News about Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR (June 24): The Chemical Industries Council of Malaysia (CICM) is urging the Government to immediately grant approval to limestone quarries to continue to operate in order to enable essential industries such as the water treatment and sugar industries to maintain supplies to the general public.

PETALING JAYA (June 24): EcoWorld Malaysia announced its achievement of RM1.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 24): The construction industry is facing a material shortage problem as its supply chain is not allowed to operate during  Full Movement Control Order (FMCO), hence Master Builders Association Malaysia (MBAM) has urged the government to allow related industries to resume operations to ensure the critical and essential construction works will not be disrupted.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 23): The Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF) has urged the government to end the full movement control order (FMCO) with immediate effect "to stop causing further damage to the national economy and individual livelihoods".

PETALING JAYA (June 22): The stop-work order which involved the works on scaffolding and falsework in 10 locations on the Damansara-Shah Alam Elevated Highway (DASH) will remain until sufficient safety measures are implemented, said the Malaysian Highway Authority (LLM).

KUALA LUMPUR (June 21): Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) has submitted a comprehensive strategic long-term development plan for the Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in Subang, Selangor to the government.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 20): Mohd Azharuddin Mat Sah (pictured), who is currently the chief transformation officer of Malaysia Airlines Bhd, could be appointed chief executive officer (CEO) of Prasarana Malaysia Bhd, sources said on condition of anonymity.

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.