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KUALA LUMPUR (March 12): Following the smoking ban at all eateries, it was suggested in Parliament today that the country stops importing cigarettes The Star reports that Datuk Seri Bung Moktar Radin (BN-Kinabatangan) said: "In light of the government's efforts to ensure non-smokers are free from smoke, why not ban the import of cigarettes altogether so that we can become the first nation in the world to be totally smoke-free so that our people will remain healthy?" He was asking a supplementary question during Question and Answer Time in the Dewan Rakyat on March 12.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 12): Zelan Bhd has initiated arbitration proceedings against NRY Architects for as much as RM305.

  KUALA LUMPUR (March 12): The International Monetary Fund (IMF) forecasts Malaysia’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to grow at 4.

  PETALING JAYA (March 12): The Housing and Local Government Ministry (KPKT) has reminded home owners and tenants of People’s Housing Programme (PPR) schemes that they are breaking the law if they rent out their units.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 12): Malaysia Pacific Corp Bhd has signed a sale and purchase agreement to dispose of Wisma MPL in Jalan Raja Chulan for RM189 million to Asia New Venture Capital Holdings Sdn Bhd.

  PUTRAJAYA (March 12): A lawyer representing former prime minister (PM) Datuk Seri Najib Razak in the SRC International Sdn Bhd case submitted yesterday that a provision in the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2009 (MACC Act) and another in the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti Terrorism Financing and Proceeds from Unlawful Activities Act 2001 (AMLATFPUA) are not fair to his client.

  KUALA LUMPUR (March 12): Malaysia’s financial sector appears resilient with sound profitability and liquidity indicators, as well as low non-performing loans, said the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

KUALA LUMPUR (March 11): A total of 227 buyers managed to buy government-linked homes under the Home Ownership Campaign (HOC) at the recently concluded Malaysia Property Expo (Mapex).

KUALA LUMPUR (March 11): IOI Properties Group Bhd CEO Lee Yeow Seng and Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change Minister Yeo Bee Yin registered their marriage today.

  KUALA LUMPUR (March 11): Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah has pledged that the government will continue to improve the wellbeing of the rural population, the indigenous peoples of Sabah and Sarawak, as well as the Orang Asli community through a comprehensive approach.