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  KUALA LUMPUR (March 20): Businessman Tan Sri Wan Azmi Wan Hamzah has re-emerged as a substantial shareholder of property developer Eastern & Oriental Bhd (E&O) with a 9.

  KUALA LUMPUR (March 20): While expectations were high after the 14th general election on May 9, 2018, Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad highlighted that most of the administration’s efforts for the past year have been to “plug the almost bottomless pit created by the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB)” scandal.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 20): The rising gig economy and an ageing population are expected to cause a decline in the percentage of workers who contribute to the Employees Provident Fund (EPF), according to its chief executive officer (CEO) Tunku Ali-zakri Alias.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 19): The name Highland Towers will be retained even after the land is redeveloped, said Housing and Local Government Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 19): Scientex Bhd has garnered valid acceptance of 52.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 19): Lim Chee Meng, the controlling shareholder of Taliworks Corp Bhd, has emerged as the third largest shareholder in Thriven Global Bhd, in which Home Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin’s son is the biggest stakeholder.

KUALA LANGAT (March 18): The Kuala Langat and Kuala Selangor District Councils will be upgraded to municipal councils by this year, said Selangor Mentri Besar Amirudin Shari.

PETALING JAYA (March 18): Over 300 invited guests were entertained to a soulful afternoon with jazz singer Jasmine Chen of Crazy Rich Asians fame last Saturday.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 16): Pestech International Bhd has inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a Japanese renewable energy power plant developer for a potential joint investment in the bidding for the Large Scale Solar Photovoltaic Plants for Peninsula Malaysia (LSS 3 Project) According to a bourse filing, the group’s wholly-owned subsidiary Pestech Power Sdn Bhd (PPW) inked the MoU with Japanese outfit RS Renewable KK (RSRKK), which is effective yesterday until legally binding contracts have been executed.

NILAI (March 16): All government affordable housing projects would be built using the industrialised building system (IBS) technology by 2024, said Housing and Local Government Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin.