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PETALING JAYA (Feb 26): Shah Alam City Council (MBSA) has clarified that the plot of land near the Bukit Cerakah Forest Reserve in Shah Alam is not part of the forest reserve.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 26): Urban development policies have been “for too long” under the purview of “politicians who often make decisions on what wins the most votes”, president of the Malaysian Institute of Planners (MIP) Ihsan Zainal Mokhtar (pictured) told the Malay Mail recently.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 26): Wider profit margin helped to lift Sunway Construction Group Bhd’s (SunCon) earnings for the fourth quarter ended Dec 31, 2018 (4QFY18).

KLANG (Feb 26): Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said yesterday that Malaysia will continue with the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project if the price is right.

PETALING JAYA (Feb 25): Agents for the Malaysia My Second Home (MM2H) have been caught in a bind over the delay of approvals for the programme aimed at encouraging selected foreigners to live in the country.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 25): With Malaysia’s economic growth seen to moderate going into 2019, coupled with talks of a potential global recession, pump-priming could be one of the ways to support economic growth.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 25): The construction sector, the worst-performing sector in 2018 with the Bursa Malaysia Construction Index (KLCON) declining by more than 50% during the year, may now be seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 23): Eastern & Oriental Bhd (E&O) slipped into the red in the third financial quarter ended Dec 31, 2018 (3QFY19), posting a net loss of RM8.

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.