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PETALING JAYA (Sept 11):  The Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) is concerned about Malaysian developers trying to attract Hong Kong property buyers to our shores, riding on the social and political turmoil plaguing the territory in recent months.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 11): Datuk Seri Najib Razak's trial on abuse of power and money laundering involving funds from 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB-Tanore trial) has been postponed to next Tuesday as the former prime minister is on two days' medical leave due to another bout of conjunctivitis.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 10): In view of the controversies surrounding the Federal Territory Foundation (YWP), its chairman Khalid Abdul Samad said it has decided to stop venturing in businesses involving land deals.

PETALING JAYA (sept 7): The Smart Selangor free bus service plying two routes in Klang have seen “a tremendous increase” in ridership, Klang Municipal Council (MPK) revealed.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 7): The High Court fixed Nov 8 to hear the application filed by the Inland Revenue Board (IRB) to obtain a summary judgment against former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak regarding the alleged RM1.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 6): The Attorney General's Chamber (AGC) will file an application for leave to appeal in the Federal Court against the decision by the Court of Appeal which granted leave to Datuk Seri Najib Razak and his lead counsel Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah, to start a judicial review application to remove former federal court judge Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram (pictured) from prosecuting the former prime minister in the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) case.

GEORGE TOWN (Sept 6): Penang is pushing ahead with its smart city initiatives with the planned formation of an “umbrella body” called Digital Penang Corporation (DPC).

  PETALING JAYA (Sept 6): Chin Hin Property Development has partnered with early childhood education service provider Melody Kindyland to bring in the latter’s kindergarden and daycare centre to its 8th & Stellar development in Sri Petaling, Kuala lumpur and possibly to another project in Seri Kembangan, Selangor.

DENGKIL (Sept 6): Gamuda Land, the property arm of construction group Gamuda Bhd, has today opened the new RM150 million Gamuda Cove Interchange here, which provides direct access from the North-South Expressway Central Link (ELITE) Highway into the 1,530-acre Gamuda Cove township.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 6): Datuk Amhari Efendi Nazaruddin (pictured) “solely depended” on the words of his late boss Datuk Azlin Alias, as well as Low Taek Jho to act on the fugitive financier’s instructions as the civil service hierarchy’s protocol had prevented him from speaking directly to the prime minister, the High Court was told yesterday.