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(KL, 18 Apr) - Malaysian legislators will soon debate a plan by the ruling coalition to ease decades-old restrictions on newspapers. The planned changes to the Printing Presses and Publication Act are part of Prime Minister Najib Razak's pledge to improve civil liberties and media freedom. Deputy Home Minister Abu Seman Yusop... 

(Reuters, 18 Apr) - Singapore said on Wednesday it will tighten rules to ensure developers reflect the size and layout of apartments more accurately as part of new measures to protect buyers who are less familiar with the property market. From May 18, developers of uncompleted apartments must give drawn-to-scale location plans... 

GIC owns a 17.5pc stake in Bluewater shopping centre in Kent. Singapore's sovereign wealth fund is preparing to buy up swathes of distressed properties in the UK with the launch of a £200m fund. (16 Apr) - The investment drive by the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC) is a further example of the growing...