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KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 5): MCA deputy president Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong (pictured) is now the party’s new president, according to news reports.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 5): Budget 2019 was a surprisingly expansionary one by most measures, but one area in which the government carefully cut back was subsidies.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 5): The announcement that exemptions will be granted for specific business-to-business (B2B) service tax from Jan 1, 2019 for registered service tax entities would help lower the costs of doing business by eliminating pyramiding taxation, or the tax-on-tax effect.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 5): Three years ago, when former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, who was also the finance minister, unveiled Budget 2016, many labelled it the “Robin Hood” budget — a reference to a fictional character who took from the rich to give to the poor — simply because the personal income tax rate of those in the higher income bracket was raised.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 5): The government’s announcement that it will take over the Eastern Dispersal Link (EDL) expressway from Malaysian Resources Corp Bhd (MRCB) for RM1.

SEMENYIH (Nov 4): Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad believes that the FundMyHome innovative homeownership scheme could help the government reach its one million affordable homes target within 10 years as promised by Pakatan Harapan government.

SEMENYIH (Nov 4): The FundMyHome scheme allows institutions to contribute to society by assisting Malaysians to own a home, said Maybank and CIMB Group.

SEMENYIH (Nov 4): The government welcomes innovative concepts such as the FundMyHome scheme which provide an innovative approach to address the housing unaffordability issue in the country by enabling more homebuyers to own their first homes.

PETALING JAYA: There is no shortcut to success, only hard work and commitment, to ensure good quality products that could enhance the company’s reputation, said Matrix Concepts Holdings Bhd managing director Ho Kong Soon.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 3): The Housing and Local Government (KPKT) Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin said the Budget 2019 is an accurate and detailed plan to solve homeownership issues for Malaysians.