Azeez says Azmin is country’s most powerful person after Mahathir
KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 2): Umno politician Datuk Seri Abdul Azeez Abd Rahim, speaking in Parliament yesterday, described Economic Affairs Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali as the country’s most powerful person after Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
Prasarana to set aside RM90m for new ferries, ferry upgrades
KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 2): Prasarana Malaysia Bhd plans to allocate RM90 million to upgrade Penang’s ferry service facility and to buy new ferries, according to Transport Minister Anthony Loke.
Google building third data centre in Singapore
SINGAPORE (Aug 2): US Internet giant Google announced yesterday it will be building a third data centre in Singapore to meet rapid user growth in the region, bringing its total long-term investment in such facilities here to US$850 million (RM3.
Singapore welcomes Malaysia’s intentions for HSR discussion
SINGAPORE (August 1): Singapore’s Ministry of Transport (MOT) said that Singapore welcomes Malaysia’s intention to discuss the High-Speed Rail (HSR) project.
UPDATE: Is EPF’s Shahril Ridza Khazanah’s new MD?
KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 2): The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) chief executive office (CEO) Datuk Shahril Ridza Ridzuan (pictured) is tipped to fill the vacancy created by the departure of Khazanah Nasional Bhd managing director (MD) Tan Sri Azman Mokhtar, sources say.
Former Khazanah chief Azman says he had 'good and respectful' exit meeting with Dr M
KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 1): Tan Sri Azman Mokhtar (pictured) said he had a positive meeting with Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad before officially clocking out for the last time from Khazanah Nasional Bhd's office as its managing director yesterday.
Woman's charred remains found in motorcycle shop
KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 1): The charred remains of a woman were found following after a fire which gutted a motorcycle shop in Jalan Sentul here last night.
‘Teh tarik’ water in Klang River to run crystal clear by 2020
KUALA LUMPUR (August 1): Federal Territories Minister Khalid Samad said that the Klang River should be clean enough for people to wash their clothes in, and hopes to achieve this by 2020.
G25's Mohd Sheriff lauds ex-Khazanah chief Azman's leadership
KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 1): The next person to lead Khazanah Nasional Bhd as managing director should be a professional who is not politically active, and who has a proven record in management, said the sovereign wealth fund’s former managing director Tan Sri Mohd Sheriff Mohd Kassim.
