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KUALA LUMPUR: The National Security Council( NSC) has denied a viral message in a poster on social media that face masks will not be required from Tuesday( March 29), says the Communications and Multimedia Ministry( K-KOMM) Quick Response Team.In a statement, it quoted the NSC as saying that the contents of the poster were false, and the public is advised not to easily believe such fake news, but instead be responsible digital citizens. The statement said the public can refer to official sources

KUALA LUMPUR: Police detained a foreign man in connection with the death of his son who was believed to have choked on his milk at a house in Bukit Gasing in Petaling Jaya on Saturday( April 9). Petaling Jaya district police chief ACP Mohamad Fakhrudin Abdul Hamid said the man, in his 20s, was detained when he presented himself at the district police headquarters this morning to have his statement recorded. Preliminary investigations showed that the individual had fed the three-month-old child w

KUALA LUMPUR: Dutch Lady Milk Industries Bhd( DLMI) foresees that its new dairy manufacturing hub in Techpark, Bandar Enstek, Negri Sembilan will support the group’s ambitious plans for Malaysia.“ The hub, which has commenced construction recently, is a testament to DLMI’s confidence in the country’s economy, ” the company said in a statement. Managing director Ramjeet Kaur Virik( pic) said this would significantly increase the production of high-quality milk in line with the government’s nation

KUALA LUMPUR: Sunway Construction Group Bhd’s( SunCon) net profit jumped to RM112. 59mil in the financial year ended Dec 31, 2021( FY21) from RM72. 79mil posted a year ago. Revenue rose 11.4% to RM1. 73bil from RM1. 55bil previously, on the back of higher revenue from the construction and precast segments, SunCon said in a filing with Bursa Malaysia yesterday.It said the construction segment reported revenue of RM1. 61bil in FY21 from RM1. 46bil in FY20 as the impact of Covid-19 was less severe

KUALA LUMPUR: Astro Malaysia Holdings Bhd recorded a lower net profit of RM460.87 million for the financial year( FY) ended Jan 31, 2022 from RM539.85 million a year ago. The drop was mainly due to lower earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortisation( EBITDA) which fell 3 per cent on higher content and broadband costs as well as marketing and distribution expenses. This was mitigated by lower merchandise costs as a percentage of revenue, it said in a filing with Bursa Malaysia.

PETALING JAYA: The Indian government’s decision to reduce its import duty on crude palm oil( CPO) from 15% to 10% is a boon for the Malaysian palm oil industry, giving immediate relief to the smallholders, said the Malaysian Palm Oil Board( MPOB). Director-general Dr Ahmad Parveez Ghulam Kadir( pic) said with the CPO price level stabilising between RM3, 500 and RM3, 800 per tonne, CPO export to the world’s largest palm oil consumer is bound to increase further in the near future. Based on the in

KUALA LUMPUR: The master developer of Pulau Indah Industrial Park( PIIP), Central Spectrum( M) Sdn Bhd( CSSB) signed a sale and purchase agreement with Transcargo Worldwide( M) Sdn Bhd for 2.19 hectares( ha) in Pulau Indah Industrial Park.In a statement, CSSB said the recent purchase of the land was an additional investment within two years by Transcargo Worldwide. With this, a total of 4. 59ha have been earmarked for expansion of its facilities due to PIIP’s strategic location and proximity to

BANGKOK: Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob( pic) once again gave his assurance to the public that the government will not close the economic and industrial sectors despite the hike in daily Covid-19 cases recorded in the country. The Prime Minister said that Malaysians needed to live with Covid-19 after two years of fighting the virus." Although Coovid-19 cases have increased to 30, 000, cases in categories four and five are less than one per cent." We will not close the economic sector-once we hav

JOHOR BAHRU: Masimo Medical Technologies Malaysia Sdn Bhd( Masimo Malaysia), a mission-based medical device and technology company, has invested RM100 million to set up a new production facility in Pasir Gudang near here. Plant manager Jayakumar Krishnan said the plant has a maximum capacity of 100 million devices per year for the domestic and export markets." Our cutting-edge facility represents a significant investment in the future of healthcare, and we are excited to leverage Malaysia’s stra