FDI is 'essential factor' to help property market recover
KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 14): Foreign direct investment (FDI) is an essential factor if the local property market is to recover, experts tell The Edge Malaysia.
Pakatan Harapan rejects Muhyiddin's offer, calls for his resignation
KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 14): The Pakatan Harapan Presidential Council has rejected Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin's offer for bipartisan cooperation with the Opposition, calling it blatant corruption.
Muhyiddin reaches out to rival MPs with promise to limit PM to two terms, have anti-hopping law and give opposition leader Cabinet level privileges
KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 13): Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin is seeking bipartisan support from rival members of parliament (MPs) with promises of significant reforms, including limiting the prime minister's tenure to two terms, to solve the ongoing Malaysian political crisis.
Majuperak enters RM140m land swap deal to add landbank in Silver Valley Technology Park
KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 13): Majuperak Holdings Bhd has entered into a land swap deal to dispose of four plots of its land valued at RM100 milllion in Sungai Raya to the Perak State Economic Development Corporation (PKNP) in exchange for three pieces of land valued at RM140 million in Hulu Kinta In a filing today, Majuperak said the difference of RM40 million will be deemed as an amount owed by the group to PKNP.
BNM says banks will continue to offer targeted loan repayment assistance to borrowers when moratorium ends
KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 13): Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) governor Datuk Nor Shamsiah Mohd Yunus said today banks in the country will continue to offer the Covid-19 pandemic-driven targeted loan-repayment assistance to borrowers when the loan-repayment moratorium expires by the end of 2021.
MCCC: MM2H new terms should be for new applicants, not existing participants
PETALING JAYA (Aug 13): Malaysia-China Chamber of Commerce (MCCC) has lauded the reactivation of the Malaysia My Second Home (MM2H) Programme but expressed reservation on the new stringent terms imposed.
Covid-19: Malaysia's daily vaccination doses rise to 525,342 on Aug 12
KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 13): Malaysia's daily vaccination rate increased to 525,342 doses yesterday (Aug 12), from 497,352 reported for the previous day, according to the latest data from the Covid-19 Immunisation Task Force (CITF).
Ta Ann sees improved earnings for timber segment amid shortage of raw materials
KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 13): Timber and oil palm player Ta Ann Holdings Bhd said it is optimistic of an improved performance from its timber segment for the current year.
EdgeProp Malaysia championing the call for better indoor air and ventilation in buildings
As the threat of Covid-19 pandemic continues to rage, the importance of prevention and protection by every Malaysian against the attack cannot be dismissed.
Keeping Covid-19 away: A change of air needed
Air-conditioned offices, classrooms, restaurants and shopping malls – these are typically regarded the “rich cousins” of their open-window, fan-operated, door-less, open-air and street-side counterparts.
