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GEORGE TOWN (Feb 15): Following a fall off the ferry during the journey from the Penang Island to the mainland, a passenger is feared to have drowned.

BUKIT JALIL: Having been rather quiet over the last two years, property developer Berjaya Land Bhd is expecting a busy 2019 with several development projects planned for launch this year.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 15): Former Goldman Sachs banker Roger Ng Chong Hwa (pictured), who is facing charges linked to 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) in the US and Malaysia, has decided not to challenge the US Department of Justice's (DoJ) application for him to be extradited to the US.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 15): Selangor Properties Bhd (SPB) has received the go-ahead from shareholders for it to be taken private, after approving the selective capital reduction (SCR) and repayment exercise launched by the Wen family, who owns a 68.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 14): Most of the traders on Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman (TAR) have voiced objection to the plan by Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) to close a 1km stretch to private vehicles on the street, one of the oldest shopping districts in the city.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 14): Selangor Properties Bhd (SPB) said today shareholders have approved the proposed selective capital reduction and repayment (SCR) in the company after the majority of them voted for the resolution to privatise the group.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 13): Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow has strongly refuted claims that the cost of the state's proposed Pan Island Link 1 (PIL 1) highway has further escalated to an exorbitantly priced figure of RM9 billion as claimed.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 13): Both the Malaysian and Chinese governments' handling of sensitive issues surrounding the proposed RM81 billion East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project, which is a matter of great concern to many parties, should be kept to a low profile, said the Malaysia-China Chamber of Commerce (MCCC) today.

KUALA LUMPUR: Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng has declared that the Tun Razak Exchange (TRX) project had been “detoxified”.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 12): As AIA Bhd’s anchor tenant Standard Chartered Bank (M) (StanChart) prepares to relocate its headquarters from Menara Standard Chartered (pictured) to nearby Equatorial Plaza in the third quarter (3Q) of 2019, the insurer is silent on plans for its prized office asset.