Public Bank lowers BR, BLR by 23 bps

KUALA LUMPUR (July 26): Public Bank Bhd announced yesterday that it will reduce its base rate (BR) and base lending rate (BLR) or base financing rate by 23 basis points (bps) from tomorrow onwards, following Bank Negara Malaysia’s (BNM) move to cut the overnight policy rate by 25 bps to 3%.

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Concorde KL to be demolished to unlock land value

LONG-established Concorde Hotel Kuala Lumpur — which is linked to Sultan of Selangor Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah, entrepreneur Tan Sri Syed Yusof Syed Nasir and Singaporean tycoon Ong Beng Seng — may be torn down to make way for a multibillion-ringgit integrated project, documents show.

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