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Auto industry, Bank Negara to discuss loan guidelines
Feb 22nd
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 22 — Automotive industry players will meet Bank Negara on Friday to discuss new guidelines for loan borrowers, following a 25 per cent drop in sales of new motor vehicles last month, Bernama Online reported Proton as saying today. The guidelines have been in force since January 1.
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LRT, Monorail ticket machines to accept new coins in March
Feb 22nd
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 22 — Ticket vending machines at LRT and KL Monorail stations will start accepting the new Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) coins from next month, Bernama Online reported today. The news portal quoted Syarikat Prasarana Negara Berhad Group Director for Rail Division Khairani Mohamed as saying in a statement released today that the …
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Food pushes monthly inflation up in January
Feb 22nd
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 22 — Inflation grew faster in January as compared with December and November last year due to higher prices for food and non-alcoholic beverages, RHB Research Institute said today. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) on which inflation figures are based rose 0.3 per cent month-on-month in January this year as compared with 0.1 per …
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Government announces independent monitoring unit for Lynas audit
Feb 22nd
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 22 — An independent monitoring unit will be formed for a construction audit at the Lynas Corporation’s rare earth refinery plant in Gebeng, Pahang to ensure compliance to all standards imposed by the appropriate and relevant professional bodies, the government announced today. Bernama Online reported that the government released …
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Anti-Lynas groups to rally nationwide on Sunday
Feb 22nd
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 22 — Anti-Lynas groups will rally nationwide this Sunday to pressure Putrajaya to abort the controversial rare earths project in Pahang before the factory fires up operations this year. An umbrella coalition against the Lynas Advanced Materials Plant (Lamp), called Himpunan Hijau 2.0, has announced it will be gathering at the …
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Angry imam chucks shoes at judges in top court
Feb 22nd
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 22 — An imam threw his shoes at three senior judges in the country’s highest court today after they struck out his bid to challenge an eviction order from a city mosque here four years ago. Hoslan Hussin, 46, stunned the judges, lawyers and members of the public that packed a courtroom at the Federal Court this morning when he ..
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Wildlife trader Anson Wong freed
Feb 22nd
PUTRAJAYA, Feb 22 — Anson Wong Keng Liang is a free man today after the Court of Appeal here allowed his appeal to reduce the jail sentence handed down to him for illegally exporting boa constrictor snakes without a permit, Bernama Online reported today. The news portal also reported that Justice Datuk Wira Low Hop Bing, chairing a three-member ..
Sin Chew editor denies property-for-media-support claims
Feb 22nd
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 22 — The executive editor-in-chief of top-selling newspaper, Sin Chew Daily, filed a police report today to protect his reputation over claims he received property as a reward in return for his support of former minister, Tan Sri Ong Ka Ting, in a fractious MCA power-struggle over a decade ago. Kuik Cheng Kang came under heavy …
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PKR moots Health Service Commission instead of 1 Care
Feb 22nd
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 22 — PKR pledged today to look into forming a Health Service Commission in place of Putrajaya’s controversial 1 Care plan should it come to power, saying the body would help ensure healthcare services here remain sustainable and affordable to all. Party president Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail also suggested that instead of …
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FELDA forms unit to invest in FGVH, replacing KPF
Feb 22nd
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 22 — FELDA has decided to form a special purpose vehicle (SPV) to take the majority stake in FELDA Global Ventures Holdings Bhd after eight settlers blocked the FELDA Investment Cooperative (KPF) from injecting its assets into the company for its contentious initial public offering (IPO). FELDA chairman Tan Sri Isa Samad said …
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