Latitude Tree leases land in Vietnam for expansion
KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 14): Latitude Tree Holdings Bhd is leasing a parcel of land measuring about 44,193 square metres in Binh Duong province, Vietnam, as preparation for expansion.
Synergy Promenade mulls legal action against FELDA
PETALING JAYA (September 15): Synergy Promenade Sdn Bhd's management and board will decide on possible legal action against the Federal Land Development Authority (FELDA), due to a dispute in the RM8.
Community support system for PPR residents
PETALING JAYA (Sept 14): The Housing and Local Government Ministry (KPKT) is looking to introduce a neighbourhood support system under the National Community Policy (NCP) for families residing in People’s Housing Projects (PPR).
Authorities can hold seized 1MDB cash and jewellery till May 2019, says Deputy IGP
KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 14): Deputy Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Noor Rashid Ibrahim said police can hold onto the seized 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) cash and jewellery for up to one year instead of three months as former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak (pictured) has claimed.
2018-2020 tourist arrival, receipt targets lowered
KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 14): Malaysia has revised down its forecast for the number of tourist arrivals for 2020 by 17% to a more realistic figure of 30 million, from an earlier target of 36 million.
Jho Low’s location a secret — police
KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 14): The police will not reveal the whereabouts of fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho, also known as Jho Low, even if they know it, Deputy Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Noor Rashid Ibrahim said.
Widow, children get to intervene in mum's claim to Jamaluddin’s RM2.1b estate — report
KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 13): The Syariah High Court here today allowed the Jamaluddin Jarjis’ (pictured) widow, Kalsom Ismail, and her four children (aged between 23 and 33) to intervene in his mother's faraid claim to the portion of the RM2.
DBKL task force investigates 97 suspicious land transactions
KUALA LUMPUR (September 13): A special task force probed 97 dubious transactions of 675.
Tony Tiah fails in takeover bid for TA Enterprise
KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 13): Datuk Tony Tiah Thee Kian, who launched a mandatory takeover offer (MGO) for TA Enterprise Bhd at 66 sen per share in July, has failed to garner the required acceptance from minority shareholders which would have given him control of over 50% of the total voting shares in the group.
Expert: Penang LRT would lose RM1.2 billion
GEORGE TOWN (September 13): A transport studies research expert says that Penang’s proposed Light Rail Transit (LRT) system is likely to lose RM1.
