Chinese pilot banned from flying after passenger cockpit photo
PETALING JAYA (Nov 5): Air Guilin banned a Chinese pilot from flying after a photo showing a female passenger in the cockpit went viral this week, the BBC reported today.
BNM holds interest rates at 3%
KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 5): Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) today left its key interest rate unchanged, as it expects the country's economic growth to come in within projections this year and the pace sustained going into 2020.
Singapore agrees to suspend RTS again — until April 30 next year
KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 5): Singapore has agreed to a request by Malaysia to suspend the cross-border Rapid Transit System (RTS) link by a further six months until April 30, 2020.
Genting Malaysia unit buys 13.2 million Empire shares from Kien Huat
KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 5): Genting Malaysia Bhd's wholly-owned subsidiary Genting (USA) Ltd (GenUSA) had on Monday (Nov 4) purchased 13.
MACC's Latheefa: Probe into 16 Mindef land swap deals over 25 years 'very complex'
KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 5): The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) investigations all 16 Ministry of Defence (Mindef) land swap deals that took place over the last quarter of a century “is set to be very complex”, Chief Commissioner Latheefa Koya said today.
Mara Digital Mall to be slightly more multiracial
KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 5): Mara Corp chairman Akhramsyah Muammar Ubaidah Sanusi wants Mara Digital Mall to step away from its racial issue origin by letting traders have more freedom in choosing suppliers and adopting new technology, Free Malaysia Today reported today.
Cyprus president wants Jho Low's passport revoked: Report
KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 5): In the latest twist to the story of fugitive business man Jho Low holding a Cyprus passport, the country’s president Nicos Anastasiades yesterday agreed to having the Malaysian’s passport revoked if investigations justify it.
Pulau Indah power plant project not terminated as new capacity needed to meet demand in central region, says minister
KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 5): The government decided to proceed with the power generation project on Pulau Indah partly because there is a need to raise supply in the central region to cope with the strong demand, especially in the Klang Valley which accounts for 43% of the total demand in the peninsula, according to Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change Minister Yeo Bee Yin.
MMAG to sell vacant industrial land in Klang for RM13m
KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 5): MMAG Holdings Bhd is planning to dispose of a piece of freehold vacant industrial land in Klang for RM13 million in cash to Acter Carton Enterprise Sdn Bhd.
Despite ‘zero governance’ of 1MDB-PetroSaudi JV, partnership continued to maintain ‘strategic relationship’
KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 5): The High Court here was told that the joint venture (JV) between 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) and PetroSaudi International (PSI) in 2009 had “zero governance”, yet the former persisted in partnering with the latter to preserve their “strategic relationship”, a witness said.
