PETALING JAYA: Analysts expect property loans to maintain their position as a key growth driver of credit expansion with some estimating them to grow between 10% and 12% this year due to the low interest rate environment and ample liquidity in the banking system. While holding to this view, some ... Read More

VISITORS to the Perfect Livin ’11 Home & Lifestyle Exhibition at the Penang International Sports Arena (PISA) can expect good deals and discounts on a wide range of home decor and home living products. The one-stop solution, held until tomorrow, from 11am to 9pm, features more than 400 booths offering ... Read More

KUALA LUMPUR: Bandar Raya Developments Bhd (BRDB) says its joint venture with Multi-Purpose Holdings Bhd (MPHB) will open new avenues for the company for land development. BRDB is seeking opportunities to diversify its development portfolio to grow itself, said its chief marketing officer K.C. Chong. In April, BRDB's wholly-owned units, ... Read More

THE Penang Housing Department has offered 95 people units at the Sri Saujana flats on Macal- lum Street, and they will move in after their bank loans have been approved. State Town and Country Planning, Housing and Arts Committee chairman Wong Hon Wai said these people were squatters and residents ... Read More

BUKIT MERTAJAM: Thousands of people converged at the Auto-City in Juru here to usher in National Day.Merrymakers, shoppers and diners gathered at the venue as early as 7.30pm yesterday to be part of the celebration which was among the highlights of the three-day 2011 GLANZ Merdeka Living Green, Beauty and ... Read More

PROPERTY developers with projects in Batu Maung, Penang, have expressed their commitment to help out during flood-related emergencies.Batu Maung assemblyman Abdul Malik Abul Kassim said they would work closely with all eight Com-munity Development and Security Committees (JKKKs) in the constituency.?In view of the rainy spell, each JKKK will set ... Read More

MORE than 320 families living on Kampung Cross Street in Bukit Mer-tajam are happy after the developer agreed to increase their compensation. The residents expressed their happiness when Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng conveyed the good news during a meeting at the Seberang Prai Municipal Council headquarters in Bandar Perda ... Read More

The banking sector's loan growth is expected to taper off in the coming months following clear signs of a slowdown in momentum due to rising global uncertainties, says ECM Libra Investment Research.In an update on banking sector, ECM Libra said the growth momentum of all three lending indicators slowed considerably ... Read More

Sime Darby Bhd, a Malaysian palm oil company, is acquiring a 30 per cent “strategic” stake in Eastern and Oriental Bhd, at RM2.30 per share or RM766 million, according to a statement to the stock exchange.Business Times had earlier reported that sources said Sime had agreed to buy the 30 ... Read More

GEORGE TOWN: An independent MP has proposed that a golf course which sits on a state-owned land in Bukit Jambul here should be relocated so that the land can be used for a housing project.Bayan Baru MP Datuk Seri Zahrain Mohd Hashim said such a move would benefit some 5,000 ... Read More