News about Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 21): MRCB-Quill REIT (MQREIT) saw 48 million of its units cross off-market today.

BEIJING (Aug 20): Malaysia and China's friendly long-term diplomatic ties are "far more important than the current problems" between the two nations, said China's Premier Li Keqiang.

Sunway Construction Group Bhd (Aug 17, RM1.

KUALA LUMPUR (August 20): The International School of Kuala Lumpur (ISKL), which has a long-standing history in Malaysia, has placed two of its campuses in Selangor up for sale after moving into its new campus in Ampang Hilir, Kuala Lumpur.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 17): The reintroduction of the sales and services tax (SST) on Sept 1 is not expected to have a significant impact on inflation as seen by the introduction of the goods and services tax (GST) back in April 2015, Bank Negara Malaysia says.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 17): Ferries have been icons of the Pearl of The Orient for decades.

CYBERJAYA (Aug 16): The Real Estate and Housing Developers' Association Malaysia (Rehda) (pictured) hopes that the proposed single entity to oversee affordable housing will be different from the rest as there is more urgency now to ensure the issues faced are addressed promptly.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 16): Malaysia will strive to prove that the private aircraft owned by businessman Low Taek Jho or Jho Low was bought with money stolen from the country, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 16): Investigations into the RM1 billion Equanimity (pictured) superyacht as part of a corruption probe linked to 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) is "going as planned", says lawyer Sitpah Selvaratnam, who is heading the team of lawyers representing 1MDB and the Malaysian government in the claim over Equanimity.

SHAH ALAM (August 16): An 11-year-old boy fell to his death from his family’s fifth-floor apartment unit, located at the Royal Malaysian Air Force (TUDM) quarters yesterday, reports the NST.