Saturday 7 January 2017

1MDB. China. Teardrops Will Fall

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Singapore Straits Times Leslie Lopez, writes today, hinting that teardrops will fall on 1MDB's tie up with China state owned companies for property projects in KL and Penang.

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* Bandar Malaysia, 197ha township on the fringes of KL that will house the terminus for the high-speed rail link to Singapore, 40 per cent owned by 1MDB.

The development is facing problems as the 1MDB's 60 per cent partners, the state-owned China Railway Group and Johor-based Iskandar Waterfront Holdings, have sought repeated extensions to capital injections.

* Ayer Itam parcel, Penang island.

Only six months ago, this 94.7ha plot of land was in great demand, particularly from several Chinese corporations. State-owned China Metallurgical Corp was proposing to pay about RM2 billion for it or participate in a joint development with 1MDB that would guarantee profits of about RM3.5 billion.

But that deal is no longer on the table due to differences over valuation issues, property executives say.