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Electricity demand dips, renewable energy gains momentum
KUALA LUMPUR: The fallout from Covid-19 has a significant impact on electricity consumption trends in Malaysia and elsewhere as movement restrictions to stop the spread of the virus have led to sudden change of socioeconomic habits such as commuting, working and
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Ungku Aziz the irreplaceable academician
KUALA LUMPUR: The country’s education and economic icon Royal Prof Ungku Abdul Aziz Ungku Abdul Hamid, who died yesterday, is considered one in a million. Ungku Abdul Aziz, affectionately known as Pak Ungku, reportedly breathed his last at about 4
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AFC and Continental Tires Announce Renewal of Sponsorship Rights Deal
Premium tire manufacturer Continental Tires to be an Official Partner of AFC national team competitions for 2021-2024. Continental Tires has been an exclusive partner of the Asian Football Confederation since 2015. SHANGHAI, Dec. 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Continental Tires had
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Bursa Malaysia extends gains to open higher
KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia extended yesterday’s gains to open higher amid positive sentiment brought by the approval by Parliament of Budget 2021, while taking the cue from the overnight US stocks strong performance. Fresh optimism over the US stimulus package
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Covid-19: No compulsory quarantine required for Sabahans returning from Brunei
KOTA KINABALU: The Sabah government has decided that Sabahans in Brunei could return to the state without having to undergo compulsory quarantine, said state Housing and Local Government Minister, Datuk Masidi Manjun. Masidi, who is also the state government’s spokesman on
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Xinhua Silk Road: Hot spring cultural tourism week kicks off in S. China’s Guangxi
BEIJING, Dec. 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — A hot spring themed cultural tourism week was kicked off on December 12 in Xiangzhou County of Laibin City, south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Photo taken on December 12, 2020 shows the opening
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Hospital Group BDMS Partners with Plug and Play to Accelerate its Innovation Capabilities to become the Medical Hub of Asia Pacific
BANGKOK, Dec. 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Bangkok Dusit Medical Services Plc (BDMS), one of the most prestigious hospital networks in the Asia-Pacific region, announces its partnership with Silicon Valley-based innovation platform Plug and Play Tech Center to develop innovation for new paradigm
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Beijing HONKON announced the launch of new technology for the beauty industry at Cosmoprof Asia Digital Week
HONG KONG, Dec 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — At this year’s first ever Cosmoprof Asia Digital Week, Beijing HONKON’s launch of the ‘Build Muscles & Burns Fat’ and ‘Thermal Osmotic Regeneration System’ machines provide immune-boosting solutions to the specific challenges created
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CNN’s ‘Saved by the Future’ explores how breakthroughs today could shape tomorrow
HONG KONG, Dec. 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — In the third episode of ‘Saved by the Future’, CNN meets the inventors, scientists and futurists who explore how breakthroughs today could shape tomorrow, changing how we move, live and interact with the world
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Funding Societies gets Samsung investment
SINGAPORE, Dec. 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Southeast Asia’s largest SME digital financing platform, Funding Societies (also known as Modalku in Indonesia), today announced that Samsung Venture Investment Corporation has invested in its latest funding round. This comes on the back of
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