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KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 6): The hearing of an appeal by former Sabah chief minister (CM) Tan Sri Musa Aman (pictured) over who is the rightful Sabah CM, as well as an appeal by him and 32 other former assemblymen challenging the dissolution of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly previously fixed for tomorrow, has been postponed indefinitely.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 6): The proposed merger between Eco World Development Group Bhd (EcoWorld) and UEM Sunrise Bhd favours the latter, according to Kenanga Investment Bank Bhd, given that EcoWorld’s key shareholders would lose their majority rights, listing status and potentially their brand.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 6): After being forced to leave their homes since Oct 1, 2020, residents of an apartment in Seputeh are demanding that the temple management find a solution to prevent landslide incidents from happening again, Malay Mail reported.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 6): News of the proposed merger between UEM Sunrise Bhd and Eco World Development Group Bhd (EcoWorld), which will form one of Malaysia's largest real estate companies by market value, set the market abuzz yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 5): Malaysia’s new Covid-19 cases surged to 432 today — a new record high since the Covid-19 pandemic began in early January, the Ministry of Health (MoH) reported.

PETALING JAYA (Oct 5): Padini Holdings Berhad today confirmed that one of the staff at Brands Outlet in Paradigm Mall, Kelana Jaya, was tested positive for Covid-19.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 5): An official from the Prime Minister's Department (PMD) and the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) investigating officer (IO) in Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor's solar hybrid graft case are the final two witnesses to be called by the prosecution before it closes its case.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 5): BTS Car Park Sdn Bhd — a wholly-owned company and car park operator of Berjaya Times Square Sdn Bhd, which in turn is owned by Berjaya Assets Bhd — is seeking to extend the tenure of its current medium term note (MTN) programme of up to RM220 million for two years.

PUTRAJAYA (Oct 5): Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Religious Affairs) Datuk Dr Zulkifli Mohamad Al-Bakri has tested positive for Covid-19, according to his Facebook posting today.

PETALING JAYA (Oct 5): More incentives needed to encourage developers to embrace the industrialised building system (IBS) which could help reduce dependency on foreign labours, urged LBS Group managing director Tan Sri Lim Hock San (picture).