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Sustained economic expansion, a youthful and growing population and an investor-friendly market amenable to foreign and domestic investments have continued to drive Malaysia’s real estate market forward in 2013. Despite concerns about market overheating and growing vacancies in some subsectors, property values have continued to climb in recent...

Overshadowed by developments in Selangor and Iskandar, Malaysia’s second- smallest state of Penang has quietly put together an impressive string of projects in recent years. Tucked in between the much larger Kedah and Perak states along Peninsular Malaysia’s west coast, Penang’s strong population growth coupled with a thriving real estate...

The real estate market has garnered attention from both foreign and domestic investors seeking a strong return on investment amid consistently low interest rates. However, the government is seeking to rein in residential property growth to limit broader economic damage in the event of a market downturn as well as to keep home prices affordable...

Spurred on by massive capital expenditure projects by both the government and the private sector in response to Malaysia’s strategic economic development plans, growth in the country’s construction sector has been outpacing GDP expansion in recent years. The government’s Economic Transformation Programme (ETP) and public-private partnership (...

Malaysia’s ports will benefit from continued expansion in 2014. This has been built not only on the back of the country’s overall economic growth but also flows from long-standing plans for development. New terminals and improved efficiency are now in the pipeline.

With 2013 seeing the government begin formulating a Logistics Sector Master Plan (LSMP), along with the reconstitution of the Malaysian Logistics Council (MLC), the sector is set to see major expansion in the years ahead. This is a welcome development for many, as Malaysia faces the task of boosting regional logistics integration ahead of the...