YTL, S P Setia top in sustainability  The Edge Daily, 9 June 2008 YTL Land & Development Bhd (YTL) and S P Setia Bhd (S P Setia) are the leaders in sustainability practices in the Malaysian property industry, according to a study done by Professor Graeme Newell, professor of property investment at the School of Economics and Finance, University of Western Sydney. "We studied the sustainability practices of these 30 companies and how they were setting benchmarks in the industry. We found that YTL and S P Setia are two companies actively involved in sustainability," says Newell. "YTL won an award for best social reporting. It also sponsored a screening of the movie, An Inconvenient Truth, where 5,000 people turned up," says Newell. The company also published a book entitled Cut Carbon, Grow Profits and held workshops for staff development. YTL does its bit to preserve environment via Bird Island The Star Online, 9 July 2007 "We do not want to go down the expediency way. We want to build a masterpiece that can sustain through the ages," said Yeoh, quoting legendary American architect, Frank Lloyd Wright: "All fine architectural values are human values, else not valuable." YTL Land paves the way for green architecture YTL Community, 3 July 2007 Bird Island Green Homes Competition, first of its kind in promoting sustainable development and energy efficient homes. Seeing green The Star Online, 5 June 2007 A shining example of the proverbial “road less taken” can be seen today at Sentul Park, part of the Sentul West development in Kuala Lumpur by YTL Land & Development Bhd. RM1bil projects by YTL Land The Star Online, 21 May 2007 YTL Land & Development Bhd will be launching four new products with a gross development value (GDV) of RM980mil in its existing projects in the Klang Valley soon. Tips from the top Prestige Magazine, 12 May 2007 YTL Land & Development Berhad’s Executive Director, Dato’ Yeoh Seok Kian gives his expert view on what property hunters should look for, not to mention what YTL 'loyalists' can expect from his company. Farid Razali shoots some pertinent questions. The Maple by YTL Land a winner The Star Online, 2 April 2007 YTL Land & Development Bhd's first residential project in Sentul West, The Maple, is a stunner! However, it is more than the two slender 30-storey towers that have attracted the city folk. The magic in this entire development is the 35-acre lush green park. Natural pleasures The Peak Malaysia Magazine, 11 March 2007 Urban living takes on a distinctively nature-inspired feel at The Maple at Sentul West. Dato’ Yeoh Seok Kian, the Executive Director of YTL Land & Development Berhad, the company behind the project, shares the joys of living and investing in The Maple. Saffron of the east New Straits Times (Property Times), 31 July 2006 The Saffron at Sentul East condominium in Kuala Lumpur promises to spectacularly embody the concept of luxury in Sentul. Rejecting the austerity, monotony, and mundane existence of the old Sentul area, developer YTL Land & Development Bhd has set out to create its vision of elegance without taking any pecuniary considerations into account.
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