BN to contest 12 seats in Selangor
By Amar Shah Mohsen KUALA LUMPUR — Barisan Nasional (BN) will be contesting 12 seats in Selangor for the upcoming election, with state coalition chairman...
Attracting tech investments key to higher-skilled, higher-paying jobs, says Zafrul
KUALA LUMPUR, June 13 — Malaysia recognises the importance of continuing to attract quality investments and produce the right products, especially products with a higher complexity, to...
Matrade helps to drive exports to Japan through high-level engagements
KUALA LUMPUR, June 6 — Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (Matrade) helped to drive exports to Japan through high-level engagements with Japanese companies through the first...
Google’s ‘significant’ cloud region investment in Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 12 — Malaysia will join Google’s 34 cloud regions currently operational around the world, an investment which Google Cloud said will be...
Ringgit regains strength against US dollar at opening
KUALA LUMPUR, June 3 — The ringgit regained some strength to open higher against the US dollar as the greenback’s demand weakened amid expectations of...
Malaysia headed for recovery via extensive financing support in Budget 2022
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 30 — Budget 2022 is clearly a pragmatic financial blueprint, premised on extensive financing including concessionary loans for stakeholders to ensure growth...
CGS – CIMB expects further OPR cut of 25bps
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 13 — CGS-CIMB Research foresees that Bank Negara Malaysia may cut the overnight policy rate (OPR) by another 25 basis points next...
Govt plans to raise statutory debt limit to 60 pct of GDP
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 7 — The Finance Ministry is seeking to raise the country’s statutory debt limit to 60 per cent of the Gross Domestic...
Borrowers contacted for loan rescheduling, restructuring — Finance Minister
KUALA LUMPUR, 27 Julai — Banks have contacted more than 394,000 individual and small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) borrowers who are still adversely affected by...
Banks could incur RM79 bln modification loss over moratorium period, says Finance minister
KUALA LUMPUR, July 27 — Banks could incur a modification loss of RM79 billion over the six-month moratorium period from April to September, says Finance...
Economy recovering, 83.5 pct of employees have returned to work — Finance Minister
KUALA LUMPUR, July 22 — The Department of Statistics Malaysia Report which says that about 12.7 million or 83.5 per cent of employees as of...
Budget 2021 to focus on four broad themes – Tengku Zafrul
KUALA LUMPUR, July 7 — Budget 2021 to be unveiled on Nov 6, will be framed across 4 broad themes — caring for the people,...