The Malaysian Institute of Architects (PAM) would like to reiterate that all new and existing building structures must be strictly regulated in Malaysia. 

This is a reference to the recent incident where a wall collapsed in a hotel in Bukit Tinggi, Bentong where the incident resulted in an elderly man and a child being injured, and 90 hotel guests evacuated as a precaution until the authorities finish carrying out investigations. 

Malaysian consumers’ search for goods has rose by 32 per cent on the Shopee e-commerce platform due to Chinese New Year festive period. 

Shopee Malaysia regional managing director Ian Ho added that the spike in the number of searches indicated the trend of consumers opting to shop online for their festive necessities.

Malaysia’s exports of rubber gloves in 2017 has hit an all-time high, benefitting from the synchronised recovery in global growth and demand. 

For the year 2017, exports grew at a robust pace of 19.4 per cent year-on-year (Y-O-Y) to RM15.9 billion compared with RM13.3 billion in the year 2016.