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Interviews & Viewpoints | Bobby Chua, Vice-Chairman, Swee: Interview from The Report: Brunei Darussalam 2016
Articles & Analysis | Malaysia's apartment segment seen a slowdown in transactions from The Report: Malaysia 2016
The residential property sector has been affected by Bank Negara Malaysia’s cooling measures and poor consumer sentiment, creating a slowdown in transactions across the board. But the outlook for 2016 and 2017 is especially difficult for the condominiums and apartments segment, which has become an increasingly popular slice of the property...
Articles & Analysis | Investors in Malaysia coming out ahead in lower real estate prices from The Report: Malaysia 2016
A combination of a sluggish economy, a slump in commodity prices, an increase in the cost of living and a shaky domestic political landscape has had a neutralising effect on Malaysia’s real estate sector. Although 2016 is forecast to be a flat year, there are excellent deals to be had for forward-looking investors and those able to invest...
Articles & Analysis | Malaysia pushes ahead for sustainable practices and environmentally friendly facilities from The Report: Malaysia 2016
As the government aims to drive the internationalisation of the domestic construction sector, it is also evaluating how the quality of construction in Malaysia stacks up. With more and more countries fixated on green growth and development, it is increasingly clear that the construction industry needs to up its game in order to compete...
Articles & Analysis | A weaker Malaysian ringgit has impacted cement firms’ balance sheets from The Report: Malaysia 2016
In 2015 the Malaysia Investment Development Authority approved investments totalling RM3.7bn ($915.9m) in 25 projects in the non-metallic mineral products industry. Of the investments and projects in this subsector, 10 projects involved cement and concrete, with an investment value of RM253.9m ($62.8m), or 7% of the total for the non-metallic...
