HONG KONG, May 11 – CSOP WTI Oil Annual Roll December Futures ER ETF (“CSOP Crude Oil ETF”) (stock code: [3135]) will list on Hong Kong Stock Exchange tomorrow, enabling Hong Kong and overseas investors to get access to the crude oil market by simply investing into this convenient and
SINGAPORE, May 11 – MasterCard has been announced as the headline sponsor for this year’s Spikes Asia Festival of Creativity – the first time the Festival has partnered with a brand to celebrate excellence in creative communications from across the region. Both Spikes Asia and MasterCard have a long-standing commitment
AMSTERDAM, May 11 – Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, will provide JETCO with its Ezio Mobile Suite, including servers for mobile enrollment and provisioning, authentication and messaging. JETCO runs on its existing inter-bank network, is a bank consortium chartered to develop innovative and secure financial technology services for
HONG KONG, May 11 – YPO, the premier network of global business leaders and chief executives, today announced that economic sentiment for Asia remained steady at an optimistic 60.0 in the first quarter of this year, despite significant fluctuations in confidence within the region. The YPO Global Pulse reported that business
MALAYSIA, May 11 – Forcepoint, a global leader in empowering organisations to drive business forward through transformative security technologies, today released the Forcepoint(R) 2016 Global Threat Report, detailing some of the latest evolving threats, gathered from more than three billion data points per day in 155 countries around the world. This
KUALA LUMPUR, May 10 – UMNO members should observe the concept of lifelong loyalty, that is to be born, to grow up and to die with UMNO, the sacred party of the Malays, party president Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said. He said this would not be difficult for UMNO members
KANGAR, May 11 – The implementation of GST has made a positive impact on the country’s revenue and economy, according to Customs director-general Datuk Seri Khazali Ahmad. He said the Royal Malaysian Customs Department had so far collected RM27.31 billion in indirect taxes from since the implementation of the Goods and Services
KAWASAKI, May 10 – Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. today announced the development of technology that uses analysis of ship-related big data to estimate fuel efficiency, speed and other performance in actual sea conditions, to a highly accurate margin of error of less than 5%. This newly developed technology puts to work
GEORGE TOWN, May 10 – Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) and the Penang Inshore Fishermen Welfare Association (PIFWA) are very concerned over the critical level of leachate from a retention pond in the Pulau Burung Sanitary Landfill in Nibong Tebal, Penang, says its president S.M.Mohamed Idris. He said the Penang State Government, Municipal Council
GEORGE TOWN, May 10 – The feasibility study report for Penang Undersea Tunnel Project that links Gurney Drive in the island with Bagan Ajam in the mainland, is expected to complete by July, said Penang state executive councillor. State Works and Public Amenities Committee chairman Lim Hock Seng said, at present, all
KUALA LUMPUR, May 10 – The Health Ministry, in collaboration with Malaysian AIDS Council and Malaysian AIDS Foundation (MAF), has launched its latest HIV and AIDS public awareness campaign, “Ending AIDS Begins Now” as a part of the National Strategic Plan for Ending AIDS 2016-2030. The campaign is themed ‘Ending
GEORGE TOWN, May 10 – Most people agree that Penang is a world-renowned tourist destination known for its heritage but some have commented that cleanliness in some places is not up to mark. Komtar, where the state administration office is located and is a transit hub for public transport especially buses,
KUALA LUMPUR, May 10 – The blogger Alvin Tan’s ex-girlfriend told the Sessions Court here today that the man had uploaded the controversial picture of them with a caption that insulted the Muslims simply for fun and to see the reaction of the public. Vivian Lee or Lee May Ling, 27,
KUALA LUMPUR, May 10 – Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi is scheduled to be the guest of honour of the Malaysian Press Night 2016 on May 20. In a statement issued here today, the Malaysian Press Institute (MPI) said Ahmad Zahid who is also Home Minister, will
PUTRAJAYA, May 10 – The Court of Appeal today struck out an appeal by Utusan Melayu (Malaysia) Berhad against a High Court order that it pay RM200,000 in compensation to Petaling Jaya Utara MP Tony Pua Kiam Wee over a defamatory article. A three-man panel chaired by Justice Datuk Mohd Zawawi
KUALA LUMPUR, May 10 – Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) has entered into a conditional subscription agreement to subscribe new equity shares for US$300 million in GMR Energy Ltd (GEL) via its unit, Power and Energy International Ltd. This represented a 30 per cent equity interest in GEL for conditional subscription agreement to
HANOI, May 10 – Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, the world’s top smartphone maker from South Korea, is planning a production run of 200 million smartphones in Vietnam this year, Vietnam News Agency (VNA) reported. The company’s Chief Executive Officer Shin Jong-Kyun revealed the plan during a recent meeting with Minister of
KUALA LUMPUR, May 10 – In conjunction with the 70th anniversary of UMNO on May 11, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has called on all members to ensure the survival of the party for all time. The UMNO President said UMNO had progressed from the time it was established by a group
SHAH ALAM, May 9 – Police have arrested four people including two women, alleged to be connected with the discovery of homemade bombs in a condominium unit in Damansara Perdana last month. Selangor Police CID chief Datuk Mohd Adnan Abdullah said the four suspects, aged between 31 and 40 years were
GEORGE TOWN, May 9 – Former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad once again shared a stage with the opposition when he delivered a lecture at the Straits Quay Convention Centre here Sunday. He delivered a Penang Institute-organised lecture entitled, ‘Quo Vadis, Malaysia? What’s next, Malaysia?’ for an hour before about 1,000
