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News Source: The Star
| 5 months ago
Malaysians are invited to pose questions to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak through a video Q&A session on his blog, 1Malaysia.com.my . To ask questions, simply record a video of yourself asking the question(s), upload it to a media hosting...
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News Source: The Star
| 5 months ago
Malaysia has urged France to play a greater role in seeking a speedy solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said he hoped that French President Nicolas Sarkozy would assist in resolving the issue...
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News Source: The Star
| 5 months ago
Malaysia's liberalisation measures have been enthusiastically received by the French business community, said Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. He said this was conveyed to him during his breakfast meeting with Jean Burelle, president...
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News Source: The Star
| 5 months ago
The Government has made a bold move by scrapping the 30% bumiputra equity ownership requirement for public-listed companies, said MCA secretary-general Datuk Wong Foon Meng. This, he said, was a positive and significant step towards revamping...
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News Source: The Star
| 5 months ago
Newly launched Felda Global Ventures Holdings plans to invest over RM6bil in the next five years and expand its overseas presence in its core plantations and related businesses. I believe Felda has yet to fully realise its size, which it can then...
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News Source: The Star
| 5 months ago
There are no plans to introduce a third stimulus package as Malaysia wants to avoid incurring too high a fiscal deficit, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said. The Government has introduced two stimulus packages totalling RM67bil. Najib, who...
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News Source: Christian Science Monitor
| 5 months ago
In a political gamble, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has begun chipping away at affirmative-action policies for ethnic Malays in a bid to attract more foreign investment and revive a recession-hit economy. The move comes as opposition parties...
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News Source: Financial Times
| 5 months ago
But a bold reform in Malaysia shows that neither development is inevitable. The Malaysian government has just radically reformed its long-established policy of ethnically-based economic quotas. This policy shift shows that it is still possible to...
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News Source: Channel NewsAsia
| 5 months ago
Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, who faces trial this month on sodomy charges, said his Pakatan Rakyat alliance would survive even if he is convicted and jailed. Anwar has rejected the allegations levelled by a 23-year-old former aide as a...
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News Source: The Star
| 5 months ago
Several thousands of people gathered at the Kelana Jaya stadium last night to listen to Pakatan Rakyat leaders talk about solidarity among the opposition alliance. The ceramah was the first main public event for PKR, PAS and DAP leaders after they...