Plaza Rakyat project to restart soon

  Work on the long-abandoned Plaza Rakyat project in Jalan Pudu, Kuala Lumpur is expected to begin soon, A 43% stake in the developer - Profit Consortium Sdn Bhd is being bought by China-based Guangzhou Xu Zhuo Enterprise Management Co Ltd, who are expected to pay the outstanding debt due to Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) “The Plaza Rakyat project is being taken over by a new consortium, which finalised its takeover at end-March.

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Malaysia's industrial and logistics market to benefit from BRI

Would you believe that of all the countries in Southeast Asia, Malaysia has received the largest amount of investments from China over the past 10 years?   The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), or One Belt One Road as it was formerly called when it was first launched in 2013, is China’s platform for multilateral cooperation which will create new economic links and improve its business networks across the globe.

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Trees + art + entrepreneurs = The Linc

If you are looking for a place to take amazing Instagram shots, enjoy some nice food and appreciate some art by local talents - look no further than this humble retail spot called The Linc.

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Govt hires consultants to revise HSR project

KUALA LUMPUR (May 10): MyHSR Corp Sdn Bhd, the Malaysian project delivery vehicle of Kuala Lumpur-Singapore high-speed rail (KL-Singapore HSR) project, yesterday called for a tender to appoint a commercial advisory consultant (CAC) for the project review exercise.

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Was PH right to abolish GST?

The implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) on April 1, 2015, and its abolishment three years later probably makes it one of the most — if not the most — controversial tax to be introduced in Malaysia’s history.

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