News about Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR (June 11): The Malaysian Association of Hotels (MAH) had today proposed that the government abolish its RM10 per room per night tourism tax to grow foreign tourist arrivals.

PETALING JAYA (June 11): A two-storey bungalow in Putrajaya – which is believed to have been used by former premier Datuk Seri Najib Razak (pictured) as a “safe house” – is being searched by police officers from the Federal Commercial Crime Investigations Department, reported the Malay Mail.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 11): There were 3,354 fire rescue calls during the Ops Raya 2017 campaign, up by 39% from 2,400 calls recorded in the previous year, said the Fire and Rescue Department of Malaysia (Bomba) director-general Mohammad Hamdan Wahid (pictured) today.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 11): A majority, or 82%, of Malaysian consumers are optimistic about the country's economic outlook and perceive the recent government initiatives, such as the reduction of goods and services tax (GST) to 0% on June 1, as being good for consumers, according to a survey conducted by Nielsen Malaysia.

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KUALA LUMPUR (June 11): Property experts have dismissed concerns that the change of Bangsar South’s name back to Kampung Kerinchi will drive down prices of properties in the area.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 10): The owners of the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project today said that a statement made in a story by an English language weekly yesterday is "completely incorrect and misleading".

KUALA LUMPUR (June 9): Two firms, Tanjung Rhu Land Sdn Bhd and Reka Intisari Sdn Bhd, have gone into receivership, according to a recent report by The Edge weekly.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 9): It looks like Putrajaya will not “inject” any more monies to the Tun Razak Exchange (TRX) (pictured) financial centre here, according to a very recent report by The Edge weekly.

A decade ago, Jerry Tan would never have imagined himself marketing a Malaysian property development, much less living in one.