New Straits Times

FCW SEES GOOD TAKE-UP FOR RIANA DUTAMAS

Developers set to launch Phase 1 in January next year

- OOI TEE CHING KUALA LUMPUR bt@mediaprima.com.my

PROPERTY developer FCW Holdings Bhd sees a good take-up rate for its Riana Dutamas developmen­t as it prepares to launch Phase 1 of the project in January next year.

Riana Dutamas is undertaken by 368 Segambut Sdn Bhd, an equal joint venture between FCW Holdings and IJM Land. It has a gross developmen­t value of RM565 million.

“This developmen­t in North Kiara with IJM Land has very good potential,” said FCW Holdings executive director Anderson Thor Poh Seng.

“Prospectiv­e buyers would be interested in Riana Dutamas’ affordabil­ity, location, convenienc­e and value,” he said after the company’s shareholde­rs’ meeting, here, yesterday. Also present was FCW Holdings chairman Tan Sri Tan Hua Choon.

Riana Dutamas is a 13.68ha freehold developmen­t near major upmarket neighbourh­oods, such as Mont’ Kiara, Dutamas and Sri Hartamas.

Thor said Riana Dutamas Phase 1 would feature a 36-storey tower with 1,018 residentia­l units and five levels of parking bays.

With built-ups ranging from 653 to 1,177 sq ft, with units of one, two and three bedrooms. The selling price of each unit starts from RM350,000.

Future residents of Riana Dutamas would be heartened by the convenienc­e of surroundin­g amenities, such as Publika Hartamas Shopping Centre, Garden Internatio­nal School, Mont’ Kiara Internatio­nal School, Le Lychee Francais Internatio­nal School and Sentul Internatio­nal School.

Currently, FCW also derives income from the contract manufactur­ing of cosmetics, skincare and toiletries such as shampoo and body wash for mid-tier brand names.

Thor said the group’s associate company’s factory in Balakong would automate processes wherever possible to further save on costs.

About FCW’s first-quarter loss of RM534,000 ended September, Thor said the dismal results was dragged by associate companies, Fujikura Federal Cables Sdn Bhd

Prospectiv­e buyers would be interested in Riana Dutamas’ affordabil­ity, location, convenienc­e and value. ANDERSON THOR POH SENG FCW Holdings Bhd executive director

and Federal Power Sdn Bhd, which manufactur­ed telecoms copper cables and fibre optics.

“We’ve recently cut back on costs when we stopped renewing some of the contract workers who are not critical to the core business,” he said.

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PIC BY OOI TEE ?? FCW Holdings Bhd chairman Tan Sri Tan Hua Choon (left) and executive director Anderson Thor Poh Seng at the company’s shareholde­r meeting in Kuala Lumpur yesterday.
CHING PIC BY OOI TEE FCW Holdings Bhd chairman Tan Sri Tan Hua Choon (left) and executive director Anderson Thor Poh Seng at the company’s shareholde­r meeting in Kuala Lumpur yesterday.
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