T7 Global keen to proceed with ECRL project despite lower cost

KUALA LUMPUR (June 26): T7 Global Bhd is keen on continuing participation in the controversial East Coast Railway Line (ECRL) project even at substantially lower cost, as long as the group "can make a decent profit" from it, its executive deputy chairman Tan Sri Tan Kean Soon said today.

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Sabah aims to hold local council elections

PETALING JAYA (June 26): The Parti Warisan Sabah-led state government aims to hold local council elections in the state – either within this term or the next five years – in tandem with the federal government’s plans to re-introduce local council elections.

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MBSB still has RM1b conventional assets to be converted

KUALA LUMPUR (June 26): Non-bank lender Malaysia Building Society Bhd (MBSB) aims to convert its conventional assets worth about RM1 billion, which makes up about 10% of its assets, to Islamic assets over the next two years, as part of its plans to becoming an Islamic bank.

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