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Anwar orders Mara Act amendments to be completed within three months
KUALA LUMPUR, May 3 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has instructed that the draft amendments to the Majlis Amanah Rakyat (Mara) Act be completed within three months. Anwar, who is also Finance Minister, said the move includes streamlining
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Vietnam’s inflation accelerates in April, trade deficit widens as West Asia crisis lingers
HANOI, May 3 — Vietnam’s consumer prices rose 5.46 per cent in April from the same month last year, government data showed today, accelerating from 4.65 per cent in March, fuelled by higher energy costs due to the Iran war.
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Opec+ to make first post-UAE production decision, as Iran blockade continues to take a toll
VIENNA, May 3 — Seven Opec+ members are meeting today to make their first decision on oil-production quotas since the United Arab Emirates’ departure from the cartel, which added to the soaring price pressure unleashed by the Mideast war. The
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King Charles grasped ‘opportunity’ on US trip aimed at healing strained ties, palace says
LONDON, May 3 — King Charles III’s US state visit was a “risk and challenge” that he “grasped in both hands”, a palace aide said today as the monarch returned from a widely praised trip. Charles left for the UK
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In latest crackdown, Sri Lanka arrests 37 Chinese at suspected scam centre
COLOMBO, May 3 — Sri Lankan police have arrested 37 Chinese nationals suspected of running a cyberscam centre in the capital Colombo, a spokesman said today, in the latest crackdown on foreign-run online fraud. The suspects, aged between 23 and
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Unity Government council to discuss Negeri Sembilan MB row next week
KUALA LUMPUR, May 3 — The Unity Government Leadership Consultative Council is scheduled to meet next week to discuss a range of current issues, including the status of the Negeri Sembilan menteri besar post. Its secretariat chief, Datuk Dr Asyraf
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Health Ministry says 56 heat-related illnesses, two deaths reported since January
PUTRAJAYA, May 3 — The Ministry of Health (MOH) has recorded 56 cases related to hot weather nationwide, including two deaths from heat stroke, from Jan 1 to today. MOH in a statement today announced that the two deaths involved
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Fadhlina orders review of SPM Moral Studies after furore over ‘unfair’ grading
KUALA LUMPUR, May 3 — Education Minister Fadhlina Sidek has ordered a full review of the SPM Moral Studies subject, stepping in after an outcry from parents and top-performing students whose university prospects are being jeopardised by unexpectedly poor grades
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Early morning blaze guts five cars at George Town flat
GEORGE TOWN, May 3 — Five vehicles in the parking area of a flat in Jalan Perak, here, were engulfed in flames early this morning. Penang Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) assistant operations director John Sagun Francis said his department
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Zahid sets year-end deadline for legal safeguards on Mara’s RM23b assets
KUALA LUMPUR, May 3 — Amendments to the Majlis Amanah Rakyat (Mara) Act 1966 will serve as a legal safeguard to ensure the Bumiputera empowerment agenda remains intact and is not altered with every change in national or organisational leadership.
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