In Dewan Rakyat today: 1MDB debt, renewable energy on the agenda 

In Dewan Rakyat today: 1MDB debt, renewable energy on the agenda 

KUALA LUMPUR, July 9 — Issues involving the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) debt, the country’s renewable energy capacity target, and the welfare of the elderly and persons with disabilities (PwDs) will be among matters to be raised at today’s Dewan Rakyat sitting. According to the Order Paper published on Parliament’s official website, Chong Chieng Jen […]

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Zahid: Government reviewing e-invoice and foreign worker EPF payments following business concerns

Zahid: Government reviewing e-invoice and foreign worker EPF payments following business concerns

ISKANDAR PUTERI, July 9 — The government will review the rollout of the e-invoice system to alleviate the regulatory pressure currently weighing on Malaysian businesses, said Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. He confirmed the decision following a Cabinet meeting yesterday. “The review was undertaken as the implementation of the e-invoice faced numerous problems

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1MDB debt and renewable energy on Parliament agenda

1MDB debt and renewable energy on Parliament agenda

MPs will raise 1MDB debt, renewable energy targets and welfare of elderly and disabled in today’s Dewan Rakyat session. KUALA LUMPUR: Issues involving the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) debt, the country’s renewable energy capacity target, and the welfare of the elderly and persons with disabilities (PwDs) will be among matters to be raised at today’s Dewan Rakyat

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Ringgit opens higher against major currencies, easier verses US dollar

Ringgit opens higher against major currencies, easier verses US dollar

At 8 am, the ringgit weakened to 4.0745/0830 against the US dollar from Tuesday’s close of 4.0685/0735. KUALA LUMPUR: The ringgit opened higher against major currencies but eased against the US dollar on Wednesday as demand for the greenback strengthened amid escalating geopolitical tensions in West Asia. At 8 am, the local currency weakened to 4.0745/0830

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Indonesian couple, Chinese man held over alleged pickpocketing at Melaka’s Jonker Walk

Indonesian couple, Chinese man held over alleged pickpocketing at Melaka’s Jonker Walk

  MELAKA, July 8 — Police arrested three foreign nationals, comprising an Indonesian married couple and a Chinese citizen, for alleged involvement in pickpocketing activities at the tourist area of Jalan Hang Jebat, or Jonker Walk, on July 4. Acting Melaka Tengah police chief Supt Halim Abas said the Indonesian couple, both aged 37, and a

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Zahid wants part of FGV-managed land returned to Felda to strengthen finances

Zahid wants part of FGV-managed land returned to Felda to strengthen finances

  MARAN, July 8 — Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has proposed that a portion of the land currently managed by FGV Holdings Berhad (FGV) be returned to the Federal Land Development Authority (Felda). Ahmad Zahid, who is also Minister of Rural and Regional Development, said the proposal is among measures aimed at strengthening Felda’s

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Paloh PH candidate Ruban hospitalised after slipped disc flares up during campaign

Paloh PH candidate Ruban hospitalised after slipped disc flares up during campaign

  KLUANG, July 8 —  Pakatan Harapan (PH) candidate for the Paloh state assembly seat, Dr. A. Ruban, was admitted to a hospital in Batu Pahat at noon yesterday due to health complications arising from a slipped disc. His campaign manager, Abdul Majid Abd Aziz, confirmed the matter when contacted by Bernama and informed that Dr.

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Samsung expects 1,800pc leap in quarterly operating profit on AI boom

Samsung expects 1,800pc leap in quarterly operating profit on AI boom

SEOUL, July 7 — South Korean technology giant Samsung Electronics forecast today a roughly 19-fold jump in second-quarter operating profit from a year earlier, buoyed by sustained AI-driven demand for memory chips. The world’s largest memory chipmaker estimated April-June operating profit at 89.4 trillion won (RM230 billion) — up 1,810 per cent on-year, a company statement

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Lim Kit Siang urges Johoreans not to split Pakatan vote in ‘test of the Malaysian Dream’

Lim Kit Siang urges Johoreans not to split Pakatan vote in ‘test of the Malaysian Dream’

JOHOR BAHRU, July 7 — DAP veteran Tan Sri Lim Kit Siang has called on Johoreans not to split Pakatan Harapan’s (PH) vote in the upcoming Johor state election, saying it is crucial to realising the Malaysian Dream. The 85-year-old party stalwart warned that if votes are split, the vision of a Malaysia free from

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