Malaysia’s new light rail project to proceed at half the cost: Finance minister Malaysia’s Light Rail Transit 3 (LRT 3) project will proceed at RM16.6 billion (US$4 billion), which is nearly half the earlier projected […]
Malaysia ex-PM Najib Razak says he has difficulty paying his bills after his bank account is frozen Former Malaysia prime minister Najib Razak has hit out at authorities for freezing his personal bank account, saying […]
Asean Morning News Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu Watch This Toyota Corolla Crash Test to Improve Your Survival Chances You have a greater chance of being killed in an early model Toyota Corolla than […]
Malaysia’s plan to produce an Asean car potentially revived Proton parent DRB-HICOM Bhd said it was studying the proposed collaboration between Malaysia and Indonesia to produce an Asean car. — New Straits Times Malaysia’s indecision […]
Asean Morning News Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu Southeast Asia sees largest worldwide increase of tourists during first quarter of 2018 Tourist numbers in Southeast Asia increased by 10% in the first four months […]
Malaysia Could Have To Pay Over $200 Million Compensation To Singapore For Scrapping Railway Plan Singapore will try to recover costs incurred for a rail project with Malaysia, which have exceeded 250 million Singapore dollars […]
Asean Morning News Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu Five agreements inked to take Asean’s smart cities plan forward In Thailand’s Chonburi province, a smart city — also the country’s largest industrial city — is […]
Malaysia’s review of China-related projects not affecting Alibaba’s investment plans The review of China-related projects in Malaysia has not faltered e-commerce giant Alibaba Group’s plans to continue to invigorate investments in Malaysia. — New Straits […]
Asean Morning News Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu Facebook signs £200M deal for Premier League soccer rights in Southeast Asia Facebook is continuing its push to add more live sports to its platform by […]
Malaysia investigates China-backed project’s link with 1MDB Malaysia is investigating whether part of a loan from a Chinese state-owned bank for projects worth US$2.3 billion (S$3.1 billion) was used to help repay dues of the […]
Asean Morning News Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu Trade-tension risks not hurting regional growth forecasts AS TRADE tensions between the United States and China continue – more tariffs are due Friday – economists are […]
Malaysia suspends construction of major Belt and Road rail project The project owner of Malaysia’s US$20 billion East Coast Railway Link has told its main Chinese contractor to suspend work, both companies said on Wednesday […]