malaysia

Units within UEM Group could be next to be divested as sovereign wealth fund rejigs portfolio and raises cash

KUALA LUMPUR (June 24): Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said there was no discussion on the issue of transition of power during his meeting with Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim today.

SINGAPORE (June 24): Synagie Corporation, which assists brands execute their e-commerce strategies using its cloud-based platform, is in a partnership with the Malaysian government to accelerate e-commerce adoption and drive cross-border e-commerce.

SINGAPORE (June 24): Jeffrey Ong Su Aun might be the managing director of law firm JLC Advisors. But as details of his escape to Malaysia were revealed, it would not have been difficult to imagine the 41-year-old as a character in a novel by his namesake

(July 18): Malaysia’s central bank, which has already downgraded its economic growth outlook for this year amid an escalating trade war, sees a partial offset as companies shift operations from China to sidestep higher US tariffs.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 2): Notwithstanding a rise in direct government debt, Malaysia's overall debt and liabilities in 2018 dropped 3.9 percentage points (ppts) to 75.4% of the country's gross domestic product in 2018, versus 79.3% in 2017, following

SINGAPORE (May 29): The US Treasury added Singapore, Malaysia and Vietnam to a watchlist for currency manipulation, putting their foreign-exchange policies under scrutiny.

SINGAPORE (May 29):  Nam Cheong, the Malaysia-based builder of OSVs (offshore support vessels), says subsidiary SKOSV Sdn Bhd has clinched long-term chartering contracts for three OSVs worth RM80 million ($26.4 million) with Malaysian oil majors.

(May 20): Malaysia’s Transport Minister -Anthony Loke Siew Fook offers us a firm handshake as he gets off the escalator at the swanky hotel in downtown Kuala Lumpur where we are meeting him for an interview. He looks unassuming, serious, quiet even, for

SINGAPORE (May 13): While the proposal by Teresa Kok, Malaysia’s minister of primary industries, to cap oil palm plantations in Malaysia at 6.5 million hectares by 2023 grabbed headlines in March, some environmentalists were uncomfortable with the targe