E&O to raise up to RM1.5b via sukuk programme
KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 20): Eastern & Oriental Bhd (E&O) plans to set up a sukuk programme to raise up to RM1.
房屋趣：创造值得投资的价值
在你进入藤泽永续智能市镇（Fujisawa Sustainable Smart Town）前，你可能已经发现这并不是一个普通的市镇。因为，有多少市镇会在镇前的道路安装一条长达400米的太阳能电板？ 前往这个位于日本神奈川（Kanagawa）县的永续智能市镇，首先会进入的是一个名为Welcome Garden的长型花园，然后就会抵达藤泽永续智能市镇委员中心及中央公园。 在这短短的路途上，你会发现更多智能与永续的设计，像是配有感应器、闭路电视和太阳能电板的LED街灯。 这些不起眼的街灯，是该市镇努力为住户创造环保与永续家居的最佳证明。 通过配置的闭路电视，这些街灯为市镇的各个地方进行监控，例如市镇入口、公共建筑、阴暗的公园角落及街道的人行道等，以确保镇内与居民的安全。 当夜幕降临，这些街灯会用一种智能的方式照亮整个市镇。在一般的“待机”模式下，这些街灯的亮度会降低至70%，但一旦感应器感应到底下有人经过时，他们就会把亮度调节到100%。 而且，通过一个无线网络系统，它们会“通知”前面的街灯，让它们也把亮度调到最高。 而这些只是2019年EdgeProp Malaysia卓越打造永续、管理及健康考察团所见识到的部分设计，参与此次考察的包括房屋与地方政府部长Zuraida Kamaruddin、大马房地产发展公司的高层，还有EdgeProp Malaysia最佳管理产业大奖的评委。 这个从10月3日展开的三日考察团，是由EdgeProp.
Kit Siang: If Azila also makes a sumpah laknat, whose will prevail?
KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 19): Veteran DAP politician Lim Kit Siang has asked a very interesting question today over plans by former PM Datuk Seri Najib Razak to swear a religious oath (sumpah laknat) that he did not order the murder of Mongolian Altantuya Shaariibuu.
Michelin-starred chicken rice Hawker Chan available now in Petaling Street
KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 19): Fancy Michelin-starred chicken rice? The famous Hawker Chan chicken rice from Singapore opened for business in Petaling Street here yesterday.
Group unsatisfied by explanation from authorities, says new islands were ‘sneaked’ into Penang Structure Plan
GEORGE TOWN: Local pressure group Socialist Progressive Front is unsatisfied by the explanation from local authorities on the fourth and fifth island in the 2030 Penang Structure Plan (RSN) revealed last week and claims the islands were "sneaked in", Free Malaysia Today (FMT) reported today.
New RM1,200 minimum wage to take effect on Jan 1 in towns under 57 city councils
KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 18): The government has mandated that the new RM1,200 monthly minimum wage will be implemented on Jan 1, 2020 in the administered area of 57 city councils.
Najib unsure of his own signatures in SRC documents
KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 18): Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak backtracked on his previous claim that his signatures in several documents related to 1Malaysia Development Bhd's (1MDB) former subsidiary SRC International Sdn Bhd were forged and manipulated, admitting today that he could not confirm whether the signatures on the documents were his or not.
US Securities Commission said Najib got kickbacks from 1MDB bonds
PETALING JAYA (Dec 18): The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) named former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak as a recipient of kickbacks from bonds raised by former Goldman Sachs executive Tim Leissner for 1MDB, Malaysiakini reported today.
Dr M stays silent over 'meeting' ex-police commando Azilah
PUTRAJAYA (Dec 18): Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad did not say anything at all when asked by a journalist if he met ex-Special Action Force police officer Azilah Hadri (pictured).
IPIC trial dates vacated to make way for SRC case
KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 18): The High Court here today has vacated the January and February trial dates of Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak and former Treasury secretary-general Tan Sri Mohd Irwan Serigar Abdullah's International Petroleum International Corp (IPIC) case.
