Malaysia's second WTE plant costing RM660m to be built in Sungai Udang, Melaka, says Nga
The country’s second waste-to-energy (WtE) plant costing RM660 million will be built in Sungai Udang, Melaka, and is expected to be fully operational by 2029.
The country’s second waste-to-energy (WtE) plant costing RM660 million will be built in Sungai Udang, Melaka, and is expected to be fully operational by 2029.
IHG Hotels & Resorts will open its first voco hotel in Malaysia, voco Kuching, next year.
Works Minister Datuk Seri Alexander Nanta Linggi said the expansion of the sales and service tax (SST) will have a limited impact on house prices.
The construction sector is expected to see its earnings growth remaining on an upward trajectory in the second quarter, while the order book environment is set to further improve heading into the second half of 2025, with the gradual roll-out of major public infrastructure projects.
The pipeline of data centre projects in Malaysia is unlikely to be impacted by recent reports alleging that Chinese firms are using servers equipped with Nvidia chips to train artificial intelligence (AI) models, said MIDF Research.
Earnings in the construction sector are expected to remain on an upward quarter-on-quarter trajectory in the second quarter of 2025 (2Q2025), supported by increased construction site activities following 1Q2025 festive breaks, according to CIMB Securities.
Guocoland (Malaysia) Bhd (KL:GUOCO) said the group faces a net financial impact of RM5.54 million following an arbitration ruling against its wholly owned subsidiary over a disputed project termination.
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