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KUALA LUMPUR (August 8): The Parliament has passed the Service Tax Bill 2018 today through voice vote, after Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng read the bill for the third time.

PETALING JAYA (Aug 8): The Taman Tun Dr Ismail Residents Association (TTDI RA) has lauded the recent statements made by Federal Territories Minister Khalid Samad and Member of Parliament Segambut Hannah Yeoh regarding the Taman Rimba Kiara park (pictured) in Taman Tun Dr Ismail, Kuala Lumpur.

GEORGE TOWN (August 8): The Penang state government will make their decision on the third link based on the feasibility report for the undersea tunnel project by Consortium Zenith Construction Sdn Bhd, due in October.

GEORGE TOWN (August 8): Indonesian farmers have reportedly begun their usual slash-and-burn, resulting in a rise of Air Pollution Index (API) across Malaysia.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 8): Food outlets such as those selling roti canai, nasi lemak (pictured) and nasi goreng, and earning less than RM1 million annual revenue would be exempted from tax under the proposed Service Tax Bill 2018, said Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng.

JOHOR BARU (August 8): Due to a population boom, Iskandar Malaysia requires between 600,000 and 700,000 residential units from now until 2025.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 8): Former Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein (pictured) said his cousin and ex-Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak's second round of criminal charges is in line with the rule of law but hopes that he gets a fair trial in court.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 8): MRCB-Quill REIT (MQReit)'s net profit for the second quarter ended June 30, 2018 rose 6.

GEORGE TOWN (August 8): There are around 500 tenants in Penang People’s Housing Projects (PPR) flats that have been found to be abusing the low monthly rental of RM124, some even by subletting the units for RM500 a month.

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