News about Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR (July 3): The final cost of the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project is actually RM81 billion and must be reduced significantly to make it viable financially, according to Minister of Finance Lim Guan Eng.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 2): Almost 10 years after the federal government shot down a proposal to build an airport funded by the private sector in Labu, Negeri Sembilan, the topic has been revived after the Pakatan Harapan state government announced its intention to develop an aviation hub there.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 2): Kuala Lumpur Kepong Bhd (KLK) has appointed Leong Sean Meng as the acting group Chief Financial Officer (CFO) with immediate effect upon the resignation of the Group CFO Soon Wing Chong, reported Bernama today.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 2): Newly appointed Permodalan Nasional Bhd (PNB) chairman Tan Sri Dr Zeti Akhtar Aziz (pictured) says she will continue to serve as a member of the Council of Eminent Persons (CEP).

PETALING JAYA (July 2): Consortium Zenith Construction Sdn Bhd’s (CZC) senior executive director Datuk Zarul Ahmad Mohd Zulkifli said the company was duped into paying off two individuals who claimed to have high-level connections within the authorities, reported the Malay Mail.

  PETALING JAYA (July 1): An architect with a government-linked company (GLC) has been remanded for five days to assist in investigations into the awarding of tenders for RM300 million worth of construction projects, reported Bernama.

  PETALING JAYA (June 30): Malaysia Rail Link Sdn Bhd (MRL), the owner of the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project, would not have signed the papers for the project out of its own volition, sources told The Star.

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).

PETALING JAYA (Jue 30): The CEO of a government-linked company (GLC) who was remanded on Thursday (June 28) by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) over allegations of abuse of power involving construction projects valued at RM300 million was freed by the Magistrate’s Court at Putrajaya today, reported Bernama.

PETALING JAYA (June 29): Tan Sri Abdul Wahid Omar has resigned from his position as Permodalan Nasional Bhd (PNB) group chairman, reported The Star.