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KUALA LUMPUR: Rising investments from China can bring immense economic potential to Malaysia, but there needs to be a higher level of transparency and accountability in such state-business relations to prevent power abuse, according to economists.

PETALING JAYA (July 12): The tourism tax is deemed a lopsided system because it is borne only by established hotels but not short stay platforms like Airbnb, said the Malaysian Association of Hotel Owners (MAHO) president Tan Sri Teo Chiang Hong.

  KUALA LUMPUR (July 12): Datuk Seri Najib Razak (pictured) will be withdrawing his appeal against the High Court's decision to reject his application to strike out seven charges he is facing over RM42 million of SRC International Sdn Bhd's funds.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 12): Kejuruteraan Asastera Bhd (KAB) shares fell 2.

The industry, the market and the people may have had their doubts when they first heard of the multi-billion pound Battersea Power Station (BPS) development in London by a Malaysian consortium, but the BPS team has not let naysayers distract them from their work, which is targeted for completion next year.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 12): A Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) officer testified yesterday he noticed the name of fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho, better known as Jho Low, in data extracted from a mobile telephone belonging to a bank officer who handled former premier Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s personal accounts.

PETALING JAYA (July 9): The five-storey building that formerly housed the Seberang Prai Municipal Council (MPSP) headquarters is up for rent at at RM25,000 a month.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 9): Syarikat Dhaya Maju LTAT Sdn Bhd — a 80:20 joint venture between privately-held construction company Dhaya Maju Infrastructure (Asia) Sdn Bhd (DMIA) and Lembaga Tabung Angkatan Tentera (LTAT) — has won back the second phase of the Klang Valley Double Track (KVDT2) rehabilitation contract, 10 months after it was terminated.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 9): A witness from the Ministry of Finance testified that he was asked to sign a letter on behalf of the ministry, ordering the Retirement Fund (Incorporated) (KWAP) to release a RM2 billion loan to SRC International Sdn Bhd months before a government guarantee was issued, as the company needed the funds urgently.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 9): Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) is unlikely to cut interest rate when the monetary policy committee meets today.