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KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 30): The iconic clothing retailer Kamdar Group (M) Bhd has closed its Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman outlet in Kuala Lumpur with effect from Thursday to consolidate the business of two branches situated within close proximity.

MELAKA (Sept 30): The three-decade-old Capitol Satay Celup Restaurant (pictured) here will be shuttered permanently in early November, another victim of poor business brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 30): Domestic tourism in Malaysia declined significantly with visitor arrivals and total expenditure falling 44.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 30): The Klang Valley and Melaka will transition to Phase 3 of the National Recovery Plan from Oct 1, while Kedah will move to Phase 2, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 29): Regional hospitality operator Impiana Hotel Bhd will commence the development of Impiana Resort & Residences in Cherating (Impiana Cherating) (pictured), Kuantan, which carries a gross development value (GDV) of RM380 million.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 29): Former deputy finance minister and Pontian Member of Parliament (MP) Datuk Seri Ahmad Maslan (pictured) was on Wednesday acquitted of charges of money laundering and giving a false statement against him after he agreed to pay a compound of RM1.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 29): Up to 1,822 Malaysia My Second Home (MM2H) participants left the country for good between 2015 and 2019, Malaysiakini reported findings in the Auditor-General's Report 2019 Series 2.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 29): Coordination between the Tourism, Arts and Culture Ministry (MOTAC) and the relevant ministries and agencies have to be enhanced in overseeing the Malaysia My Second Home (MM2H) programme, stated the Auditor-General's Report 2019 Series 2 This can be done by setting up an integrated system to boost the “effectiveness of the implementation, monitoring and evaluation” of MM2H, suggested the report, according to a coverage by the Malaysiakini news portal.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 29): Singapore Exchange (SGX)’s Catalist-listed Hatten Land Ltd has signed an agreement with Frontier Digital Asset Management Pte Ltd to jointly operate at least 1,000 cryptocurrency mining (cryptomining) rigs within Hatten Group's properties in Malaysia.

BANGKOK (Sept 28): Thailand’s largest property owner, the State Railway of Thailand (SRT), is targeting to monetize its 44,000 hectares of land across Thailand to offset its decades of losses worth 40 billion baht (RM4.