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KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 6 (Bernama) -- The government plans to leverage Sabah's local strengths and capabilities to attract investors in the high-tech manufacturing industry, with a focus on downstream activities.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 6 (Bernama) -- The government, through the Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry (MITI) and the Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA), has introduced two new funds under the 12th Malaysia Plan (12MP), namely the Domestic Investment Accelerator Fund (DIAF) and the Foreign Investment Accelerator Fund (FIAF).
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HANGZHOU (China), Nov 6 (Bernama) -- Electric vehicles (EVs) are gaining momentum globally, with China at the forefront of this shift toward eco-friendly transportation.
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BARCELONA, Nov 6 (Bernama) -- Malaysia's Smart City Framework, which aims to bring local cities up to global smart city standards, is generating impactful results, as evidenced by Kuala Lumpur's impressive leap of 16 spots in the latest Institute for Management Development (IMD) Smart City Index.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 5 (Bernama) -- The International Islamic Liquidity Management Corporation (IILM) has completed the reissuance of an aggregate US$1.31 billion (US1=RM4.34) short-term sukuk with tenors of one month, three months, and six months.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 5 (Bernama) -- Wise announced its global payments infrastructure for banks, Wise Platform, has partnered with Standard Chartered to power faster and cheaper international payments for the bank’s cross-border payment service, SC Remit.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 5 (Bernama) -- LRN Corporation, a global leader in ethics and compliance solutions, has won the Best Compliance Training Initiative/Provider in the Fraud and Financial Crime category at the prestigious seventh annual Regulation Asia Awards for Excellence.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 5 (Bernama) -- More than 400 delegates from over 50 countries are expected to attend the 18th annual Global Citizenship Conference, which takes place from Nov 27 to 29 in Singapore.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 5 (Bernama) -- The 2024 Shanghai Voluntary Local Review to mark the World Cities Day shared practices and experiences of mega and super-sized cities in promoting sustainable development with the world.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 5 (Bernama) -- The ringgit’s value is still strong amid recent market developments and adjustments, with the local note rising by 5.03 per cent against the US dollar as at Nov 4, 2024.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 5 (Bernama) -- The Ministry of Plantation and Commodities (KPK) has drafted several initiatives to transform the agricommodity sector from labour-based to technology-based.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 5 (Bernama) -- Islamic finance holds substantial potential to revitalise the economy through three core principles—Maqasid Shariah, innovation, and global integration, said Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM).