PETALING JAYA: Community Communications Department (J-Kom) training division director Muhamad Hakim Ramlee denies he is Mr H, the person said to be behind a video that implicates the department's former director-general Datuk Dr Mohammad Agus Yusoff. Muhamad Hakim strongly denied blogger Raja Petra Kamarudin's accusation that he was the 'Mr H' concerned. ALSO READ: Ex-J-Kom DG fields tough...
SAN FRANCISCO: Chinese President Xi Jinping reiterated that his country will stick to a path of peaceful development as he wrapped his first visit to the US in six years, having eased tensions between the world’s top two economies. "The fundamental goal of China’s development is to improve the well-being of the Chinese people, not to...
PETALING JAYA: The East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) passenger train will travel at a maximum speed of 160kmh upon the commencement of commercial operations in January 2027, says Malaysia Rail Link Sdn Bhd (MRL). MRL, the project owner of the ECRL pointed out that its rail infrastructure including foundation works, rail track, rail signalling system and...
KUALA LUMPUR: A prominent Chinese scholar hopes the ECRL (East Coast Rail Link) project will be completed as two high-speed rail projects in South-East Asia have already been built. "The Jakarta-Bandung high-speed rail and Laos-China high-speed rail have been completed. Hopefully, the ERCL project will be completed quickly, too," said Victor Gao, the chair professor at...
KOTA KINABALU: Police are waiting for a post-mortem report on a 61-year-old woman who was found dead at the Likas Bay beach here to establish cause of death. Though they did not find any evidence of foul play, police said they could not speculate. Kota Kinabalu acting police chief Supt Kalsom Idris said the autopsy report was...
BEIJING (AFP): Twenty-six people have died and dozens were sent to hospital after a fire tore through a building in northern China's Shanxi province on Thursday (Nov 16), state media reported. The fire started at a four-storey building belonging to the Yongju coal company in Shanxi province's Luliang city at around 6.50am local time, state media...
KUALA LUMPUR: Apex Equity Holdings Bhd's wholly-owned subsidiary Apex Development Sdn Bhd is disposing of Menara Apex and the 0.4737ha of freehold land it is situated on in Kajang, Selangor, for RM55mil. Apex Equity estimates the proposed sale will generate net proceeds of RM49.95mil and a gain on disposal of RM39mil, after deducting taxes and expenses, it...
KUALA LUMPUR: Bumi Armada Bhd's operations are back on track following the restoration of the Armada Kraken floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) facility to pre-shutdown levels. The oil and gas services provider said it has also fully restored board redundancy to original design status. "Further to this, there is an additional new transformer onshore awaiting a weather...
KUALA LUMPUR: The ringgit opened easier against the US dollar today on mild profit-taking on the local currency in light of the sharp appreciation recently, said an analyst. At 9.20 am, the ringgit was traded lower at 4.69600/7015 against the greenback from Wednesday’s close of 4.6695/6755. Bank Muamalat Malaysia Bhd chief economist and social finance head Dr...
SAN FRANCISCO: Nasdaq-listed Enovix Corporation, which is an advanced silicon battery company, will invest a total of US$1.2 billion (RM5.8 billion) in Malaysia over a period of 15 years, which includes an RM315 million manufacturing line announced in August. "With more than three decades of personally working closely with the Malaysian government authorities and having successfully...
