PETALING JAYA: About 1, 451 employees of Keretapi Tanah Melayu Bhd( KTMB) will benefit from the newly opened KL Sentral industry vaccination centre( PPV), says Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong. The Transport Minister said the industry PPV would also benefit KTMB’s subsidiaries Multimodal Freight Sdn Bhd and KTM Distribution as well as 390 employees of ERL and ERL Maintenance Support Sdn Bhd.“ They are largely frontline staff who have yet to receive their first vaccine dose.“ The KTMB staff who will be

PETALING JAYA: The KL Sentral industry vaccination centre( PPV), which opened Monday( July 26), will be of great benefit to the 1, 451 employees of Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad( KTMB)." The industry PPV will also benefit KTMB’s subsidiaries-Multimodal Freight Sdn Bhd and KTM Distribution-as well as 390 employees of ERL and ERL Maintenance Support Sdn Bhd," said Transport Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong.“ They are largely frontline staff who have yet to receive their first vaccine dose.“ The

KUALA LUMPUR: The redevelopment of KL Sentral Station on a private-finance-initiative( PFI) basis with Malaysian Resources Corp Bhd( MRCB) at a cost of more than RM1bil is a well-timed chance to enhance the company’s commercial presence in a prime and strategic area, according to Hong Leong Investment Bank( HLIB) Research.“ We view this as a timely opportunity to expand MRCB’s commercial exposure in a prime and strategic location.... Going forward, MRCB will be entering direct negotiations afte

KUALA LUMPUR: The redevelopment of KL Sentral Station on a private-finance-initiative( PFI) basis with Malaysian Resources Corp Bhd( MRCB) at a cost of more than RM1bil is a well-timed chance to enhance the company’s commercial presence in a prime and strategic area, according to Hong Leong Investment Bank( HLIB) Research.“ We view this as a timely opportunity to expand MRCB’s commercial exposure in a prime and strategic location.... Going forward, MRCB will be entering direct negotiations afte

PETALING JAYA: Sentral Real Estate Investment Trust( Sentral REIT), formerly known as MRCB Quill REIT, posted a 3% rise in realised net income to RM22. 11mil for the third quarter ended Sept 30, from RM21. 48mil a year earlier. However, its revenue for the quarter fell slightly to RM40. 16mil from RM41. 71mil previously.In a filing with Bursa Malaysia yesterday, the group attributed the growth to lower property operating expenses and finance cost despite reduced revenue contribution from its por

PETALING JAYA: Sentral Real Estate Investment Trust( Sentral-REIT) is acquiring Menara CelcomDigi in Petaling Jaya from Malaysian Resources Corp Bhd( MRCB) for RM450mil.In a filing with Bursa Malaysia, Sentral-REIT said it had signed a conditional sale and purchase agreement to acquire the 27-storey, purpose-built office building from MRCB’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Puncak Wangi Sdn Bhd.“ The proposed acquisition is expected to expand Sentral-REIT’s total asset size by 21% from RM2. 15bil as at

PETALING JAYA: Flooding on the railway tracks between the Subang Jaya and Batu Tiga KTM stations has disrupted services of the Skypark Link and KTM Komuter from KL Sentral to Port Klang, and vice versa. Trains from KL Sentral headed for Port Klang will stop at the Subang Jaya station before returning to KL Sentral, while trains from Port Klang to Kuala Lumpur will stop at Batu Tiga before returning to its origin. Intercity services towards the east coast of the peninsula are also disrupted as a

KUALA LUMPUR: A heavy downpour left thousands stranded in flash floods around the city yesterday, with many unable to visit Ramadan bazaars for their buka puasa meals. Traffic at major roads came to a standstill after the downpour that started at around 3pm. Among the areas hit were Jalan Semantan, Jalan Parlimen, Jalan Kuching, Jalan Travers, Jalan Ampang and Menara DBKL 1 in Jalan Raja Laut. Also inundated were Jalan Segambut, Jalan Pudu, Jalan Maharajalela, Jalan Tun Razak, Jalan Tuanku Abdul

KUALA LUMPUR: Keretapi Tanah Melayu's( KTM) Komuter service and Electric Train Service( ETS) are experiencing disruptions of between 15 and 30 minutes from the original schedule on Wednesday( Nov 29) due to a train derailment incident at the Klang Valley Double Tracking project engineering 1( KVDT1) at KM387. 755 between the Kuala Lumpur Station and KL Sentral Station at 4. 05am.In a statement on Wednesday, KTM said the incident occurred when the project's engineering train was carrying out work

PETALING JAYA: Maxis Bhd will be featuring the performances of street musicians using a technology known as" virtual cube" in conjunction with its Riang Raya Maxis campaign. With the technology, the musicians, including people with disabilities( PWD) would be able to perform at" dozens of places at once."" These ‘cubes’ are open to the public at NU Sentral, Kuala Lumpur, and Kota Baru Mall, Kota Baru, while the songs they perform will also be played at Maxis stores nationwide," Maxis said in a s