MALAYSIA'S state investment agency Khazanah Nasional is planning another half a dozen leisure projects worth some RM1.8 billion (S$733 million) to enhance the country's destination appeal and to increase the amount that tourists spend while in the country.

(KUALA LUMPUR) With China's President Hu Jintao visiting Malaysia next week, speculation is swirling the Malaysian government may finally seal a deal to sell 10 per cent of planter Sime Darby to a Chinese group.