MRCA expects 2018 retail sales growth to be better than last year
KUALA LUMPUR (June 26): The Malaysian Retail Chain Association (MRCA) is keeping its target for the country’s overall retail sales growth this year at 4.
NGO hails Tanjung Aru Eco Development cancellation
PETALING JAYA (June 26): The cancellation of the Tanjung Aru Eco Development (TAED) project by the new Sabah state government has been hailed by the non-governmental organisation Save Our Open Spaces.
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T7 Global keen to proceed with ECRL project despite lower cost
KUALA LUMPUR (June 26): T7 Global Bhd is keen on continuing participation in the controversial East Coast Railway Line (ECRL) project even at substantially lower cost, as long as the group "can make a decent profit" from it, its executive deputy chairman Tan Sri Tan Kean Soon said today.
Sabah aims to hold local council elections
PETALING JAYA (June 26): The Parti Warisan Sabah-led state government aims to hold local council elections in the state – either within this term or the next five years – in tandem with the federal government’s plans to re-introduce local council elections.
Penang fishermen are still against reclamation
KUALA LUMPUR (June 26): Penang’s fishermen are still putting up a fight against reclamation on the island's south and called on Putrajaya to scrap the project which involves the creation of three artificial islands.
Wahid expected to step down after cold shoulder from PM, says report
KUALA LUMPUR (June 26): Rumours about the impending resignation of Permodalan Nasional Bhd (PNB) chairman Abdul Wahid Omar (pictured) are swirling again.
KPKT to work with Sarawak to build homes for Sarawakians
PUTRAJAYA (June 26): Housing and Local Government Minister (KPKT) Zuraida Kamaruddin said the ministry will be working with the Sarawak government to solve housing issues in the state.
Erosion: Graves in Muslim cemetery collapse into Sarawak river
KUALA LUMPUR (June 26): More than 100 graves in a Muslim cemetery in Seruai, Spaoh district, Sarawak have collapsed into the Sungai Saribas owing to soil erosion According Batang Lupar PKR branch chief Abang Zulkifli Engkeh, the soil erosion is believed to be caused by sand mining and dredging activities in and around the Sungai Saribas carried out by a private company, Bernama reported yesterday.
Fed govt urged to set up land corruption investigation committee
PETALING JAYA (June 26): The federal government should set up an investigation committee at the state and federal levels over sketchy land deals linked to suspected abuse of power, said the Johor Malay Chamber of Commerce Malaysia.
Taman Wahyu residents want DBKL to review proposed mixed development
KUALA LUMPUR (June 26): Taman Wahyu residents are urging Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) to review the proposed mixed development project that involve flood retention ponds here as they feel it will cause problems to them.
