In Depth

Advocate of city-industry integration

Aspiring to drive the economy of Johor and Malaysia, Country Garden Malaysia has outlined eight core pillars of industrial components in its Forest City development in Iskandar Malaysia, Johor.

Making affordable housing sexy

A development that provides a conducive living environment within an easy and quick commute to work and business, should be the model for affordable housing.

Time to bite the bullet

Reality of Budget 2019 may hurt as new govt has little choice but to revive the economy.

US DoJ indicts Jho Low, Leissner, Roger Ng over 1MDB

Malaysian financier Low Taek Jho, aka Jho Low, and former banker Ng Chong Hwa, aka Roger Ng, indicted for conspiring to launder billions of dollars in illegal proceeds and to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in bribes in connection with the 1MDB fund. Former banker Tim Leissner pleaded guilty to conspiring to launder money and to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act related to 1MDB.