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PETALING JAYA (June 4): Chairman of the Council of Eminent Persons Tun Daim Zainuddin (pictured) said the local media plays an important role in ensuring land deals made by the government are carried out in a fair and transparent way, reported The Star.

PETALING JAYA (June 4): Contracts with China and Singapore that are being reviewed will be handled via diplomatic channels, says Tun Daim Zainuddin (pictured).

PETALING JAYA (June 3): Save Taman Rimba Kiara Working Group (STRKWG) and Taman Tun Dr Ismail resident’ Association (TTDI RA) have reiterated that Memang Perkasa Sdn Bhd should not proceed with the construction of a contentious high-rise high-density residential development in the neighbourhood as the developer allegedly did not comply with the requirements of the development order.

PETALING JAYA (June 2): The Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) recently swooped in on a shop in Section 22 here after residents made numerous complaints that it was illegally being operated as a funeral parlour.

PETALING JAYA (June 2): The 486-acre Bandar Malaysia development in Sungai Besi, which was to house the terminus of the recently-stopped Kuala Lumpur-Singapore high-speed rail (HSR) line, is still attractive thanks to its strategic location and two future mass rapid transit (MRT) stations coming up there, reported The Edge weekly.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 2): There are some in Malaysia who feel that the halting of the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore high-speed rail (HSR) mega project should have been made only after the Cabinet had decided on the matter.

PETALING JAYA (June 2): The Kuala Lumpur-Singapore high-speed rail (HSR) can be “so much cheaper”, said newly sworn-in Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng.

PETALING JAYA (June 2): The cost of the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) – which is one of several mega projects being reviewed by the Pakatan Harapan government – has been inflated, said Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng.

PETALING JAYA (June 2): A four-star hotel in Kuching, Sarawak, acquired by Felda Investment Corp Sdn Bhd (FIC) at an inflated price may have to be sold at a loss, reported The Edge weekly.

PETALING JAYA (June 2): The development of The Exchange 106 (formerly known as Signature Tower) in the Tun Razak Exchange (TRX) international financial district required financing from the Ministry of Finance (MoF), which was not reflective of the 49:51 shareholding structure of the project between the ministry – via its unit MKD Signature Sdn Bhd - and Indonesia’s Mulia Group.