News about d

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 6): Sunway Construction Group Bhd (SunCon) has bagged a RM100 million construction contract for a mixed development in Cheras.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 6): It is inevitable for the government to put in some effort and utilise its resources in order to recoup at least some of the massive losses from the multi billion-ringgit scandal plaguing 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB), said Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 6): Energy minister Yeo Bee Yin has chided the intention of Lynas Corp to consider taking legal action over the government’s ultimatum for Lynas to remove radioactive waste currently residing in Kuantan or risk losing the renewal of its permit to operate here come September 2019.

SHAH ALAM (Dec 6): Gamuda Bhd said it is considering more overseas projects in order to maintain the pace of growth it has been achieving over the past decade, with compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 15% annually in terms of revenue and profit.

Sold for: RM6.

PUTRAJAYA (Dec 6): Ex-PM Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak (pictured) has arrived at the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) HQ at about 10.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 6): Malaysian winners of the Asia Young Designer Award 2018 (AYDA 2018) will be representing the country to compete with winners from 14 geographical locations across Asia for the title of Asia Young Designer of the Year 2018/19.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 6): The Parliamentary Caucus on Monitoring Lynas yesterday urged the Australia-based group to “stop bullying Malaysia” and to take away the radioactive waste accumulated at its rare earth plant in Gebeng, Pahang, saying it has polluted underground water at the site.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 6): Australian Securities Exchange (ASX)-listed Lynas Corp Ltd yesterday said Putrajaya’s decision to set preconditions on future licence and permission renewals for its rare earth plant in Malaysia, including the removal of accumulated radioactive waste from the country, is “disappointing”.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 6): More names have cropped up in the Public Accounts Committee’s (PAC) probe into the alleged tampering of the final audit report on 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB), following a session between the committee and Auditor-General (AG) Tan Sri Dr Madinah Mohamad, who made the tampering claim, says PAC chairman Datuk Seri Ronald Kiandee.