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KUALA LUMPUR (April 4): The Works Ministry has started discussions and negotiations with the Economic Affairs Ministry and the Finance Ministry on the third phase of the East Coast Expressway, said its minister Baru Bian.

PETALING JAYA (April 4): Remember The Loaf, the bakery once owned by Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad? It now has a new owner -- construction firm Ekovest Bhd, according to a report by Free Malaysia Today (FMT).

KUALA LUMPUR (April 4): Genting Bhd said yesterday its indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries Resorts World Las Vegas LLC and RWLV Capital Inc had on Tuesday priced their US$1 billion (RM4.

    PETALING JAYA (April 4): The Center to Combat Corruption & Cronyism (C4) has called for greater scrutiny over sale of government land, saying there were suspicious land deals that have led to the encroachment of the Bukit Nanas Forest Reserve (BNFR).

  KUALA LUMPUR (April 4): Banks and other financing institutions should look at non-linear data to better respond to the financing needs of low-income customers.

  KUALA LUMPUR (April 3): Permodalan Nasional Bhd (PNB) has no plans to list any of its assets in another real estate investment trust (REIT) on Bursa Malaysia, said its president and group chief executive officer Datuk Abdul Rahman Ahmad.

  KUALA LUMPUR (April 2): Malaysia is currently studying the Residential Tenancy Act to provide new laws governing the country's housing rental market, said the Housing and Local Government Ministry today, adding the new act will take two years to develop.

  PETALING JAYA (April 2): The healthcare and institutional property sub-sector in 2019 is expected to continue its relatively good performance last year, supported by growing demand and fundamentals, according to Knight Frank Malaysia.

PETALING JAYA (April 2): A Knight Frank Malaysia survey has found that the logistics or industrial sub-sector is the top favourite commercial property segment that is expected to perform well this year in the Klang Valley and Johor while the hotel or leisure segment will continue to be favoured in Penang and Sabah.

  PETALING JAYA (April 2): Sime Darby Plantation Bhd (SDP) is seeking sale of some 4,300 acres of freehold estate land in Peninsular Malaysia, which they estimate will bring in RM1 billion.