Photo courtesy Bernama KUALA LUMPUR, March 17 (NNN-Bernama) — Malaysia’s Government opposes EU act classifying palm oil as “high risk ” government strongly opposes the European Commission’s Delegated Act which classifies palm oil as “high risk”, said Foreign Affairs Minister Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah. In a statement today, he said the…

Photo courtesy Bernama KUALA LUMPUR, March 17, (NNN-BERNAMA) — Foreign net outflow of funds between Monday and  Thursday reduced to RM472.2 million against RM709.9 million recorded in the same period last week.  Bank Islam Malaysia Bhd chief economist Dr Mohd Afzanizam Abdul Rashid said average participation rate for foreign and local institution stood…

Photo courtesy Bernama 143 victims of chemical waste contamination still hospitalised JOHOR BAHRU, March 17 (Bernama) — As of midnight yesterday, as many as 143 who were affected by the chemical waste contamination incident in Pasir Gudang were still receiving treatment in hospitals. Chairman of the state Health, Environment and…

Photo courtesy Bernama SEPANG, March 17 (NNN- Bernama) — Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said the government’s move to launch its third national car project was to enable Malaysians to learn and understand automotive engineering technology. He was of the opinion that Malaysians ‘know nothing’ and lacked knowledge in…

KUALA LUMPUR, March 16 (NNN-BERNAMA) – MALAYSIA is enjoying encouraging economic growth, with RM80.5 billion in foreign direct investments (FDIs) being approved across all sectors in 2018, a jump of 48% from a year earlier, said Lim Guan Eng. Of the total amount, RM26.5 billion in FDIs were approved in…

By Massita Ahmad SINGAPORE, March 16 (NNN-Bernama) – Tan Sri Robert Kuok retains his number one spot on the 2019 Forbes Malaysia Rich List with a net worth of US$12.8 billion despite a fall in his wealth by US$2 billion, according to Forbes Asia. In releasing the 2019 Forbes Malaysia…

Photo courtesy BERNAMA JOHOR BAHARU, March 16 (NNN- Bernama) — The clean-up exercise at Sungai Kim Kim has produced 350 jumbo bags of tainted earth and 350 tonnes of polluted water so far. State Health, Environment and Agriculture Committee chairman Dr Sahruddin Jamal said all the toxic substances collected since March 13…

KUALA LUMPUR, March 15 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said he regretted very much the deadly terror attacks at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, today. “I regret very much the incident in Christchurch where 40 people were shot dead by gunmen in two mosques while they were performing…