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KL Tower sold
Minimum wage breather
Zuraida gets the boot
KL Tower sold
Telekom Malaysia has sold ownership of the Kuala Lumpur Tower to a little-known company called Hydroshoppe Sdn Bhd.
The deal was reportedly made on Oct 31, while the nation was raptured in election fever.
Former communications minister Annuar Musa said that as a public-listed firm, TM did not need his permission to transfer shares - but questioned why a profit-maker was let go of.
Communications and Digital Minister Fahmi Fadzil, meanwhile, is keeping a close eye on the matter and has promised to cooperate with authorities if there is any investigation.
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Minimum wage breather
Micro businesses with less than five employees on their business have received another extension on implementing the RM1,500 minimum wage.
It was previously extended from May 1 this year, to Jan 1 next year, and now to July 1.
However, the second extension has irked labour groups - who urged the government to subsidise micro businesses so that they can pay workers the new minimum wage instead.
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Zuraida gets the boot
PBM has sacked Zuraida Kamaruddin and 10 others amid a power struggle with founding president Larry Sng.
Two of Zuraida's allies - Haniza Talha and Daroyah Alwi - have only been stripped of their posts as deputy president and women's chief respectively.
Sng said this was to prevent the duo - who are Selangor assemblypersons - from party hopping.
While partyless, Zuraida won't be completely in the wilderness, however, as she is a member of the Muafakat Nasional NGO, headed by former Ketereh MP Annuar Musa.
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