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PETALING JAYA (Dec 7): The Malaysian Institute of Estate Agents (MIEA) has inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with low-cost carrier AirAsia Bhd yesterday to offer greater travel flexibility for the institute's members, it announced in a statement today.

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.

PETALING JAYA (Nov 27): Average office rents in Kuala Lumpur city centre declined slightly by 0.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 26): Airbnb has recorded a 99% increase in guest arrivals in Malaysia to two million as at July 2018, making the country the fastest growing in Southeast Asia for the platform.

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KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 22): The joint venture (JV) between Aspen Group and IKEA Southeast Asia has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Marriott International, appointing Aloft Hotel as the hotel operator in the planned development of Aspen Vision City in Batu Kawan, Penang.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 17): The news portal Digital News Asia (DNA) has described the FundMyHome platform as a "bold and innovative idea" that could hopefully spark "other established entrepreneurs to think out of the box and come up with their own innovative, boundary pushing ideas on solving market issues".

  KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 13): AirAsia Group Bhd will not invest in the proposed airport real estate investment trust (Airport REIT) as the low-cost carrier does not want to lose focus on its airline business, said chief executive officer (CEO) Tan Sri Tony Fernandes.

PETALING JAYA (Nov 7): Motorists will now experience less traffic congestion on the SILK Highway near Columbia Asia Hospital after RM1 million worth of upgrading works by the Kajang Municipal Council (MPKj).

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 6): The 2019 Budget's emphasis on addressing the stock of government debt and contingent liabilities is likely to narrow fiscal space and prevent public investment from driving economic activity as it did before, said the World Bank Group.