Negeri Sembilan aims to build aviation hub
PETALING JAYA (July 1): Negeri Sembilan plans to develop an aviation hub as the state government is confident that it will benefit the economy at the local and national level, reported Bernama.
Azmin tells Felda to undertake forensic audit
KUALA LUMPUR (June 22): Economic Affairs Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali has instructed the Federal Land Development Authority (Felda), which is embroiled in several controversial deals, to undertake an “external forensic audit to get to the bottom of this”.
Free water not part of pledge in Negeri Sembilan
PETALING JAYA (June 19): Negeri Sembilan does not have plans to offer free water supply, says Menteri Besar Aminuddin Harun Aminuddin, adding that the state Pakatan Harapan did not make such a promise in its election manifesto.
Alibaba’s investment in Malaysia is US$100m and counting
KUALA LUMPUR (June 19): Just over a year after announcing its partnership with the Malaysian government for the Digital Free Trade Zone (DFTZ), Alibaba Group has already invested US$100 million (RM400 million) in its various initiatives here.
Transport Ministry has not received Kulim International Airport proposal
PETALING JAYA (June 12): The Ministry of Transport has not received a proposal on the Kulim International Airport (KXP), said minister Anthony Loke.
Airbnb says committed to engage with local authorities to develop framework
KUALA LUMPUR (June 12): Short-term lease platform Airbnb looks forward to engaging with local authorities to develop and appropriate frameworks — including tourism tax collection — that allow home sharing to thrive for Malaysia’s short- and long-term benefit, it said in an op-ed today.
Malaysia hoteliers want tourism tax abolished, Airbnb regulated
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.
Vincent Tan’s Tioman airport dreams may hit a snag
KUALA LUMPUR (June 11): Could environmental concerns scupper Berjaya Corp Bhd founder and executive chairperson Vincent Tan’s (pictured) plans for a new airport in Tioman island? According to a report by news portal Malaysiakini, Malaysian Airport Holdings Bhd managing director Badlisham Ghazali said that there were environmental concerns as the new airport may entail lengthening the current, “abandoned airport runway into the ocean through land reclamation”.
Outlet mall venture seen to enhance MAHB prospects
Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (June 8, RM8.
