News about Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR (June 19): Historically low interest rates are “fuelling” debt in Malaysian households, “which have funnelled loans mainly to the purchase of residential properties and passenger cars”, The Edge Malaysia reported this week.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 19): Insisting that the three criteria of case numbers, ICU bed utilisation and vaccination rates are not adequate to capture the complexity of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Malaysian Health Coalition (MHC) has called for additional KPIs to guide the National Recovery Plan.

PETALING JAYA (June 18): Another exciting year beckons for budding architects and interior designers as they embark on an experiential journey with the Asia Young Designers Awards (AYDA 2021) that has returned for the 14th year running with the theme FORWARD: Amplifying Empathy Through Design.

PETALING JAYA (June 18): IIB Ventures Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of Iskandar Investment Bhd (IIB), has collaborated with the Malaysian Technology Development Corp Sdn Bhd (MTDC), as part of its efforts to accelerate the growth of IR4.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 17): Malaysia Building Society Bhd (MBSB) expects to increase its revenue by 3% to 4% this year, driven by fee income and trade financing expansion.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 17): The High Court here has granted leave to 18 Malaysian youths to challenge the government's action in delaying the implementation of Undi18, a move to lower the voting age to 18 and to enable automatic voter registration (AVR).

KUALA LUMPUR (June 16): The Malaysian Bar has joined the list of parties who have made urgent calls for the government to reconvene parliament.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 14): Unitholders of CapitaLand Malaysia Mall Trust (CMMT) today voted in favour for the real estate investment trust's (REIT) proposal to expand its asset classes to include business parks, logistics facilities, warehouses, distribution centres, data centres and integrated developments.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 14): When the World Health Organization announced last year that Covid-19 had turned into a pandemic, many countries around the world, including Malaysia decided to impose a lockdown to help control the spread of the virus.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 14): Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak failed in his application for a stay of a decision by the High Court last July 22 to allow the Inland Revenue Board (IRB) to enter a summary judgement against the politician and require him to pay tax arrears of RM1.