KUALA LUMPUR: Minply Holdings (Malaysia) Bhd is undertaking a housing development project in Gemas, Negri Sembilan, with an estimated gross development value (GDV) of RM192 million, it announced on Bursa Malaysia on Jan 13.

KUALA LUMPUR: IOI Properties Bhd is targeting 80% sales in three months for its recently launched Skyville project (pictured) in Bandar Puchong Jaya, Selangor.

Skyville is a low-density gated and guarded development comprising only 60 units of 2½-storey semi-detached houses on a 10-acre site.

KUALA TERENGGANU: The Terengganu Land and Mineral Office has become the first land office in the country capable of carrying out transaction as well as non-transaction registration within a day.

Menteri Besar Datuk Ahmad Said said from October last year, the office managed to register 80% of such businesses in one working day compared to five days previously.

KUALA TERNGGANU: The Terengganu government has yet to receive a report on the investigation pertaining to the roof collapse of the Sultan Mirzan Zainal Abidin Stadium last June.

Menteri Besar Datuk Ahmad Said said the state government would disclose the cause of the collapse when it received the investigation papers.

KUALA TERENGGANU: Ten cars parked under the garage of a construction company were damaged when its roof collapsed after the pillars were hit by a crane today (Jan 13).

The incident occured at the Chendering industrial area at about 10am.

HONG KONG: Beijing's surprise decision to increase bank reserve requirements could signal an end to easy and cheap funding, putting pressure on the earnings of Chinese property and resources companies.

KUALA LUMPUR: The recent previews of Mah Sing Group’s latest residential projects in Cyberjaya and Selayang have drawn overwhelming interest from potential buyers.

KUALA LUMPUR: Developer DNP Holdings Bhd, a subsidiary of Singapore-listed Wing Tai Holdings Ltd, is launching the second block (Tower B) of its high-end residential project Verticas Residensi situated within Bukit Ceylon in Kuala Lumpur on Jan 16, 2010.

The launch of Tower B follows the encouraging 70% take-up recorded for Tower A since July last year.

KUALA LUMPUR: The UK’s retailer heavyweight Tesco is making its presence felt in China with the opening of a 76,000 sq m multiplex housing a shopping mall, hypermarket and restaurants in the seaside city of Qingdao in Shandong province.