FT minister: No change in closing time for entertainment outlets
KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 10): The shutting down time for night entertainment outlets for the city remains unchanged, Federal Territories Minister Khalid Samad (pictured) said today.
Report: Possible ‘mishandling of multi-million ringgit’ HRDF property acquisition
KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 9): The management of Human Resources Development Fund (HRDF) has made police reports concerning the abuse of power during the purchase of a number of floors in a building in Bangsar South, Kuala Lumpur, reported The Star today.
Putrajaya responds to WSJ exposé on 1MDB-China links
In response to the Wall Street Report that alleged former prime minister Najib Razak had signed major deals with China in return for a bailout for 1MDB debts and investigations from a number of countries, Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng said that the government will examine China-linked projects more closely for elements of corruption.
Najib slams MRB chairman over warning to EPF on land issue
KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 8): Former premier Datuk Seri Najib Razak has chided Malaysian Rubber Board (MRB) chairman Sankara N Nair for taking the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) to task after the fund claimed innocence over a land sale which allegedly caused losses of nearly RM800 million to the MRB.
Azmin tells property developers to adopt ‘disruptive technology’
HULU LANGAT (Jan 6): Economic Affairs Minister Datuk Seri Azmin Ali today called on property developers to be more opened to “disruptive technology” to transform the industry.
RON95 price reduced to RM1.93 from midnight
KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 4): The retail price of RON95 petrol will be reduced to RM1.
Guan Eng: Allegations of govt taxing petrol are false and baseless
KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 3): The Ministry of Finance (MoF) refuted allegations that the government has been taxing petrol, pointing out that the total petrol and diesel subsidies for the first 11 months of 2018 amounted to RM4.
Thanks, but no thanks to those eyeing MRB’s lands
PUTRAJAYA (Jan 3): To real estate developers who have been eyeing Malaysian Rubber Board (MRB) lands for property projects, Primary Industries Minister Teresa Kok says: “No, thank you”.
Azmin’s post was to calm Malay fears
KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 3): PKR deputy president Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali was named the economic affairs minister to ensure that the Malay community would not be upset at having Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng (pic, right) take charge of both finance and economic affairs, the prime minister has revealed.
No one is above the law, says PM
KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 3): The government will uphold the right of citizens to speak out if the rule of law is broken, which will be regarded as free speech and not considered as sedition in any way, said Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
