BY EUGENE MAHALINGAMRoyal Malaysian Customs Department director-general Datuk Seri Subromaniam Tholasy at the GST conference 2017 yesterday. - The Star/Sam ThamKUALA LUMPUR: The Royal Malaysian Customs Department plans to amend the goods and services tax (GST) Act to enable the Government to...

BY M.HAFIDZ MAHPARAlcom is the pioneer and leading supplier of aluminium rolled products in the Asia-Pacific region.KUALA LUMPUR: Kian Joo Can Factory Bhd group managing director Yeoh Jin Hoe has sold more than half of his controlling stake in Aluminium Co of Malaysia Bhd (Alcom) a year after he...

KUALA LUMPUR: CIMB Equities Research expects earnings of Malaysian real estate investment trusts (MREITs) under its coverage to improve in the second half of 2017 over the January-June period.It said on Tuesday the improvement would be supported by mid-single-digit rental reversions from retail...

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OVERNIGHT pipe works in north Seberang Prai and Butterworth will start on Saturday after being postponed due to flooding, said Penang Water Supply Corporation chief executive officer Datuk Jaseni Maidinsa.“The 12-hour water supply interruption was supposed to start on Sunday (yesterday) but has...

THE Penang government is offering a 90% discount on the infrastructure development fee for all care centres starting now.State Youth and Sports, Women, Family and Community Development Committee chairman Chong Eng said the conversion fee was meant for the change of residential units to all types of...

A view of the Suria 1 affordable housing project at Bandar Cassia in Batu Kawan, Penang.— Photo: ANDY LO/The StarWORK on the Suria 1 affordable housing project in Bandar Cassia, Batu Kawan, comprising 520 units by the Penang government has been completed.The project, which comprises three blocks...

BY R.S.N MURALIKamarulzaman says the task force will comprise local authorities officials, the police as well as the education and fire and rescue departments.MELAKA: A task force has been formed in Melaka to look out for hostels and dormitories deemed as fire traps here, in the wake of the deadly...

BY WONG PEK WEI The Transport Management Centre in Bukit Jalil where Itis is housed. The RM2.9mil for the eDrive app includes training Itis staff to transfer the necessary skills so that they know how the app works. — filepicTHE eDrive app has received positive reviews since it was introduced...

Sales of commercial property in Beijing by surface area fell 44.8 percent from Jan-AugustBEIJING: Sales of commercial property in Beijing by surface area fell 44.8 percent in the first eight months of the year to to 5.3 million square metres versus the same period last year, the city's statistics...