Paramount looks to expedite RM177m in special dividend payout

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 21): Paramount Corp Bhd wants to expedite the distribution of the RM177 million allocated as special dividend to its investors following the completion of the sale of its controlling equity interest in its pre-tertiary education business to Prestigion Education Sdn Bhd yesterday.

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No car park being built next to Fort Cornwallis

PETALING JAYA (Feb 20): “There is not now, nor has there ever been” a plan to build a multi-storey car park next to Fort Cornwallis (pictured) in Penang, according to Chief Minister of Penang Incorporated (CMI) in a statement today.

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Flight MH370: 'No firm proof about pilot'

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 20): The Malaysian authorities did examine the possibility of a criminal plot behind the disappearance of the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, said the then prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, but did not make the suspicions public as the plane’s recorders had not been found.

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