Abdullah Hukum train station in KL Eco City opened
PETALING JAYA (Nov 6): Klang Valley folk will enjoy another option when they choose to use public transportation with the opening of the Abdullah Hukum train station within the KL Eco City.
Parents to blame for littering habit at PPR flats, says report
KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 6): Is bad parenting causing the littering problem in the people’s housing projects (PPR)? Yes, say the residents the PPR apartments in Gombak Setia, according to a report by The Malaysian Insight.
Teen injured by falling bicycle wheel at PPR high-rise
KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 6): It looks like people can throw all sorts of things from their high-rise homes these days.
Employers say no to multi-tier levy system
KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 5): The multi-tier levy system has been strongly opposed by an employer group and industry players, which said it would increase the cost of business operations.
China Ouhua now expects land title transfer in six months
KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 5): China Ouhua Winery Holdings Ltd, which has made several announcements on when it expects to receive the transfer of land title ownership from a local authority in China after buying a 40-acre plot there, now says the transfer should be done in six months.
Penang folk worried about foreign workers
GEORGE TOWN (Nov 5): State Housing Committee chairman Jagdeep Singh Deo (pictured) has been receiving increasingly more complaints from Penang residents about the problems they face from foreign workers living in their areas.
_0.jpg)
Cutting double taxation to lower business costs
KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 5): The announcement that exemptions will be granted for specific business-to-business (B2B) service tax from Jan 1, 2019 for registered service tax entities would help lower the costs of doing business by eliminating pyramiding taxation, or the tax-on-tax effect.
Is it an indirect ‘Robin Hood’ budget?
KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 5): Three years ago, when former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, who was also the finance minister, unveiled Budget 2016, many labelled it the “Robin Hood” budget — a reference to a fictional character who took from the rich to give to the poor — simply because the personal income tax rate of those in the higher income bracket was raised.
Airport REIT renews risk to MAHB margins
KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 5): The federal government’s proposed airport real estate investment trust (REIT) may be neutral for Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) in the near term.
RM1.3b takeover of EDL a boon for MRCB
KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 5): The government’s announcement that it will take over the Eastern Dispersal Link (EDL) expressway from Malaysian Resources Corp Bhd (MRCB) for RM1.
