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  KUALA LUMPUR (April 30): Recent announcements such as the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) and Bandar Malaysia projects’ revival will serve as a catalyst that will stimulate the broader equity market, said Bursa Malaysia Bhd chief executive officer Datuk Muhamad Umar Swift.

  KUALA LUMPUR (April 30): The revival of mega infrastructure projects such as the East Coast Rail Link and Bandar Malaysia development is a sign that the government is turning its attention towards growing business activity, according to Rakuten Trade.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 30): Sime Darby Plantation Bhd (SDP) has filed a judicial review application to stop the compulsory acquisition of its 75ha land in Merlimau, Melaka, by a Taiwan-controlled company that claimed it was acting in the interest of the former Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Sultan Muhammad V, to compel it to sell the land at a below market value price of RM35.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 29): MMC Corp Bhd announced today that the Borneo Highway PDP Sdn Bhd (BHP) had on April 22 received a notification from the government to terminate the project delivery partner (PDP) agreement for the Sabah portion of the Pan Borneo Highway.

AMPANG JAYA (April 29): The recent crack at Block F of the Taman Keramat Permai PKNS Flats here has prompted the Housing and Local Government Ministry (KPKT) to come up with a new policy stipulating a five-year review for old low-cost flats built by the state.

PETALING JAYA (April 29): Kepong folks are vexed because they have received summons despite having paid their parking fees in Taman Wangsa Permai, Kepong.

PETALING JAYA (April 29): Sime Darby Property’s Elmina Valley Five (EV5), the latest in its Elmina Valley (EV) series (pictured) at Elmina City township, has seen a total take-up of 90% since the launch of EV5's first phase on March 23 weekend and second phase on April 27.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 29): Some KL folk, especially in the Semarak, Seputeh and Bangsar areas are sick and tired of having have to deal with the parking problems and noise as more residential bungalows are turned into “event spaces”.

BEIJING (April 29): Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad had to wrap himself up in a long coat with a scarf pulled tight around his neck to keep warm when he arrived last Wednesday night to a rainy and chilly Beijing — with the temperature hitting the low teens in Celcius — despite it being the middle of spring in the Chinese capital city.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 29): The Selangor authorities will soon draft new guidelines on rebuilding landed and multi-level properties, said state Housing and Urban Living Committee chairman Haniza Mohd Talha (pictured) yesterday.