Malaysia and Singapore clash over hawker food culture
PETALING JAYA (August 23): Singapore’s bid to add their hawker culture to Unesco’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity has caused some backlash amongst Malaysians.
Kepong MP urges government to freeze transactions of 19 land plots in KL
KEPONG (Aug 23): Kepong MP Lim Lip Eng will lodge a report with the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission to investigate 19 pieces of land owned by Yayasan Wilayah Persekutuan (YWP).
Report of shock over ECRL scrapping
KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 22): From normal workers to top officials, those involved in the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) are still in shock over the scrapping of the mega project.
MQREIT sees 4.48% traded off-market
KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 21): MRCB-Quill REIT (MQREIT) saw 48 million of its units cross off-market today.
11 year-old boy falls to his death from Shah Alam apartment balcony
SHAH ALAM (August 16): An 11-year-old boy fell to his death from his family’s fifth-floor apartment unit, located at the Royal Malaysian Air Force (TUDM) quarters yesterday, reports the NST.
Mudajaya’s Sungai Buloh office tower contract terminated
KUALA LUMPUR (August 16): Mudajaya Group Bhd said the RM118.
SST waiver on construction materials, services alone won't bring down home prices
KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 13): While some building materials will be exempted from the soon-to-be implemented Sales and Services Tax (SST), house prices may not come down due to the increase in other cost components, said Housing and Local Government (KPKT) Deputy Minister Datuk Raja Kamarul Bahrin Shah.
MIEA: Property investors to make a comeback
PETALING JAYA (Aug 9): Malaysian Institute of Estate Agents (MIEA) holds an optimistic outlook of the property market and believes that real estate investors will make a comeback, due to improving fundamentals under the new government and new policies to address the sector's issues.
Najib leaves MACC after one hour of questioning
KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 7): Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak (pictured), who arrived at the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) at 4.
KK airport executive held over airport rental space bribes
PETALING JAYA (Aug 7): A Kota Kinabalu International Airport executive has been remanded for four days for allegedly receiving bribes worth RM36,500 in relation to the approval of airport rental space, reported The Star.
