BCB's 1Q net profit falls 56.34% on lower property sales
KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 19) : BCB Bhd’s net profit for the first quarter ended Sept 30, 2020 (1QFY21) fell 56.
South Korean govt to turn vacant hotels, offices into homes for rental
SEOUL (Nov 19): The South Korean government will be offering 114,000 rental units for the public by acquiring and converting unoccupied hotels and offices into residential studios.
Report: Hospital cleaners want recognition as frontliners
PETALING JAYA (Nov 19): The National Union of Workers in Hospital Support and Allied Services wants the government to recognise hospital cleaners as frontliners in efforts to stem the spread of Covid-19, FMT News reported today.
TA Enterprise and TA Global sink deeper into the red with bleeding hotel division
KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 18): Bleeding hotel operations continued to drag the third quarter ended Sept 30, 2020 (3QFY20) of TA Enterprise Bhd (TAE) and its 60% subsidiary TA Global Bhd deeper into the red.
Post Covid-19: Employees should pay a 5% 'privilege' tax to work from home, say Deutsche Bank analysts
KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 18): Analysts at Deutsche Bank have proposed a “privilege tax" on work from home workers when the Covid-19 pandemic ends to subsidise lost wages for low-income workers, Forbes reported recently.
IGP 'invites' Jho Low home to 'defend himself'
KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 18): Low Taek Jho aka Jho Low should not have any fears about returning home to Malaysia if he thinks he is innocent over the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) mega scandal, The Star reported Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Abdul Hamid Bador (pictured) saying.
Anthony Loke: Wee Ka Siong asked Dhaya Maju-LTAT to subcontract KVDT2 project to China company
KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 17): Former transport minister Anthony Loke said that Transport Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong (pictured) had asked Syarikat Dhaya Maju-LTAT Sdn Bhd (DM-LTAT) to subcontract the Klang Valley Double Tracking Phase 2 (KVDT2) project to a company from China — instead of carrying it out themselves.
Jho Low claims in documentary Rosmah bought over US$500m in jewellery with 1MDB funds
KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 17): Fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho, better known as Jho Low, claimed that Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor (pictured), the wife of former premier Datuk Seri Najib Razak, funded her purchase of jewellery worth over US$500 million (RM2.
Deadly fire: Hong Kong authorities to inspect 2,500 older residential buildings
KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 17): The Hong Kong government will start the inspection of 2,500 older residential buildings after a fire on Sunday that killed seven people, reported the Associated Press today.
COOKHOUSE launches four new locations in the Klang Valley
KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 17): Community-based co-sharing cloud kitchen space operator COOKHOUSE today announced four more new locations in Klang Valley after its first location launch of Sunway in July.
