China Communications yesterday signed a deal to share the operation and maintenance of the forthcoming, 665km-long East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) in Malaysia. The company, which is currently building the…

Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) is to design a masterplan for a major mixed-used urban development to be called “Discovery City”. The city will be located within the 28 sq km…

Apple’s first retail location in Malaysia has opened to the public. The Foster + Partners store, located in Kuala Lumpur’s new Tun Razak Exchange development, is notable for the illuminated…

Malaysia is resurrecting its $28bn plan to build a high-speed railway between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore, Nikkei Asia reports. The line was agreed by the two sides in 2016 but…

Work on Malaysia’s East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) passed the half-way mark in August, said Datuk Hasbi Habibollah, the country’s deputy transport minister. According to the New Straits Times, he…

Germany’s biggest chip maker Infineon Technologies will invest €5bn over five years in building the world’s biggest 200-millimetre silicon carbide (SiC) semiconductor plant in Kulim, Malaysia. SiC is used to…

Renewable energy specialist Masdar has signed a memorandum of understanding with Malaysian investment company Citaglobal to develop 2GW of solar, wind and energy storage projects. Abu Dhabi-based Masdar said the…

Malaysia’s transport minister has said his government is looking to resurrect a plan to build a high-speed rail link with Singapore, the New Straits Times reports.

UK consultant Turner & Townsend (T&T) has appointed two senior managers to its leadership team in Malaysia. Ong See Lian, former global president of Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, will…

The construction arm of Malaysian conglomerate IJM Corporation has won two contracts worth US$94m in the Malaysian state of Penang. One is a $76m contract from ASE Electronics, the Malaysian…