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Melaka Gateway dispute: Apex court hearing adjourned as parties pursue out-of-court settlement

A three-member Federal Court bench had on Wednesday granted KAJ an adjournment till May 19, 2022 to hear the company's application for permission to appeal against the Court of Appeal's decision in 2021 to reject its application for permission to initiate a judicial review to challenge the Melaka state government’s move to terminate its agreement with KAJ involving land reclamation with the Straits of Malacca for the Melaka Gateway project.

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Berjaya Food to acquire two commercial units in Berjaya Times Square for RM15.67

In a filing with Bursa Malaysia on Wednesday, Berjaya Food said its wholly-owned subsidiary Berjaya Starbucks Coffee Company Sdn Bhd (BStarbucks) has entered two separate sale and purchase agreements with Berjaya Times Square Sdn Bhd (BTS), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Berjaya Assets Bhd for the proposed acquisition of the units located on Level 10, Berjaya Times Square in Jalan Imbi, Kuala Lumpur.

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MIDF Research sees 'no catalyst' ahead for listed construction firms

“If you look at the [recent] Budget, there are a lot of potential construction jobs but what we see is that there is some de-emphasis on the government in terms of mega projects like there is no mention of Mass Rapid Transit Line 3 (MRT3) for example. Secondly, a lot of the construction projects and the development expenditure (DE) most likely will benefit smaller non-listed players.

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