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PETALING JAYA (Nov 1): At least three of the 39 illegal migrants found dead in the back of a truck in Essex, Britain came from a place called “Billionaire Village” in Vietnam, according to a report by Reuters today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 1): Residents of People's Housing Projects (PPRs) will soon be able to learn how to turn trash into cash under the soon-to-be-launched Dasar Kebersihan Negara, or National Cleanliness Policy (NCP).

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 1): Datuk Abdul Rahman Ahmad, former president-cum-group chief executive officer of Permodalan Nasional Bhd, has been appointed non-independent and non-executive chairman of Sime Darby Bhd.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 1): The details of the proposed acquisition of four Gamuda Bhd toll concessionaires, which were supposed to be finalised yesterday between the company and the government, has been extended for another two months, with the latest completion date set no later than March 31 next year, according to the company.

PETALING JAYA (Oct 31): The key figure in the 1Malaysia Development Bhd scandal Low Taek Jho, better known as Jho Low, is currently in the United Arab Emirates and and has obtained asylum in another country on the basis of human rights and political persecution, legal sources told The Malaysian Insight (TMI).

PETALING JAYA (Oct 31): Budget hotels are hoping that an app will help them to counter the increasing popularity of Airbnb accommodation online travel agencies.

  PETALING JAYA (Oct 31): The RM150m Sungai Pinang Flood Mitigation Project is slated to begin mid-2020, pending the completion of consultancy work, said Penang local government committee chairman Jagdeep Singh Deo.

  KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 31): PLUS Malaysia Bhd said today the highway operator was already a debt-ridden company when Syarikat Danasaham Sdn Bhd took over UEM Group Bhd (UEMG) from Renong Bhd and subsequently privatised UEMG in 2001.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 30): The High Court today ordered the Works Minister, the de-facto Law Minister and government to be defendants in a suit brought by contractor Mega Sasa Sdn Bhd against the Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC), its director Vinayak Pradhan, Kinta Bakti Sdn Bhd and one Soh Lieh Sieng.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 30): Malaysia Airlines Bhd (MAB) has inked a wide-ranging commercial agreement with Singapore Airlines (SIA) to share revenue on flights between Singapore and Malaysia, expand codeshare routes and participate in joint marketing activities to develop tourism.