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KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 3): Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has defended his appointment as the chairman of Khazanah Nasional Bhd, saying it is in line with efforts to put the state-owned investment fund on the right track.

PETALING JAYA (Aug 2): The cabinet has approved a month-long extension for the Selangor state government to negotiate the acquisition of Syarikat Pengeluar Air Selangor Holdings (Splash), reported the New Straits Times.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 2): Umno politician Datuk Seri Abdul Azeez Abd Rahim, speaking in Parliament yesterday, described Economic Affairs Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali as the country’s most powerful person after Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 1): Khazanah Nasional Bhd, which saw all its board members resign en masse last week, will continue to be managed by professionals despite having two politicians on its board now, according to Economic Affairs Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 31): The Federal government tabled the Sales Tax Bill 2018 and Services Tax Bill 2018 (SST Bills) for their first reading in the Dewan Rakyat today.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 26): Former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak is concerned over the future of the country's corporate sector following the offer by Khazanah Nasional Bhd's board of directors to resign en masse from their posts.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 24): Cows and condos.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jul 24): The Council of Eminent Persons’ (CEP) authority came into question today in Parliament, particularly on matters surrounding its chairman Tun Daim Zainuddin’s official visit to China on behalf of Malaysia.

PETALING JAYA (July 23): Amid Malaysia’s soft office market, luxury serviced office and co-working space provider Colony Space Asia Sdn Bhd revealed a prototype for its future luxury office suites called Jamestown Suite today.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 23): Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Liew Vui Keong said today that the Malaysian government hopes to table the sales and services tax (SST) bill in Parliament next week to replace the goods and services tax (GST).