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Property investment sales surge to 3-year high Friday, Dec 30, 2016 SINGAPORE - It's been a banner year for big-ticket property transactions of at least S$10 million each. As at Dec 23, the tally stood at S$22.5 billion - up 31 per cent from 2015's S$17.2 billion, going by Savills Singapore's...

In the pipeline for Jurong East to become 2nd CBD of Singapore: Freeing up more land for development, and enhancing work-live-play environment. The dollars and sense of realigning the Ayer Rajah Expressway PUBLISHED AUG 23, 2014, 7:42 AM SGT...

Jurong Country Club closes for good on Saturday By Loke Kok Fai Posted 31 Dec 2016 00:06 Updated 31 Dec 2016 00:14 SINGAPORE: Jurong Country Club closes for good on Saturday (Dec 31), as it makes way for the new Singapore-Kuala Lumpur high-speed rail, as well as the development of hotels...

Construction work of IKEA at Tebrau is pretty fast. https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=ikea%20tebrau

High-speed rail deal inked, now the hard work is set to begin Thursday, Dec 15, 2016 Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong shakes hands with Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak during a joint press conference at the Prime Minister's Office in Putrajaya on December 13, 2016 following an...

House prices are likely to stay constant, but sizes and quality of materials could drop by 8~10%.

Singapore-JB Rapid Transit System to be linked via high bridge over Straits of Johor By Lim Jia Qi Posted 13 Dec 2016 18:31 Updated 13 Dec 2016 18:57 PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia: The Rapid Transit System (RTS) link connecting Singapore and Johor Baru will be connected via a high bridge, the prime...

Singapore, Malaysia sign bilateral agreement for High-Speed Rail project By Lim Jia Qi Posted 13 Dec 2016 17:16 Updated 13 Dec 2016 18:50 PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia: A legally binding bilateral agreement that paves the way for the implementation of the Singapore-Kuala Lumpur High-Speed Rail (HSR)...

PM Lee to witness signing of KL-Singapore high-speed rail agreement in Malaysia By Lim Jia Qi Posted 12 Dec 2016 18:00 Updated 12 Dec 2016 20:38 SINGAPORE: Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will visit Putrajaya in Malaysia on Tuesday (Dec 13), where he and Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak...

Retail space is another bubble in the making. I expect the shoplots and old malls business to be affected. Online buying is also gradually displacing physical shopping. For the shop and business owners, competition will be intense. Singapore side will be affected as well. But this is good...

Adding on...with video: Top 10 upcoming malls in Johor Bahru https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuPk1mlRfVA

Motorsports: Design of Johor's Fastrackcity unveiled, to feature Formula One-grade circuit PUBLISHED DEC 6, 2016, 2:08 PM SGT UPDATED DEC 6, 2016, 3:18 PM SINGAPORE - Motorsports hub Fastrack Iskandar unveiled the design of its motorsports city on Tuesday (Dec 6), which features a top-grade...

BNM is quite desperate now. This might hurt its exporters. BNM: Exporters must convert 75% of earnings into ringgit KUALA LUMPUR, 2 Dec 2016: Malaysia’s central bank announced new measures today to boost liquidity and encourage more domestic trade of the ringgit, as it looks to stem the...

Ikea Tebrau construction progress

Woman robbed by trio after parking in lonely spot Tuesday, Nov 29, 2016 A woman was robbed by three youths in a parking lot in Bukit Indah, here, before they drove her in her car and abandoned her 14km away in Jalan Tun Razak. Deputy OCPD Deputy Supt Ismail Dollah said Monday the woman was...

What major defects at Impiana, please?

The Chinese "investments" may end up damaging the local economy, just like how the Chinese developers damaged the property sector (and environment) in JB.

Malaysia's ringgit may keep tumbling amid the market's Trump tantrum Leslie Shaffer CNBC Monday, Nov 21, 2016 A closer look at the plunge in Malaysian ringgit. Malaysia's currency has been among the hardest hit in the market's "Trump tantrum" after the surprise US election outcome, and...

If RM weakens, the cost of servicing bank loan denominated in RM will be lower after currency conversion from stronger currencies. Raw materials (e.g. imported steel) and labour costs (i.e. foreign labourers will find RM less attractive) will go up, hence the properties will be under pressure...

Chinese developments changing Iskandar Malaysia’s property – and economic – landscape November 16, 2016 Three of China’s biggest property developers are changing the face of Johor, just across across the Causeway from Singapore. Chinese construction giants such as R & F Properties, Greenland...