Report: Boustead Holdings plans to divest more than RM1b worth of properties

Aug 22

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 22): Boustead Holdings Bhd has plans to divest more than RM1 billion worth of properties, reported The Edge Malaysia this week.

MTUC president wants labour ratio of 10 locals to a foreigner

Aug 22

PETALING JAYA (Aug 22): Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) president Abdul Halim Mansor wants the government to “enforce a ratio of locals to foreigners that’s 10-1” in the work force, FMT reported today.

Fajarbaru Builder's unit gets moneylender licence

Aug 22

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 22): Fajarbaru Builder Group Bhd's wholly-owned subsidiary Fajarbaru Trading Sdn Bhd yesterday obtained a Malaysia moneylender licence which allows the latter to undertake money-lending business.

Malaysia reports nine new Covid-19 cases, with emergence of new Maju cluster in KL

Aug 21

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 21): Malaysia reported nine new COVID-19 cases today, of which five were locally transmitted and four were imported, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH).

WCE posts fifth straight quarterly loss; dragged by recognition of interest expenses

Aug 21

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 21): Highway construction company WCE Holdings Bhd booked its fifth consecutive quarterly loss with RM30.

Abandoned pre-war properties: Penang authorities demand owners take care of them

Aug 21

GEORGE TOWN (Aug 21): Penang Island City Council (MBPP) has demanded that owners of abandoned “heritage buildings” or pre-war houses “upkeep their premises” or action will be taken against them, The Star reported yesterday.