan 18, 2010 with an authorised share capital of RM100,000 comprising 100,000 ordinary shares of RM1 each, of which two ordinary shares of RM1 each have been issued and fully paid-up, for cash consideration of RM2.

PETALING JAYA: The Shanghai Greenland Group recently signed a collaboration agreement with the Ma An Shan Government in Anhui Province, China, to invest in two mixed-use projects with a total gross floor area (GFA) of two million sq m.

PETALING JAYA: Mah Sing Group Bhd’s shareholders approved the bonus issue of up to 151 million new ordinary shares during its extraordinary general meeting on March 23. The bonus issue was meant to reward shareholders for their continuous support and loyalty to he group.

KUALA LUMPUR: The government is implementing 25 People's Housing Projects (PPR) involving 32,762 units in Kuala Lumpur Federal Territory, Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Seri Kong Cho Ha said.

HONG KONG: A Deutsche Bank executive will join Standard Chartered to run the real estate investment team, the UK lender and a source said on March 23.

Brian Chinappi would be global head of StanChart's real estate investment under the bank's principal finance business, a spokeswoman said.

BEIJING: China has ordered 78 state companies whose core business is not property to submit plans to divest from the sector within 15 working days, state media reported on March 23.

The order, from the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC), is part of a broader government campaign to rein in fast-rising housing and land prices.

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PETALING JAYA: Kuala Lumpur’s latest boutique business hotel, The G City Club, will open its doors to local and international business travellers on March 28, 2010.

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GEORGE TOWN: The last of the four developers who were asked to scale down their projects to meet Unesco requirements has agreed in principle to reduce the height of its proposed project.

Sources told The Edge Financial Daily that Boustead Holdings Bhd had agreed to comply with the 18m/5-storey height ruling for its Royale Bintang Hotel in the core heritage zone of Weld Quay.

KUALA LUMPUR: Talam Corp Bhd, through its subsidiary Galian Juta Sdn Bhd, has agreed to sell two pieces of land measuring 41.69 acres and 8.1 acres to Malaysian Allied Health Sciences Academy Sdn Bhd (MAHSA) for RM35.41 million.