Reviewing 2018: 10 highlights
It would probably be an understatement to say the year 2018 has been an extraordinary year for Malaysia.
It would probably be an understatement to say the year 2018 has been an extraordinary year for Malaysia.
PETALING JAYA (Dec 27): Umno will open its Institut Latihan Memperkasa Ummah (Ilmu) leadership retreat to the public for the first time next March as the beleaguered party seeks more income streams, reported The Malaysian Insight.
PETALING JAYA (Dec 26): Research from a global property firm has found that Kuala Lumpur home prices fell this year.
PETALING JAYA (Dec 24): Six men were charged with rioting and obstructing police at the Sri Maha Mariamman temple in USJ25, Subang Jaya, two weeks ago.
PETALING JAYA (Dec 22): The Selangor authorities will cooperate with the Health Ministry to come up with “proper guidelines” on the smoking ban set to be enforced on Jan 1 next year.
KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 22): The “plight” of multinational advertising and public relations firm WPP’s employees working in new offices at their Petaling Jaya campus in Block H within Empire City Damansara has given negative publicity to real estate investment company Pelaburan Hartanah Bhd (PHB)’s office building investment.
SUBANG JAYA (Dec 21): Subang Jaya Municipal Council (MPSJ) has raised the service charge for the dumping of construction waste from RM100 to RM300 starting from Dec 1.
KOTA KINABALU (Dec 21): In an effort to clean up what has been dubbed the dirtiest district in Sabah, authorities in Semporna are mulling making the litterbugs wear vests with the word “monkey”.
A car paint shop and a workshop operators have been put in a fix when their customers’ cars were seized in an operation to take back the land the shops occupied.
KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 20): Chuan Huat Resources Bhd is seeking to clinch a deal to supply building materials worth up to RM200 million for a project in Kuala Lumpur with a gross development value of over RM2.