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By Nurunnasihah Ahmad Rashid
KUALA LUMPUR, July 2 (Bernama) -- The move by Government-linked Investment Companies (GLICs) and Government-linked Companies (GLCs) to implement a minimum monthly living wage of RM3,100 for 153,000 employees marks a highly significant milestone that can catalyse a broader wage reform across Malaysia’s labour market, according to economists.
KUALA LUMPUR, June 30 (Bernama) -- Malaysia’s pharmaceutical industry is emerging as a driver of high-value investment, skilled employment, and healthcare resilience, driven by regulatory and productivity reforms implemented in recent years, according to the Malaysia Productivity Corporation (MPC).
KUALA LUMPUR, June 26 (Bernama) -- SME Corporation Malaysia (SME Corp), in collaboration with the Selangor Human Resource Development Centre (SHRD), has launched a strategic partnership initiative aimed at promoting innovation as a core growth strategy for small and medium enterprises (SMEs).
KUALA LUMPUR, June 22 (Bernama) -- Malaysia’s notable rise in the IMD World Competitiveness Ranking 2025 -- climbing 11 spots to 23rd out of 69 economies -- should be used as a catalyst for deeper reform, according to the Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM)
KUALA LUMPUR, June 20 (Bernama) -- Eastern Pacific Industrial Corporation Bhd (EPIC) is upbeat about its financial year ending Dec 31, 2025 (FY2025), outlook trajectory despite the current challenging environment in the oil and gas industry.
By Zarul Effendi Razali
KUALA LUMPUR, June 20 (Bernama) -- Malaysia is sharpening its focus on becoming a regional aerospace and shipbuilding hub, banking on high value investment, technical capability and geostrategic positioning to elevate its industrial profile over the next decade.
KUALA LUMPUR, June 19 (Bernama) -- Wide Agro Ventures Sdn Bhd has partnered with Orec Co Ltd, a company headquartered in Fukuoka, Japan, to establish a new state-of-the-art production facility and distribution centre at Seri Iskandar Industrial Park, Perak with an initial investment of RM30 million.
KUALA LUMPUR, June 18 (Bernama) -- Agrobank announces the opening of entries for the Agro Biz Awards 2025 today until July 31, 2025.
BINTULU, June 15 (Bernama) -- Sarawak-based timber company, Samling Group, has achieved significant success with its tissue culture-derived Eucalyptus hybrid plantations, demonstrating potential to enhance both productivity and sustainability.
PONTIAN, June 13 (Bernama) – The government’s initiative to expand the scope of the Sales and Service Tax (SST) by imposing a five per cent sales tax on all imported fruits has been described by pineapple growers in Johor as a proactive move to protect the local fruit industry.
KUALA LUMPUR, June 12 (Bernama) -- ASEAN can become the world’s fourth-largest economy by 2030 if the region maintains a steady gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate of 4.0-5.0 per cent, said Investment, Trade and Industry Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz.
From Nor Baizura Basri
SAN FRANCISCO, June 6 (Bernama) -- Artificial intelligence (AI) evolution which is currently happening rapidly in the past three years, can shape direction and play a bigger role in enterprises’ operation and this include digital banking space in the coming years, says an industry player.
