HONG KONG: Dongguan hotel worker Annie Qing is desperate. Over the past few months she has watched in despair as flats in a popular project in the city came up for sale and were all taken before she got a chance to get one for herself.

HONG KONG: Rents of luxury residential apartments and serviced units are back on the rise as expatriate businessmen return to Hong Kong following their withdrawal at the height of the global financial crisis, property agents say.

WASHINGTON: The government should continue to play a role in any new system of housing finance Congress develops, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner told lawmakers on March 23 as they began debate an overhaul of the way Americans buy their homes.

Target price: RM1.80

3QFY10 : Best quarter yet to come

• Within expectations

Gamuda Bhd
(March 23, RM2.83)

KUALA LUMPUR: In yet another twist to the Ho Hup Construction Co Bhd saga, Tan Sri Tong Yoke Kim @ Tong Kiot Seng, who controls 19.27% of Bina Puri Holdings Bhd via a privately held entity, has emerged as a substantial shareholder in Ho Hup with a 7.28% interest.

PETALING JAYA: D’Tiara Corp Sdn Bhd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Oilcorp Bhd, has entered into a Share Sale Agreement with Amanahraya Development Sdn Bhd to dispose of the entire issued and paid up share capital of its wholly owned subsidiary, D’Tiara Hotels & Resorts Sdn Bhd (DHR) for a consideration of RM1.

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.