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MIRI (Nov 5): The Sarawak state government will give a total of RM4.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 5): MRCB-George Kent Sdn Bhd, a joint venture company between Malaysian Resources Corp Bhd (MRCB) and George Kent (Malaysia) Bhd, has bagged an RM11.

GEORGE TOWN (Nov 5): Extending the housing loan term to 90 years or more may help reduce the overhang of property stocks, but are the children ready to shoulder the burden? The concern was raised by Kebun Bunga assemblyman Jason Ong Khan Lee in response to a proposal by the state government to Bank Negara to introduce generational loans to mitigate the problems on securing financing for first-time homebuyers, reported The Star today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 5): MCA deputy president Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong (pictured) is now the party’s new president, according to news reports.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 5): Budget 2019 was a surprisingly expansionary one by most measures, but one area in which the government carefully cut back was subsidies.

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.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 5): Three years ago, when former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, who was also the finance minister, unveiled Budget 2016, many labelled it the “Robin Hood” budget — a reference to a fictional character who took from the rich to give to the poor — simply because the personal income tax rate of those in the higher income bracket was raised.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 5): The federal government’s proposed airport real estate investment trust (REIT) may be neutral for Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) in the near term.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 5): The government’s announcement that it will take over the Eastern Dispersal Link (EDL) expressway from Malaysian Resources Corp Bhd (MRCB) for RM1.

SEMENYIH (Nov 4): Homebuyers under the FundMyHome scheme not only has the opportunity to own a home at only 20% of the house price but could also tap the robust property market to enjoy investment return, said The Edge Group Chairman Datuk Tong Kooi Ong.