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KUALA LUMPUR (March 21): The conditions for the sale of the Royale Chulan Bukit Bintang Hotel have yet to be fulfilled and as such the hotel still belongs to Boustead Holdings Bhd, a ministry of defence (Mindef) official said yesterday.

  KUALA LUMPUR (March 21): The federal government has decided to ditch the project delivery partner (PDP) model for the entire RM29 billion Pan Borneo Highway project in favour of the turnkey contractor model, sources with knowledge on the matter told The Edge Financial Daily.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 20): The government will not cancel an agreement entered with SP Setia Bhd's 50%-owned unit in relation to the Federal Hill (Bukit Persekutuan) development at Bangsar, Federal Territories Minister Khalid Abdul Samad says.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 20): Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad told the Parliament today that Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob raised a rhetorical question on the cost of Malaysia's suspended East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project, because such query should have been posed when the former government under Barisan Nasional (BN) was still formulating the contract.

TAWAU (March 20): The Tawau municipal council is sweeping down on illegal settlements by identifying and demolishing the shelters they built.

  SEMENYIH (March 20): Property developer S P Setia Bhd is set to launch the first phase of its township inspired by resort-living, called Setia Mayuri this Saturday, March 23.

  KUALA LUMPUR (March 20): Businessman Tan Sri Wan Azmi Wan Hamzah has re-emerged as a substantial shareholder of property developer Eastern & Oriental Bhd (E&O) with a 9.

KOTA KINABALU (March 19): Sabah will host the country's first “water village” unit, reported Free Malaysia Today (FMT) today.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 19): Ex-Goldman Sachs banker linked to the 1Malaysia Development Bhd scandal, Roger Ng, is attempting a second bite of the cherry by appealing at the High Court for bail be granted before his extradition to the United States.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 19): Residents of Andes Condo Villa and Mutiara Bukit Jalil want the illegal sand washing activity taking place near their homes halted, reported The Star today.