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KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 3): Former prime minister Najib Razak and wife Rosmah Mansor are both being questioned today, in the investigation into alleged graft linked to state fund 1MDB.

KUALA LUMPUR (October 1): The fact that most property developers’ unbilled sales — sales which are already locked in but not yet captured in the books — have been declining does not seem to come as a surprise to many analysts given the lack of catalysts moving the property sector.

  KUALA LUMPUR (September 28): Just as the government announced that there will be no change after all in the terms of the levy for skilled foreign workers, the Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM) is insisting that the RM10,000 per worker annual payment will be too difficult for employers to bear.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 27): The Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC), in welcoming the Ministry of Finance's retraction of its earlier stance that the levy for migrant workers be split 20:80 between employers and foreign workers, has also called for the withdrawal of all tax concessions granted on the levy.

  PETALING JAYA (September 27): The government should reconsider its decision to maintain its original plan for employers to pay the full RM10,000 levy due for an extension of employment for skilled foreign workers, said the Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 27): The Malaysian Institute of Property and Facility Managers (MIPFM) president Sarkunan Subramaniam said instead of putting a halt on new retail and office developments, the government should bring the country’s economy back on the right track to address the space glut.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 27): After enduring a marathon of more than 12 hours of questioning by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) yesterday, wife of former PM Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor may soon have to face the police.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 27): There is a need to bring facility management and property management together to give the market a better understanding of the functions and roles of both fields as well as to raise their standards, said the Malaysian Institute of Property and Facility Managers (MIPFM) president Sarkunan Subramaniam.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 26): Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, the wife of former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, has left the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission headquarters in Putrajaya at 10.

PUTRAJAYA (Sept 26): Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor (pictured) had today arrived at the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) headquarters here for questioning again on graft allegations related to SRC International Sdn Bhd, a former subsidiary of 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB).