Positive construction outlook, more jobs coming up


Good prospects: Maybank IB says construction companies with healthy order books will benefit the most as infrastructure projects pick up. — Bloomberg

PETALING JAYA: Maybank Investment Bank (IB) Research, which is maintaining a “positive” call on the construction sector, expects more construction jobs in the second half of 2017 and into next year.

The research house said construction companies with healthy order books would benefit the most as infrastructure projects pick up.

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