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KUALA LUMPUR (July 14): Before the parliamentary sitting kicked off with the Minister's Question Time, newly appointed Dewan Rakyat Speaker Datuk Azhar Azizan Harun addressed the commotion yesterday amid alleged racist and sexist remarks by Datuk Seri Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim (BN-Baling).

KUALA LUMPUR (July 13): Lin Honghan from China and Greta Elsa Nurtjahja from Indonesia have been picked as the Asia Young Designers of the Year 2019/2020 (AYDA).

KUALA LUMPUR (July 14): The prosecution had on Friday filed a notice of motion for forfeiture action against Tareq Obaid, PetroSaudi International Ltd, PetroSaudi Oil Services (Venezuela) Ltd, Clyde and Co LLP and Temple Fiduciary Services Ltd.

BUTTERWORTH (July 13): A retired Tenaga Nasional Bhd officer was charged with three counts of cheating at the Sessions Court today for accepting RM65,000 four years ago to ensure an electricity bill for a company was below RM100,000.

PETALING JAYA (July 13): Datuk Seri Michael Yam FCIOB has been appointed vice president of the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) on 23 June 2020.

PETALING JAYA (July 13): Mature industrial areas such as Shah Alam in Selangor are to see more redevelopment activities in the near future, said Knight Frank Malaysia executive director of capital markets Allan Sim.

PETALING JAYA (July 13): The reintroduction of the Home Ownership Campaign (HOC) will provide the sluggish property market a much needed boost, according to Knight Frank Malaysia managing director Sarkunan Subramaniam.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 13): Former Ministry of Education (MoE) secretary-general Datuk Seri Alias Ahmad admitted today that no action was taken against Jepak Holdings Sdn Bhd, including lodging a police report against it, when officers and ministry discovered there were allegations of cheating and alterations of the contract it signed for a solar hybrid project for Sarawak schools.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 13): The Malaysian Association of Tour and Travel Agents (MATTA) has urged the government and Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) to extend the bank loan-repayment moratorium by another six months for the tourism industry because the sector is the hardest hit by the Covid-19 outbreak and studies indicate that it will only recover from the crisis much slower than other local industries.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 13): The motion of removing the speaker has been passed as a total of 111 MPs voted for the motion to remove Tan Sri Mohamad Ariff Md Yusof (pictured) as the speaker, versus a total of 109 votes against the the motion.