Prime Minister ThonglounSisoulith and his delegation are officially visiting Malaysia from May 9-10 at the invitation of Prime Minister Dato’ Sri NajibTun Abdul Razak. This is MrThongloun’s first visit to Malaysia since taking the top government post a year ago. His visit aims to strengthen the long-standing friendship and good cooperation between the two countries. […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR: A RM60 million e-Commerce Regional Distribution Centre is being established in Sepang, Selangor, via a collaboration between Pos Malaysia Bhd and Lazada (M) Sdn Bhd. The companies signed a Memorandum of Collaboration (MoC) on Thursday for this purpose. Pos Malaysia Group Chief Executive Officer Datuk Mohd Shukrie Mohd Salleh said the centre, to […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR: SME Corporation Malaysia is looking at improved sales of RM12mil from the Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) Week 2017 in contrast to the RM8.2mil registered year. Chief executive officer Datuk Dr Hafsah Hashim said the improvement would be driven by the participation of online shopping players such as Lazada, 11street and Google, apart […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian palm oil futures rose on Tuesday evening in their second consecutive day of gains, helped by strong export data and firmer soyoil prices. The benchmark palm oil contract for July delivery on the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Exchange was up 1.6 percent at 2,548 ringgit ($589.00) a tonne by the end of the trading day. Volumes stood […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR: “Malaysia’s economy is resilient” is a refrain heard countless times since growth started to slow down from 2015. But that resilience may not hold out as the economy’s competitiveness slide and others in the same neighbourhood produce the same goods at lower cost. The government expects the economy to grow by between 4% […]
Read MoreJEMPOL: Malaysia’s biggest sugar refinery, which is being constructed in Tanjung Langsat, Johor, is 45% complete and within the approved budget. It is expected to produce one million metric tonnes of refined sugar annually once it starts operations next year, said Felda Global Ventures Holdings Bhd (FGV) chairman Tan Sri Mohd Isa Abdul Samad. “Once […]
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