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PETALING JAYA (Aug 16): The outgoing Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Zuraida Kamaruddin expressed her gratitude to the former prime minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin for leading Malaysia for close to two years and continuing to serve the country as caretaker prime minister.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 16): Yang di-Pertuan Agong has appointed Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin as the caretaker prime minister today, following the latter’s resignation as the premier together with the Perikatan Nasional (PN) Cabinet.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 16): Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has today announced his resignation from the prime minister's post and will serve as caretaker prime minister under orders from the Yang di-Pertuan Agong until a new prime minister is appointed.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 15): Malaysia Building Society Bhd's (MBSB) group president and chief executive officer (CEO) Datuk Seri Ahmad Zaini Othman has passed away after battling with Covid-19 complications.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 15): Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin announced today that the government is currently studying the views and feedback from stakeholders on plans to make Langkawi Island a pilot project for a tourism bubble destination.

SINGAPORE (Aug 14): The Shenton Way/Tanjong Pagar (pictured) precinct is set to outperform other office locations within the CBD, as new projects and redevelopment schemes continue to transform the area over the next decade, says real estate consultancy JLL.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 13): Property developer Paramount Corp Bhd has completed its first fintech investment by acquiring a 30% stake in Omegaxis Sdn Bhd, the holding company of Peoplender Sdn Bhd, the operator of peer-to-peer (P2P) financing platform Fundaztic.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 13): Majuperak Holdings Bhd has entered into a land swap deal to dispose of four plots of its land valued at RM100 milllion in Sungai Raya to the Perak State Economic Development Corporation (PKNP) in exchange for three pieces of land valued at RM140 million in Hulu Kinta In a filing today, Majuperak said the difference of RM40 million will be deemed as an amount owed by the group to PKNP.

1 Introduction While global scientific communities’ understanding and knowledge of human-to-human transmission of Covid-19 continues to unravel and evolve, the resurgence of community cases, local clusters and highly contagious variants demand for immediate and enhanced preventative and precautionary measures.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 12): The Government's Perkukuh Pelaburan Rakyat (Perkukuh) initiative to reform Government-Linked Investment Companies (GLICs) has been hailed by leading GLICs such as the Employees Provident Fund (EPF), Permodalan Nasional Bhd (PNB), Kumpulan Wang Persaraan (Diperbadankan) (KWAP) and Khazanah Nasional Bhd.