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  PETALING JAYA (July 4): Jalan Semangat here will be renamed Jalan Professor Khoo Kay Kim in honour of national historian Emeritus Professor Tan Sri Dr Khoo Kay Kim (pictured) who passed away in May at the age of 82.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 4): The Penang state government has yet to receive any formal approval for the Penang South Reclamation (PSR).

  KUALA LUMPUR (July 4): The city’s mayor may be empowered by law to decide on Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) land sale matters, but it doesn’t mean he would dare to go against the Federal Territories Minister’s “suggestion” on such matters, the High Court heard yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jul 3): Newly appointed Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief commissioner Latheefa Koya will attend a hearing of the Parliamentary Special Select Committee on Public Appointments tomorrow over her controversial appointment.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 3): The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) of Hong Kong said today that it has banned Tim Leissner, a former responsible officer of Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.

  KUALA LUMPUR (July 3): A group of businessmen led by former AirAsia Group Bhd chairman Datuk Pahamin A Rajab, is said to have met Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad this afternoon to express its interest in helping the government turn around the ailing national carrier Malaysia Airlines Bhd.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 3): No payment was made by Tadmansori Holdings Sdn Bhd (THSB) after receiving an RM2 million “political donation” from a property developer to UMNO, the High Court was told.

  KUALA LUMPUR (July 3): Damansara Realty Bhd's indirect wholly-owned unit Metro Parking Management (Philippines) Inc (MPP) has received a lease contract to construct and manage a parking lot in Muntinlupa City, Philippines.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 3): The first graft trial of former federal territories minister Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor started yesterday with the prosecution promising to adduce evidence showing he had sought up to RM6 million from a property developer for by-election funds.

  KUALA LUMPUR (July 2): The High Court here has fixed three hearing dates this month in the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission's (MACC) forfeiture proceedings against nine entities.