Residents of Apartment Permai, PJ live in fear after wall collapse
PETALING JAYA (Nov 9): Residents of low and medium cost Apartment Permai here have been living in fear since one of their retention walls collapsed in May.
Help, the MRT station is leaking
PETALING JAYA (Nov 9): Is our maintenance culture failing us again? Many Klang Valleyites were over the moon when the MRT service was launched but reports are now flowing in about “defects”, “technical glitches” and “delays” at some stations.
Jho Low's St Kitts and Nevis passport deactivated — report
KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 8): The government of St Kitts and Nevis had in June this year deactivated Low Taek Jho's (pictured) passport through Interpol after a broad media and criminal database check, the St Kitts & Nevis Observer reported on Tuesday.
Acoustech buys Melaka serviced apartments
PETALING JAYA (Nov 8): Acoustech Bhd has entered into an agreement with Jaya Mapan Sdn Bhd to acquire a block of serviced apartments in Melaka for a purchase consideration of RM18 million, The Star reported yesterday.
Landslide incident unearthed alien squatter settlements
GEORGE TOWN (Nov 7): The contractor of the Bukit Kukus construction site has declared that the nine foreign workers which were killled in the landslide last month were not his.
Scientex to speed up development of affordable homes in next 10 years
KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 7): Scientex Bhd is looking to accelerate its development of affordable housing units, and plans to build 32,500 units over the next 10 years to meet its 50,000 homes target by 2028.
Finance Ministry: Foreign online services need to register with Customs
KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 7): The Finance Ministry said today foreign online services will need to register with the Royal Malaysian Customs Department to ensure a level playing field between Malaysian and foreign companies.
Musa Aman claims he was cleared of the charges years ago
KUALA LUMPIUR (Nov 6): Former Sabah Chief Minister Musa Aman has claimed that he was cleared of the the 35 charges against him "10 to 14 years ago".
SC supportive of innovative ideas like property crowdfunding platforms
KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 5): The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) (pictured) said today it is supportive of innovative ideas that tap into the transformative power of technology to democratise investments, allowing more financing options for Malaysians to buy their first homes and enhance their socio-economic well-being.
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Cutting double taxation to lower business costs
KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 5): The announcement that exemptions will be granted for specific business-to-business (B2B) service tax from Jan 1, 2019 for registered service tax entities would help lower the costs of doing business by eliminating pyramiding taxation, or the tax-on-tax effect.
