EASTERN & Oriental Bhd’s unit Tanjung Pinang Development Sdn Bhd can look forward to getting the go-ahead from the Penang government for its Seri Tanjung Pinang (STP) phase two project if it complies to all the technical and regulatory requirements for the project. In an interview at the Chief Minister’s ... Read More

THE Penang Municipal Council has decided the reduce the annual property value (APV) for One World and One Sky small office/ home office units by 10%. Council Financial Management Committee alternate chairman Joseph Ng Soon Siang said the 10% APV reduction had no bearing on the property’s 10.3% annual assessment ... Read More

The various cooling measures on the property sector dampened transactions last year, with the volume of properties bought and sold dipping by 10.9% from 2012, even as total value rose 6.7%, a sign that prices did not come down. According to the Property Market Report 2013 released by the Valuation & Property Services ... Read More

ALMOST 40% of the 198 Delima Emas Condominium units in Juru, Bukit Mertajam, have been sold, three weeks after the project’s soft launch. Property development E.W. and Associates Sdn Bhd director Chua Eng Kee said response to the project was good with some 80 units had been snapped up. “One ... Read More

PETALING JAYA: Nadayu Properties Bhd, which has just completed its privatisation exercise, aims to launch five projects with a combined gross development value (GDV) of RM1.5bil this year. Executive chairman Hamidon Abdullah said the company had lined up four projects in the Klang Valley and one in Penang to be ... Read More

Eastern & Oriental Bhd’s subsidiary has received the conditional approval letter from the Department of Environment (DOE) for its proposed reclamation of Phase 2 of Seri Tanjung Pinang in Tanjung Tokong, Penang. It said on Monday the approval letter given to Tanjung Pinang Development Sdn Bhd (TPD) was for the ... Read More

THE PROJECT Developer E.W. & Associates Sdn. Bhd., having successfully completed some 1,200 units of affordable residential units at Taman Seri Delima launch yet another affordable housing project. This latest launch consists 198 of condominium units - Condo Delima Emas - covering 2 tower blocks that is annexed to a ... Read More

* Article by Richard Oon * While presenting the recent Budget 2014, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak announced the introduction of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) and when enacted, GST will be effective from 1 April 2015 and standard rated supplies will be subject to GST at a ... Read More

I recall reading a letter written to the editor of a popular daily which caught my eye. The man related the story of the advice given by his grandfather and father about getting onto the house ownership ladder as early as possible. He was a young man, a fresh graduate ... Read More

Low-cost homeowners must evict their tenants and move into the units themselves within the month or face possible jail time, the Penang government warned today. Housing development state executive councillor Jagdeep Singh Deo told the owners that renting out the homes is a breach of their low-cost housing contracts. “So, ... Read More