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KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 17): Malaysia hopes to spearhead the research and development (R&D) and commercialisation of green packaging and other alternatives for single-use plastics.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 17): Malaysia may introduce a state-enforced pollution charge on single-use plastics on businesses by 2021, said Minister of Energy, Science and Technology, and Climate Change, Yeo Bee Yin.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 17): Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said the Causeway Link will look 'strange' if the crooked bridge project between Malaysia and Singapore is revived.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 17): Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) governor Datuk Seri Nor Shamsiah Mohd Yunus has said Asian countries facing increased market volatility need the option to use capital controls to pre-empt financial crises.

  KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 17): Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail said ensuring an equitable distribution of wealth among the people is one of the core elements that the Pakatan Harapan government is working to achieve.

PETALING JAYA (Oct 16): Representing disabled people, a coalition of NGOs today denounced Putrajaya’s plan to replace feeder buses with Grab cars,  Free Malaysia Today reports that the NGOs called the idea unacceptable and simplistic.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 16): KIP Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) announced a marginal 3.

PETALING JAYA (Oct 15): The National House Buyers Association (HBA) has called upon the Real Estate and Housing Developers Association (Rehda) to redefine its “outright unrealistic” definition of affordable housing, according to a New Straits Times report.

MELBOURNE (Oct 15): S P Setia Bhd is optimistic about the property demand in Melbourne, Australia, as the population of one of the world’s most liveable cities continues to rise and is expected to surpass that of New South Wales’ capital city, Sydney, in the next decade, said the company president and CEO Datuk Khor Chap Jen.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 15): Any introduction of new taxes — such as the inheritance tax and capital gain tax — could weigh on house buyers and investor sentiment, further impacting the property sector which has already been plagued by affordability and strict lending issues, according to TA Securities.