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ISKANDAR PUTERI, UEM Sunrise Bhd achieved a take-up rate of 100 per cent during the preview of its developments — Aspira Hills, DiReka Square, and Aspira LakeHomes — with a combined gross development value (GDV) of RM499 million. In a statement today, the property developer said the preview of Aspira Hills (phase 1) witnessed all 272 units being fully booked within a day with a GDV of RM198 million on Saturday (Sept 21). It noted that the family-friendly residential development features four spacious bedrooms and three bathrooms, complemented by six acres of central park in the heart of the development

KUALA LUMPUR, As the Tainan 400 promotion campaign comes to a conclusion, a commercial featuring Tainan’s adorable mascot ‘Hang-á Niau’ (Taiwanese for ‘Alley Cat’), is being aired on the bustling streets of Shinjuku in Tokyo, Japan. The cute mascot can be seen in the promotional video ‘Hang-á Niau Invites You to Tainan’ from Sept 21 to 27 at YUNIKA VISION in front of Seibu-Shinjuku Station in Tokyo, one of the busiest stations in Japan with a daily traffic of 770,000 passengers on average. According to a statement, the mascot ‘Hang-á Niau’ takes after the legendary creature qilin, with a lightning

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia is now more selective in choosing foreign direct investments, with a focus on projects that would greatly benefit the country, especially in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) and data technology, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. He said the opening of a data centre that used to depend on cheap energy and water to move and cool the operating systems, is now no longer sufficient. “Now, if you want to (establish) a data centre, you must have AI,’ he said, referring to projects like Nvidia in Johor, ‘which is an example of how technology needs

Manila: The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has started an online application and issuance of excavation permits in three regions, as part of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s push to digitize government services. DPWH Secretary Manuel Bonoan said the three-month pilot test of the Permit Issuance Application (PIA) system is currently being implemented in the National Capital Region (NCR), Central Visayas (Region 7), and Davao Region (Region 11). The system covers excavation permits for national roads and utilities along those roads. ‘With the application, we can accelerate the permit issuance process as our clients can do everything online,

ISKANDAR PUTERI, The Johor state government is finalising the details of a complete local transportation network in Johor Bahru (JB) with the Ministry of Transport (MOT) to complement the Rapid Transit System Link (RTS Link), scheduled to begin in January 2027. Johor Menteri Besar Datuk Onn Hafiz Ghazi said the initiative would connect the city to the other developments throughout the Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone (JS-SEZ). ‘We are also making good progress on ‘soft connectivity’, such as the implementation of a passport-free QR code clearance system and the adoption of digitalised processes for cargo clearance at land checkpoints, the results