MUI Properties sells Port Dickson land for RM81m

MUI Properties Bhd is selling 53 acres of freehold land in Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan, to Antmed Malaysia Sdn Bhd for RM80.8 million in cash. The land, located in Bandar Springhill, currently agricultural, will be converted to medium industrial use by the buyer, a subsidiary of Shenzen Antmed Company Ltd, a Chinese firm specialising in…

Fave co-founder joins 🇲🇾 perfume startup’s seed round

Scentses + Co, a Malaysia-based perfume startup, has raised an undisclosed amount of seed funding from Fave co-founder Yeoh Chen Chow as well as Malayan United Industries (MUI) Group through its venture arm Pan Malaysia Ventures. Founded by sisters Sadira Yeong and Sabreena Yeong in July 2020, Scentses + Co offers perfume subscription services that allow customers to get different products…

Scentses + Co Enters Strategic Partnership with MUI Group

Scentses + Co, Malaysia’s first designer perfume subscription service that allows subscribers to discover different designer perfumes every month, has announced a strategic partnership and a lead investment from Malayan United Industries Bhd (MUI) through its venture arm, Pan Malaysia Ventures Sdn Bhd under Pan Malaysia Corporation Bhd. By leveraging the strength and backing of…

MUI group to sell UK hotel for RM36.22mil

KUALA LUMPUR: Malayan United Industries Bhd (MUI) has inked a deal to sell a 4.2-acre freehold land together with a hotel in Britain for £6.5mil cash (RM36.22mil) to Westbourne Leisure Ltd. In a filing with Bursa Malaysia, the group said its wholly-owned subsidiary The Regency Hotel Hospitality Ltd had entered into an agreement with Westbourne on Dec…

MUI to sell 111-room UK hotel for RM36m

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 31): Malayan United Industries Bhd (MUI) has said its British unit is disposing of a land together with a 111-room hotel in Shirley, West Midlands for £6.5 million (RM36.22 million). The Regency Hotel Hospitality Ltd, a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary, is selling the property to Westbourne Leisure Ltd, MUI said in a bourse…

Richest Families in Southeast Asia Look for the Next Unicorn

Some of Southeast Asia’s old-money tycoons are boosting investment in technology startups, looking to ride a wave of surging valuations as they seek to counter the fallout of the pandemic on businesses ranging from retail to hospitality and manufacturing. Holding companies, family investing arms and other vehicles of moguls from Thailand’s Dhanin Chearavanont to the…