News about Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 21): Never mind the sceptics.

More positive news and events came out of 2019 than in 2018, for sure.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 20): Manufacturers and company owners have “questioned” the timing and government’s choice of 57 major towns and cities that will have a rise in the minimum wage from RM1,100 to RM1,200 beginning Jan 1 next year, reported The Star today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 20): A unit of Puncak Niaga Holdings Bhd has received two bills of demand from the Royal Malaysian Customs Department for Goods and Services Tax payments totalling RM5.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 19): Former premier Datuk Seri Najib Razak's (pictured) application to call a foreign expert to examine the documents bearing his signature in the SRC International Sdn Bhd trial will be heard on Jan 7 by the High Court.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 18): Tun Daim Zainuddin (pictured) is worried that the Bandar Malaysia mega development could exacerbate the oversupply of property in the country.

PUTRAJAYA (Dec 17): TRX City Sdn Bhd, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Ministry of Finance Inc has signed an agreement with IWH CREC Sdn Bhd (IWH-CREC) to develop the reinstated Bandar Malaysia mega project.

PUTRAJAYA (Dec 17): The construction of Bandar Malaysia is expected to kick start “very soon” after a deal has been inked between Putrajaya and the consortium formed by lskandar Waterfront Holdings Sdn Bhd (IWH) and China Railway Engineering Corporation (M) Sdn Bhd (CREC) today.

PUTRAJAYA (Dec 17): Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said the government will go ahead with the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High Speed Rail (HSR) after making "some adjustments" to reduce the project's costs.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 16): The 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) US$6.