The Housing and Development Board of Singapore has awarded a parcel of land measuring 2.5ha to Sunway Bhd’s Singaporean unit Sunway Developments Pte Ltd (SDPL) and Hoi Hup Realty Pte Ltd after a successful bid. The land is slated for the SG$434.45 million…
Vietnam aims to have northern Van Don economic zone be a financial center for the Asia Pacific region by 2030. A plan just approved by the Prime Minister aims at the zone, located near Ha Long Bay in the northern Quang Ninh Province, having a total production…
Stocks on Bursa Malaysia have endured a roller-coaster ride last year, with some creating big losses to investors on one day. Despite often seen as defensive investments, the Malaysian real estate investment trusts (M-REITs) also did not escape unscathed. A…
The site where a Legoland will be built in Chuncheon, Gangwon, on Friday. The development of the Legoland, about the same size as the Legoland in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, has been approved by the Gangwon government. British amusement park developer Merlin is in…
The government’s plan to build a renewable energy complex at Saemangeum, North Jeolla, is generating controversy as it deviates from plans to develop the reclaimed tidal flat into a regional economic hub and is being pursued without public approval. The…
Indonesia has officially offered Japan the opportunity to take part in the semi high-speed rail construction project connecting Jakarta to Surabaya in East Java, a senior minister said. Coordinating Maritime Affairs Minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan delivered…
The OpenDaylight Project, an open source platform for programmable, software-defined networks, has announced that China Mobile has joined the project at the Silver Level. China Mobile joins Tencent and Alibaba, also members of OpenDaylight, as part of a…
Thailand’s ICT ministry has finalized the terms of reference for a tender auction for a 15 billion baht ($433.1 million) national broadband project. The project’s procurement committee is preparing the auction process and expects to name the winner by…
In a bid to bridge the digital divide in India, Intel has launched three projects to accelerate digital literacy at the grassroots level. Intel India aims to reach out to the population in rural areas, upskill citizens in tier two cities and beyond and…
Robinsons Land Corp. (RLC) ended 2015 by receiving another accolade for its four-tower residential complex called The Sapphire Bloc developed by Robinsons Residences, a trusted residential development brand under RLC. The Sapphire Bloc represented the…
The Kertajati airport project in West Java will cost around Rp3.7 trillion, to be paid by the central governmernt West Java Governor Ahmad Heryawan said. The central government through the transport ministry will finance the construction of the international…