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KUALA LUMPUR (March 8): Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng (pictured) is hopeful that talks on reducing the price of the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project will be carried out before Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s visit to China next month.

GEORGE TOWN (March 7): The Penang Island City Council (MBPP) said today that the proposed RM600 million GDV township development in Balik Pulau does not exist because no planning permission application has been received from the developer.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 7): The Klang Municipal Council (MPK) has plans to place rain harvesters at terraced houses in flood-prone areas via a pilot scheme, reported The Star yesterday.

PETALING JAYA (March 7): Paramount Corp Bhd will be launching seven projects in northern and central Malaysia with a total GDV of RM1.

PUTRAJAYA (March 7): Former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak wants the Court of Appeal to suspend his 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) trial pending his application to disqualify former Federal Court judge Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram from leading the prosecution team.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 7): They say it never rains in Southern California but it sure rains a lot in Taiping.

THAILAND (March 7): A durian trader who offered his daughter’s hand in marriage to a suitable man who was qualified to take over his durian empire has cancelled the contest he had initially announced earlier this week.

  KUALA LUMPUR (March 7): The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) has published two consultation papers to seek the public’s feedback on the proposed framework for initial coin offerings (ICOs) and property crowdfunding.

GEORGE TOWN (March 6): Some tenants evicted from the Taman Manggis people’s housing project (PPR) carried out a peaceful protest in front of the project and later marched to Komtar after their homes were “sealed” today, reported The Malay Mail It was reported that up to 22 tenants were evicted today after being served notice last year “as they were no longer eligible to rent the PPR units meant for Malaysians and the hardcore poor”.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 6): January ridership for the Sungai Buloh-Kajang (MRT SBK) mass rapid transit rail line has gone up by 40% since the authorities introduced subsidised travel passes, reported The Malay Mail today.