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[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 23): The Employee Provident Fund (EPF) posted a gross investment income of RM17.33 billion in the third quarter (Q3) of this year, an increase of 14% over RM15.12 billion reported in 2Q. In a statement, EPF said equities contributed RM7.29 billion or 42% of total gross …

[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: New Bantuan Prihatin Nasional 2.0 (BPN 2.0) applications and appeals are currently being processed, and approved payments will be made in January 2021, said Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz. (pix) According to the economic stimulus package of Kita Prihatin (KITA PRIHATIN), it said that …

[ad_1] PETALING JAYA: The National Pharmaceutical Regulation Agency (NPRA) requires 90 to 120 business days to review documents and make recommendations to the Drug Control Authority (DCA) on the registration of Covid-19 vaccines, says the director general of Health So Sri Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah. Dr Noor Hisham said that …

[ad_1] Apple Inc is moving forward with autonomous car technology and is targeting 2024 to produce a passenger car that could include its own innovative battery technology, people familiar with the matter told Reuters. The iPhone maker’s automotive efforts, known as Project Titan, have run unevenly since 2014, when it …

[ad_1] BANGKOK (Bloomberg): As Phuket and other Thai tourist destinations prepare for a slight uptick in business from the countdown to 2021, a new virus outbreak among workers at seafood factories near Bangkok could not come in worst moment. Thailand discovered a record cluster of infections in Samut Sakhon province …

[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 22): Concerns about a new strain of Covid-19, coupled with weak oil prices, continued to weigh on investor sentiment, dragging Bursa Malaysia to end the morning session lower generalized. At lunchtime, the FBM KLCI benchmark index was 16.94 points or 1.03% lower at 1,630.95 after moving …

[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: The Kuala Lumpur City Council Excise Licensing Board (DBKL) will meet to discuss alcohol licensing guidelines, including review of the minimum age allowed to purchase alcohol. “The existing guideline limits the buyer’s age to 18 years or older. But the Food Regulation Act of 1985 states that …

[ad_1] KOTA KINABALU: State police are on the hunt for a suspect believed to have caused the death of a local man in Beaufort during a drunken fight on December 19. Sabah Police Commissioner Datuk Hazani Ghazali said they also enlisted the help of Sarawak police authorities, as the suspect …

[ad_1] © Reuters. People wearing protective masks, after a coronavirus outbreak, are reflected on a screen displaying the Nikkei index, outside a brokerage in Tokyo. By Kane Wu and John McCrank HONG KONG / NEW YORK (Reuters) – Asian stocks fell on Tuesday, extending a pullback from multi-year highs reached …

[ad_1] NOW ROUNDING | In short, the key headlines that were perhaps missed yesterday. 1. Former Minister of Federal Territories Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor has been sentenced to 12 months in prison and fined 2 million ringgit after being convicted of corruption. 2. The director general of the Ministry of …