KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia Building Society Bhd (MBSB), a financial institution which largely caters to government servants, is looking to grow its loan portfolio aggressively in the financial year ending Dec 31, 2010, with a focus on expanding its corporate loans business, its chief executive officer, Ahmad Zaini Othman said.

KUALA LUMPUR: Construction firm Crest Builder Holdings Bhd won a RM145.3-million contract to help build an office tower.

In a filing to Bursa Malaysia on Nov 10, its wholly-owned subsidiary Crest Builder Sdn Bhd has been awarded a contract by Khor Joo Saik Sdn Bhd for the construction of super-structure works of a 35-storey office tower on Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur.

PETALING JAYA: Maymont Development Sdn Bhd is opening up the remaining 100 units of its Matahari Luxury Super Condos in Desa Sri Hartamas, Kuala Lumpur, for sale to the general public after exclusive previews to international customers, investors and selected local buyers since April 2007.

PETALING JAYA: Land and General Bhd (L&G) is planning for a mixed development with an estimated gross development value (GDV) of RM450 million on a 2.6-acre land on Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur, which it proposed to acquire.

KOTA KINABALU: State Local Government and Housing Minister Datuk Hajiji Mohd Noor has called on the town planners to adopt a people-centric approach in pursuing sustainable development.

He said this was in line with the concept of 1Malaysia, which prioritised the interest of the people above all else.

KUALA LUMPUR: The goverment is targeting the country's real gross domestic product (GDP) to grow 5.5% per annum  in 10th  Malaysia Plan from 2011 to 2015 or RM670.8 billion, according to the Economic Planning Unit.

SHAH ALAM: The Selangor government has given Talam Corp Bhd three months to settle a total of RM391 million in debts owing and due to the state for its failure to deliver on a number of projects, said Menteri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim.

BEIJING: China’s housing prices jumped the most in 14 months in October amid concern that this year’s record lending may create asset bubbles.

Housing prices in 70 major cities rose 3.9% in October from a year earlier, the statistics bureau said on its website on Nov 10.

PENANG: Penang Regional Development Authority (Perda) chairman Datuk Azhar Ibrahim said there was no truth in what was claimed by the Penang government on a proposed development plan in Balik Pulau.

SHAH ALAM: Certain industrial and older housing enclaves in Petaling Jaya (PJ), Klang and Kajang have been identified for redevelopment in a bid by the Selangor state government to enhance their land value and to create a stimulus for the state.