Putrajaya will honour water deal with S’pore, says Saifuddin
KUALA LUMPUR (July 25): Malaysia will honour the water agreement with Singapore, Foreign Minister Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah told The Straits Times (ST) yesterday.
Exchange rate savings from Yen loans to repay 1MDB debt, says Mahathir
KUALA LUMPUR (July 23): To pay down 1MDB debts held in the US dollar or ringgit, the government will employ soft loans from Japan, Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad told Parliament today.
IJM Land to launch Suria Pantai affordable homes by year-end
PETALING JAYA (July 23): IJM Land Bhd will launch affordable housing project Suria Pantai, a part of its Pantai Sentral Park mixed-use development at Pantai Dalam in the fourth quarter of this year (4Q18) with units going for RM275,000.
Singapore wants Malaysia to give written response on HSR by July 31, says report
KUALA LUMPUR (July 21): The Republic of Singapore has asked Putrajaya to provide a written response to clarify Malaysia’s position on the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High Speed Rail (HSR) project by July 31, Bernama reported The Straits Times saying yesterday.
PM: Big-ticket items that 'generate wealth' should be SST-exempted
KUALA LUMPUR (July 21): Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad (pictured) is of the opinion that big-ticket items that can “generate wealth” for the country should be exempted from the impending sales and services tax (SST).
New gov’t will be business-friendly, not corrupt, says PM
KUALA LUMPUR (July 20): Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said today that under Malaysia’s new government, the nation will be business-friendly, and will enhance anti-corruption practices, in order to attract inflows of foreign and domestic direct investments.
Mah Sing CEO elected as Rehda Selangor deputy chairman
KUALA LUMPUR (July 20): Mah Sing Group Bhd CEO Datuk Ho Hon Sang (pictured) has been elected as deputy chairman of the Real Estate and Housing Developers’ Association (Rehda) Selangor.
KL-S'pore HSR: Dr Mahathir says RM110b project will have to be deferred
KUALA LUMPUR (July 19): Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said the planned Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High Speed Rail (HSR) will have to be deferred because it will be difficult to reduce the price of the project.
Suspected 1MDB-related money laundering in China projects that ‘smelt like a scam’
PETALING JAYA (July 18): A new front into the 1MDB inquiries has opened up.
Scientex seeks to build 50,000 affordable homes by 2028
KUALA LUMPUR (July 16): Scientex Bhd is targeting to deliver 50,000 units of affordable homes nationwide by 2028, said its managing director Lim Peng Jin.
