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SHAH ALAM (Dec 6): Gamuda Bhd said it agrees with Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohammad who said the costs involved for the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) were too big for a project that will only see full ridership after 20- to 30 years.

When Forest City won the United Nation’s (UN) Global Model of City-Industry Integration Award at the 2018 Sustainable Cities and Human Settlements Awards (SCAHSA) on Oct 30, 2018, it was a testament to the developer’s ongoing efforts “to create a better society with our existence”.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 6): Sunway Construction Group Bhd (SunCon) has bagged a RM100 million construction contract for a mixed development in Cheras.

SHAH ALAM (Dec 6): Gamuda Bhd said it is considering more overseas projects in order to maintain the pace of growth it has been achieving over the past decade, with compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 15% annually in terms of revenue and profit.

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KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 6): UEM Sunrise Bhd managing director and CEO Anwar Syahrin Abdul Ajib is aiming towards a similar sales target for FY2019, he told the media today.

PUTRAJAYA (Dec 6): Ex-PM Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak (pictured) has arrived at the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) HQ at about 10.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 6): Malaysian winners of the Asia Young Designer Award 2018 (AYDA 2018) will be representing the country to compete with winners from 14 geographical locations across Asia for the title of Asia Young Designer of the Year 2018/19.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 6): More names have cropped up in the Public Accounts Committee’s (PAC) probe into the alleged tampering of the final audit report on 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB), following a session between the committee and Auditor-General (AG) Tan Sri Dr Madinah Mohamad, who made the tampering claim, says PAC chairman Datuk Seri Ronald Kiandee.

REMBAU (Dec 5): A teenager was electrocuted while charging his mobile device at his home in Kampung Gaing Baru Pedas, here, two days ago.