News about Malaysian

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 22): Five Malaysians, all men, were arrested by the Australian Border Force (ABF) in Perth over “suspected involvement in a foreign worker exploitation syndicate within the construction industry”, reported The West Australian today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 30): UOB Malaysia expects the Malaysian economy to contract 5.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 23): Malaysian Resources Corp Bhd (MRCB)’s net profit for the third quarter ended Sept 30, 2020 (3QFY20) slumped 63% to RM920,000 from RM2.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 22): These are rather pessimistic times and I hate to be throwing in more pessimism.

JOHOR BAHRU (Nov 17): A lot of Malaysians working in Singapore are reconciled to the fact they will not be able to return home until the Covid-19 pandemic is over.

PETALING JAYA (Nov 6): On digitalisation of the construction industry, Malaysian Institute of Architects (PAM) president Datuk Ezumi Harzani Ismail hopes that the grant allocated would not be targeted only to help companies to acquire software and hardware, but also to develop a structured system that would promote the usage of Building Information Modelling (BIM).

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 30): The Malaysian Association of Film Exhibitors (MAFE) has collectively decided to temporarily suspend operations.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 26): The Malaysian Bar has hailed the Yang di-Pertuan Agong’s decision not to proclaim an emergency.

PETALING JAYA (Oct 19): Malaysian real estate industry expects a strong market rebound  in 2022 after prolonged sluggish growth in 2020 and 2021,  according to Juwai IQI’s research.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 15):  Local hotels are experiencing booking cancellations in light of the new conditional movement control order (CMCO) imposed in Selangor, Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya, said the Malaysian Association of Hotels.