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Within untended jungle that was formerly Tyersall Park, just next to the Botanic Gardens in Singapore, sits the ruins of Istana Woodneuk.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 22): Work package contractors (WPCs) of the Light Rail Transit 3 (LRT3), who have earlier complained about not being paid by Prasarana Malaysia Bhd, can now expect to receive the RM255 million remainder following the novation agreement signed by Prasarana, MRCB-George Kent Sdn Bhd and the WPCs today.

SEMENYIH (Feb 22): The Malaysian Government has not secured the cooperation of an unnamed country to extradite fugitive financier Joh Low, Home Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said at a ceramah here last night.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 22): Prominent Umno lawyer Datuk Hafarizam Harun has claimed trial in the Sessions Court yesterday to two counts of money laundering amounting to RM15 million.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 22): The Ministry of Defence (Mindef) allegedly lost RM258 million by selling the Royal Malaysian Air Force base in Kinrara, Puchong at a 34% discount to tycoon Tan Sri Syed Mokhtar Albukhary in a politically motivated land swap deal, said sources contacted by The Edge Financial Daily yesterday.

  PETALING JAYA (Feb 22): Forbes Travel Guide Star Ratings, announced on 20th February 2019 in New York, honoured Crockfords Hotel at Resorts World Genting with the Five-Star award – making Crockfords the only hotel in Malaysia to receive such an honour and one of only 210 hotels worldwide bestowed with Forbes Travel Guide’s most prestigious ranking.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 21): Medical tourism will continue to support the growth of Penang’s hotel property sector which could also create multiplier effects on the northern region’s economy, said CBRE|WTW Penang branch director Peh Seng Yee.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 21): Alpha REIT Managers Sdn Bhd chairman Datuk Stewart Labrooy said real estate investment trust (REIT) of government buildings would do very well, given the good location and quality of these assets.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 21): The Tun Razak Exchange (TRX) (pictured) project here will take a long time to achieve full occupancy of its 2.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 21): It is time for Malaysian retailers and shopping mall operators to stop asking whether e-commerce or physical stores will win in the fight for shoppers and focus on combining the two to create a shopping experience targeted at millennials, said retail consultancy Savills Malaysia.