Category: Malaysia
Malaysia beats Indonesia in new oil and gas discovery
zMalaysia surpassed Indonesia as the key player in the upstream hydrocarbon industry in Southeast Asia last year, as Indonesia struggles to encourage new investments in the [...]
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Malaysia’s democracy in ‘dire and critical state’ – Xenophon
Australian senator Nick Xenophon said today that his deportation from Malaysia yesterday revealed how “dire and critical” the state of Malaysian democracy was. [...]
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Price boom in Iskandar Malaysia
When we first heard about Iskandar Malaysia back in 2006, there was a fair bit of skepticism. Many of us wondered, “Where is this Iskandar Malaysia?” Today, the [...]
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Malaysia’s exports to US rise despite economic concerns
Despite economic uncertainties and an election year in the United States – when buyers take a wait-and-watch attitude and are conditioned to exercise maximum restraint [...]
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Malaysia’s GDP growth to slow in 2013: Ernst & Young
Malaysia’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth is forecast to slow to 4.3 percent this year as investment is expected to moderate after the high levels seen in 2012, [...]
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Malaysia’s election faces scrutiny after Australian expelled
Malaysia’s deportation of an Australian lawmaker who criticised its democracy may increase global scrutiny of an election set to determine whether the ruling alliance [...]
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Malaysia is doing quite well relative to the rest
AT the recent World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, I had the opportunity to watch at close hand a myriad of discussions over the problems of the world economy and [...]
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Philippine sultan says followers won’t leave Borneo
Followers of a Philippine sultan who crossed to the Malaysian state of Sabah this month will not leave and are reclaiming the area as their ancestral territory, the sultan [...]
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Malaysia’s debt level healthy, says former PM
The ratio of debt to gross domestic product (GDP), which stands at 53 per cent currently, is still considered “healthy” for the country as trade and revenue [...]
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Filipino group on Borneo claims to represent sultanate, Malaysia says
An unusual standoff is unfolding on the island of Borneo where about 100 men from the southern Philippines have come ashore demanding to be recognized as representatives of a [...]
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Putrajaya asked to explain loan for RM1.5b highway privatisation
Questions have been raised over why the federal government awarded the privatisation of the RM1.55 billion East Klang Valley Expressway (EKVE) when taxpayers are forking out [...]
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Petron Malaysia Q4 net profit down 84pct
Petron Malaysia Refining & Marketing Bhd’s net profit declined by 84.3 percent to RM5.43 million in the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2012 (Q4) from RM34.57 [...]
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Philippine gunmen ‘demand to stay in Malaysia’
Malaysia’s government said Thursday its security forces have surrounded dozens of Philippine gunmen in a remote area of Borneo island, and a report said the group is [...]
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Malaysia in Borneo standoff with armed intruders
Malaysian police say an armed group believed to be from the southern Philippines has intruded into Malaysian territory on Borneo island. National police chief Ismail Omar [...]
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Palm stockpiles in Malaysia drop from record as production falls
Palm oil reserves in Malaysia, the world’s second-largest producer, declined in January for the first time since June as output fell and shipments decreased less than [...]
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