News about Perak

IPOH (Jan 7): Twenty-six people in Perak had to pay for their bad habits when they were caught lighting up at eateries by state Health Department enforcement personnel on Jan 1, the first day of the smoking ban.

IPOH (Nov 28): The Perak government has been described by state PKR chief Farhash Wafa Salvador Rizal Mubarak as “irresponsible” for signing a memorandum of understanding with a Chinese company to explore rare earths mining, reported the Malay Mail.

IPOH (Nov 27): NGO Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) is worried that the Perak authorities may begin rare earth mining in the state after a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the state government and Chinese company Chinalco GXNF Rare Earth Development, the Malay Mail reported today.

PETALING JAYA: Perak developer RH Consortium Sdn Bhd is gearing up to introduce its first flagship development Riverbank Cove in Manjung, Perak.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 15): WCE Holdings Bhd, the concessionaire of West Coast Expressway, announced yesterday that its rights issue of redeemable convertible preference shares (RCPS) with free warrants, to raise up to RM481.

Transport infrastructure developments such as roads, railways, airports and ports tend to signal where the next property hot spot will be as they often serve as catalysts to drive economic activity while enhancing the liveability of the areas they serve or operate in.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 1): Majuperak Holdings Bhd has appointed Nizran Noordin — a former private secretary to the Perak chief minister — group chief executive officer with effect from tomorrow, in a boardroom reshuffle.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 18): Animation Theme Park Sdn Bhd (ATP), a 51%-owned unit of loss-making Perak Corp Bhd (PCB), has defaulted on its repayment of a syndicated term loan facility of up to RM280 million.

PETALING JAYA (Oct 11): The new minimum price threshold for the foreign purchase of high-rise residential property should be location-based and limited to completed units that remain unsold for at least a year, suggested Perbadanan PR1MA Malaysia chairman Tan Sri Eddy Chen (pictured).

IPOH (Oct 10): A group of Orang Asli handed over RM15,000 in alleged bribe money supposedly from a logging company to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) yesterday, the Star, Harian Metro and Berita Harian reported.