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PETALING JAYA (Aug 9): 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) is still the registered owner of 234 acres of land in Air Itam, Penang, even after it was sold to another company as the transfer of ownership is incomplete, reported the Malay Mail.

PUTRAJAYA (Aug 9): The Tourism, Arts and Culture Ministry (Motac) expects the number of approved applicants under the Malaysia My Second Home (MM2H) programme to be doubled by the end of the year from the current 1,009 approved aplicants as of June, said ministry secretary general Datuk Rashidi Hasbullah.

PETALING JAYA (Aug 9): Malaysian Institute of Estate Agents (MIEA) holds an optimistic outlook of the property market and believes that real estate investors will make a comeback, due to improving fundamentals under the new government and new policies to address the sector's issues.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 8): Food outlets such as those selling roti canai, nasi lemak (pictured) and nasi goreng, and earning less than RM1 million annual revenue would be exempted from tax under the proposed Service Tax Bill 2018, said Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng.

JOHOR BARU (August 8): Due to a population boom, Iskandar Malaysia requires between 600,000 and 700,000 residential units from now until 2025.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 8): Former Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein (pictured) said his cousin and ex-Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak's second round of criminal charges is in line with the rule of law but hopes that he gets a fair trial in court.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 8): Strategic investment fund 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) has laid claim to the Equanimity super yacht, said to be bought using monies misappropriated from 1MDB, when it finally arrived on Malaysian shores yesterday afternoon at Pulau Indah, Selangor.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 7): Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak (pictured), who arrived at the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) at 4.

PETALING JAYA (Aug 7): A Kota Kinabalu International Airport executive has been remanded for four days for allegedly receiving bribes worth RM36,500 in relation to the approval of airport rental space, reported The Star.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 7): Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak (pictured) arrived at the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Agency (MACC) at 4.