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KUALA LUMPUR (March 29): Cheap available foreign labour is the big stumbling block that has hindered the growth of the country’s productivity and wages.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 29): The Selangor State Development Corporation (PKNS) is launching 154 units of affordable double-storey linked homes in Hulu Selangor on March 30.

  KUALA LUMPUR (March 29): Low Taek Jho, or better known as Jho Low, through a spokesman from his legal team, said the latest move by the government to freeze his father Tan Sri Larry Low Hock Peng's seven bank accounts shows that Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad's "regime" is harassing his opponents.

  KUALA LUMPUR (March 29): The government today filed a civil forfeiture action against Penang businessman Tan Sri Larry Low Hock Peng to freeze seven of his banking accounts here, said to be worth RM48 million.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 28): Bukit Kiara longhouse residents want the government to be decisive and ensure swift delivery of their affordable homes as promised.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 28): The Cabinet will look into the proposal to abolish the Gombak toll at the Kuala Lumpur-Karak Highway after it receives a comprehensive report in June, said Deputy Works Minister Mohd Anuar Mohd Tahir (pictured).

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  KUALA LUMPUR (March 28): The government will no longer consider approval for Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) on all Ramsar sites to ensure the sustainability of these wetlands, the Dewan Rakyat was told today.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 28): Bank Negara Malaysia’s (BNM) governor Datuk Nor Shamsiah Mohd Yunus (pictured) brushed aside growing concern about deflation arising from the drop in Consumer Price Index for two consecutive months.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 28): Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) governor Datuk Nor Shamsiah Mohd Yunus says that any adjustments to the overnight policy rate (OPR) do not suggest that there are risks to domestic economic growth.