Mindef lost RM258m in land swap deal with Syed Mokhtar — sources

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 22): The Ministry of Defence (Mindef) allegedly lost RM258 million by selling the Royal Malaysian Air Force base in Kinrara, Puchong at a 34% discount to tycoon Tan Sri Syed Mokhtar Albukhary in a politically motivated land swap deal, said sources contacted by The Edge Financial Daily yesterday.

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Malaysia’s first 5-star Forbes Travel Guide rating awarded to Crockfords Hotel

  PETALING JAYA (Feb 22): Forbes Travel Guide Star Ratings, announced on 20th February 2019 in New York, honoured Crockfords Hotel at Resorts World Genting with the Five-Star award – making Crockfords the only hotel in Malaysia to receive such an honour and one of only 210 hotels worldwide bestowed with Forbes Travel Guide’s most prestigious ranking.

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‘Some planned PR1MA projects may be scrapped’

SEMENYIH (Feb 21): The housing and local government ministry said that the 1Malaysia People’s Housing Programme (PR1MA) is currently being reviewed and that some of its proposed projects that are deemed unviable may be scrapped.

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