KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 8 (Bernama) — The recent report by The Straits Times of Singapore on 5 February 2021 regarding foreign investors fleeing Malaysia is incorrect. The piece falsely indicates that the United Nations Commission on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) report confirmed what has been spoken of anecdotally.The UNCTAD report estimated…

HAIKOU, China, Feb 8 (Bernama-AsiaNet) — The Spring Festival, the most significant festival in Chinese culture, was just around the corner. Wu Qizhen, the 66-year-old successor of a traditional sugar-making technique included in the intangible cultural heritage list, was busy instructing workers to manufacture the brown sugar for the last “sweet”…

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 8 (Bernama) — Malaysia’s status as Asia’s preferred destination for business events has been recognised at the 13th China MICE Industry Golden Chair Awards as the country has been awarded as No 4th Most Expected MICE Destination for the year 2020. Malaysia Convention & Exhibition Bureau (MyCEB)…

SYDNEY, Feb 8 (Bernama-AsiaNet) —Pan Pacific Hotels Group, consistently named as “Best Regional Hotel Chain”, has appointed Red Apricot’s AI-powered JustPerform solution to implement their Enterprise Planning in SAP BPC.The JustPerform Process Designer Pro for Planning app will help Pan Pacific Hotels Group simplify their integrated planning and operational expense…

PETALING JAYA, Feb 8 (Bernama) — Legal actions and sanctions against companies over human rights issues are increasing worldwide, and KPMG cautions Malaysian companies to wake up to this risk before it’s too late. A check of the Withhold Release Orders (WRO) list issued by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection…

Three-year deployment project will enhance Singapore Airport’s security operations and provide business intelligence SINGAPORE, Feb 8 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Singapore’s Changi Airport Group, one of the most innovative and technologically advanced airports in the world, has selected Genetec, Inc. (“Genetec”), a leading technology provider of unified security, public safety, operations, and business…

MELBOURNE, Australia, Feb 8 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Singaporean developer World Class Global has unveiled the Southern Hemisphere’s highest swimming pools at its Australia 108 super-skyscraper in Melbourne, as it throws open the doors to its iconic golden ‘Starburst’. The dual trapezoidal-shaped ‘twinfinity pools’ on level 70 of the 319-metre-high luxury…

SYDNEY, Feb 8 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) — As a specialist digital health fund, Sydney based Healthcare Ventures will invest in early stage and growth companies transforming healthcare via digital health technologies. The investment strategy focuses primarily on Australian companies going global, led by visionary founders, that are redefining how healthcare is provided…

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Feb 8 (Bernama-PRNewswire) — Coara Solar a pioneer in the development and building of solar projects in Malaysia announced the successful financial closing and commencement of construction of Coara Marang Solar farm.  In June 2020, Director of Coara Marang, Susan Hemming, signed a 21-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA)…

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 8 (Bernama) — PETRONAS is extending the necessary efforts to ensure the safety of about 155 workers of its contractor on barge to the Yetagun oil rig, located off the coast of Myanmar.In response to news reports claiming that the workers are stranded offshore following a military coup…