Water tank at school bursts, damages cars
PETALING JAYA (July 11): A water tank on an 18m-tower at a school in Maran, Terengganu, burst and collapsed this morning, damaging three cars parked nearby, reported Bernama.
Govt looking into hiking minimum property prices for foreigners
KUALA LUMPUR (July 11): Putrajaya is studying the possibility of increasing minimum property prices for foreign buyers Housing and Local Government Ministry secretary general Datuk Mohammad Mentek told a local business publication that “a new threshold will be set based on the condition of the local currency”.
JB MP wants to stop unfair allocation of low-cost homes in the city
KUALA LUMPUR (July 11): Johor Bahru MP Akmal Nasrullah Mohd Nasir has revealed that there is unfair allocation of low-cost and medium low-cost flats to squatters in the Johor Bahru area.
CCCC begins local lay-offs after ECRL suspension order
KUALA LUMPUR (July 11): China Communications Construction (ECRL) Sdn Bhd has begun laying off Malaysian staff less than a week after the finance ministry ordered the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project suspended.
All RTO-scheme units in Ramah Pavilion snapped up less than two months
PETALING JAYA (July 9): All 50 units of Ramah Pavilion condominium in Teluk Kumbar, Penang island, under the developer’s rent-to-own (RTO) scheme were taken up by interested buyers within two months after the scheme was introduced in mid-April.
UEM Sunrise Bhd at VPEX 2018
UEM Sunrise Bhd Anwar Syahrin Abdul Ajib UEM Sunrise Bhd managing director and CEO “The outlook is generally optimistic for 2018, following the smooth government transition post-GE14, and the public is hopeful of positive changes to be brought about by the new government.
ECRL contractor has “no choice” but follow suspension order
PETALING JAYA (July 4): China Communications Construction Company (CCCC) has “no choice” but to follow the suspension order issued by Malaysia Rail Link Sdn Bhd over the controversial East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project, it said in a statement today.
Wahid Omar taking “short break” to spend time with family
PETALING JAYA (June 30): Former Permodalan Nasional Bhd (PNB) group chairman Tan Sri Abdul Wahid Omar will take a “short break” to spend time with his family after 17 years of working in government-linked companies (GLC).
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T7 Global keen to proceed with ECRL project despite lower cost
KUALA LUMPUR (June 26): T7 Global Bhd is keen on continuing participation in the controversial East Coast Railway Line (ECRL) project even at substantially lower cost, as long as the group "can make a decent profit" from it, its executive deputy chairman Tan Sri Tan Kean Soon said today.
Terengganu govt returns site for Chinese funeral parlour land
PETALING JAYA (June 25): The Terengganu government has agreed to return a 1ha site in Jakar to the Chinese community to build a funeral parlour, Bernama reported.
