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KUALA LUMPUR (June 22): Council of Eminent Persons member Tan Sri Dr Zeti Akhtar Aziz (pictured) said today the Malaysian Government's decision to appoint Datuk Nor Shamsiah Mohd Yunus as the new Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) Governor is a demonstration of respect for the central banking institution.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 22): Mass Rapid Transit Corp Sdn Bhd (MRT Corp) is looking at various ways to reduce the cost of the second line (Line 2), which currently stands at around RM32 billion, said its chief executive officer Datuk Seri Shahril Mokhtar.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 22): Economic Affairs Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali has instructed the Federal Land Development Authority (Felda), which is embroiled in several controversial deals, to undertake an “external forensic audit to get to the bottom of this”.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 22): State-owned fund manager Permodalan Nasional Bhd (PNB) has declined to comment on reports that its chairman Tan Sri Abdul Wahid Omar will be resigning early next month.

(Video courtesy of TRX City Sdn Bhd) PETALING JAYA (June 21): TRX City Sdn Bhd has welcomed the Ministry of Finance’s RM2.

SHAH ALAM (June 21): Residents of Bukit Bayu in Section 10, Shah Alam are trying to halt a potential development in an estimated five to six hectares (12 to 15 acres) of forested area in Bukit Cerakah.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 21): Bukit Bintang MP Fong Kui Lun said that the controversy involving the rental of Ramadan bazaar lots in Kuala Lumpur could have been checked had there been local elections, reported the news portal The Malaysian Insight.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 21): KLCC (Holdings) Sdn Bhd will proceed with its property projects as planned but is mindful about the current soft market sentiment in the commercial property sector, according to group chief executive officer Datuk Hashim Wahir.

PETALING JAYA (June 20): Datuk Seri Jamal Yunos’ house in the Klang Valley was burgled by four men claiming to be his bodyguards, reported The Star.

PETALING JAYA (June 20): Disputes over the prices of land to be acquired for the development of the Johor Baru-Singapore rapid transit link (RTS) may delay the project.