News about Parliament

KUALA LUMPUR (July 31): The Federal government tabled the Sales Tax Bill 2018 and Services Tax Bill 2018 (SST Bills) for their first reading in the Dewan Rakyat today.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 26): Former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak is concerned over the future of the country's corporate sector following the offer by Khazanah Nasional Bhd's board of directors to resign en masse from their posts.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 24): Cows and condos.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jul 24): The Council of Eminent Persons’ (CEP) authority came into question today in Parliament, particularly on matters surrounding its chairman Tun Daim Zainuddin’s official visit to China on behalf of Malaysia.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 23): Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Liew Vui Keong said today that the Malaysian government hopes to table the sales and services tax (SST) bill in Parliament next week to replace the goods and services tax (GST).

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.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 29): The family of former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak (pictured) has commenced the legal process to claim their items which have been seized by police.

PETALING JAYA (May 30): Over-development in parts of Kuala Lumpur such as Segambut has caused more flash floods to occur, said Segambut MP Hannah Yeoh.

PETALING JAYA (May 17): Property prices are expected to drop following the goods and services tax (GST) rate reduction to zero from 6% prior, said the Real Estate and Housing Developers’ Association (Rehda) president Datuk Seri FD Iskandar.

PETALING JAYA (March 12): Former Federal Land Development Authority (Felda) chairman Tan Sri Isa Samad and an unnamed general manager at the agency were the two individuals who signed the Power of Attorney (PA) for Felda’s land at Jalan Semarak in Kuala Lumpur, Parliament was told today.