KUALA LUMPUR, April 24 (Bernama) — On 12 April 2019, Malaysia has once again raised our concerns on the palm oil restriction for biofuel at the Council of Trade in Goods (CTG) Meeting of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). The European Commission has recently adopted the Delegated Act to implement the…

TOKYO, April 24 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) — The Keio Plaza Hotel Co., Ltd., one of Japan’s most prestigious hotel companies operating hotels located in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo and other locations, is proud to announce the strengthening of its collaborative relationship with Sanrio Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Shinagawa, Tokyo, President and CEO: Shintaro…

KUALA LUMPUR, April 23 (Bernama) — The Deputy Minister, Ministry of Primary Industries (MPI) YB Datuk Seri Shamsul Iskandar Mohd Akin will lead an Economic and Promotional Mission to Saudi Arabia from 22 to 26 April 2019. The delegation comprised of senior officials of the Ministry and agencies under the Ministry…

KUALA LUMPUR, April 23 (Bernama) — YB Datuk Darell Leiking, Minister of International Trade and Industry (MITI) led the Malaysian delegation at the 25th ASEAN Economic Ministers’ (AEM) Retreat and Related Meetings from 22 – 23 April 2019 in Phuket, Thailand. The Economic Ministers exchanged views and deliberated on the 13…

SELANGOR, April 23 (Bernama) — According to the Global Cancer Observatory, in 2018 there were 23,218 new cancer cases reported among women in Malaysia, and 7,593 of them were new breast cancer cases[i]. As the most common cancer among women in this country, breast cancer accounted for 32.1% of all female…

KUALA LUMPUR, April 23 (Bernama) — The Malaysian plastics industry welcomes and supports the Government’s drive to ensure environmental protection is in tandem with Malaysia’s physical development, as stated by Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad at the Taman Tugu World Earth Day celebrations on 20 April 2019. This is why…

KUALA LUMPUR, April 23 (Bernama) — Bina Puri Holdings Berhad’s subsidiary, Bina Puri Pakistan Private Limited (“BPPPL”) has won an arbitration case against the Pakistan National Highway Authority (“NHA)” in a dispute relating to the termination of a concession agreement dated 16th January 2012 for the construction of a 136 km…

QUEBEC CITY, April 23 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) —LeddarTech®, an industry leader providing the most versatile and scalable auto and mobility LiDAR platform™, is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Richard LaRue as Chief Legal Officer. Mr. LaRue has worked extensively with software and biotech companies, as well as start-ups, in all…

SINGAPORE, April 23 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) — Zycus, a global leader in procurement technology solutions across the Source-to-Pay suite, is scouting for a Regional Sales Director for its Singapore Operations to manage South East Asia. Providing software applications to Fortune 500 companies, Zycus is standing strong in the procurement domain since 20…

KUALA LUMPUR, April 23 (Bernama) — AmInvest was awarded as the Best Domestic Fixed Income Fund Manager 2018 at the Employees Provident Fund (“EPF”)’s External Fund Managers Annual Awards 2019 (“EPF Awards”) held recently.¹  The EPF Awards recognises “the outstanding performance by external fund managers in managing EPF’s investment portfolio”.¹ Commenting…