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PETALING JAYA (Aug 9): The developer of a contentious high-density, high-rise development at Taman Rimba Kiara (TRK) in Taman Tun Dr Ismail, Kuala Lumpur, is willing to cancel the project if Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur (DBKL) is willing to pay RM110 million in compensation, reported The Star.

KOTA KINABALU (August 8): Individual native titles will replace the soon to be abolished communal land titles in Sabah, said Chief Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal.

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.

BUTTERWORTH (August 8): The first phase of Penang Sentral in Bagan Dalam is expected to open in October.

PETALING JAYA (Aug 8): The Perak Menteri Besar’s (MB) Residence along Jalan Raja Dihilir, Ipoh could probably command between RM120 – RM150 psf based on previous transactions on the same street, the size of the land and its prime location.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 8): Inta Bina Group Bhd has bagged a RM62.

SHAH ALAM (Aug 8): Selangor Menteri Besar (MB) Amirudin Shari has dismissed his predecessor Tan Sri Ibrahim Khalid’s claim that the state government is paying 10 times more now to buy Syarikat Pengeluar Air Sungai Selangor Sdn Bhd (SPLASH) at RM2.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 8): Strategic investment fund 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) has laid claim to the Equanimity super yacht, said to be bought using monies misappropriated from 1MDB, when it finally arrived on Malaysian shores yesterday afternoon at Pulau Indah, Selangor.