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KUALA LUMPUR (July 24): Sime Darby Property Bhd (SimeProp) jumped 7.

PETALING JAYA (July 23): China Communications Construction (ECRL) Sdn Bhd (CCC-ECRL) has confirmed that it is rationalising its staff count following the suspension of the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL), without stating the number of employees cut.

PETALING JAYA (July 23): The Housing Programme for the Hardcore Poor (PPRT) in Sabah will be allocated an additional RM2 million.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 23): Tan Sri Dr Zeti Akhtar Aziz (pictured) has been appointed chairman of the board at Sime Darby Property Bhd.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 23): It looks like the local authorities are not letting up on their blitz against eateries and restaurants that flout cleanliness standards.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 23): Kuala Lumpur’s lawmakers have been asked by Federal Territories Minister Khalid Abdul Samad to monitor contractors employed by the Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) for general cleaning, road sweeping, tree and grass cutting work in their constituencies, The Star reported today.

MIRI (July 23): In Betong town, part of the Sri Aman Division in southern Sarawak, a block of double-storey shophouses is on fire.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 23): About 300 buyers of the Felcra Cangkat Lada Second Generation Housing (Phase 2) in Seberang Perak, Pasir Salak held a peaceful protest when they were offered higher price compared with the original price given at the launch of the project two years ago.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 23): To pay down 1MDB debts held in the US dollar or ringgit, the government will employ soft loans from Japan, Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad told Parliament today.

PETALING JAYA (July 23): IJM Land Bhd will launch affordable housing project Suria Pantai, a part of its Pantai Sentral Park mixed-use development at Pantai Dalam in the fourth quarter of this year (4Q18) with units going for RM275,000.