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  • Sanlam Malaysian buy completed

    Sanlam had concluded the acquisition of a 49 percent stake in the Malaysian niche short-term insurer, Pacific & Orient Insurance, for 270 million ringgit (R836m), the JSE-listed life insurer said on Friday. The acquisition was effective from Friday as all conditions for the transaction had been met. ';We are also looking at other opportunities in the region, but the immediate focus is ...

  • Instacom gets RM205m Sarawak work

    Reset KUALA LUMPUR (May 20): Instacom Group Bhd announced that it has been awarded a contract worth RM205 million in Sarawak.In a filing to Bursa Malaysia at noon, it said has accepted a letter of award (LOA) from 1 M Utama Sdn Bhd on May 20, 2013, for the installation and commissioning of telecommunication network and infrastructure and engineering works in Sarawak.The LOA is subject to an ...

  • Instacom bags RM205m telco job in Sarawak

    to undertake the infrastructure for a telecommunications network in Sarawak. It said on Monday it had received letter of award from 1M Utama on the same day for supplying and commissioning of telecommunication network and infrastructure and engineering works in Sarawak. "The LOA is subject to an agreement to be entered into by Instacom and 1M," it said, adding the project was expected ...

  • Battersea Power Stations Phase 1 records RM3.12b sales

    Battersea Power Station's Phase 1 records RM3.12b sales KUALA LUMPUR: Battersea Power Station Development Company's multi-billion-pound property regeneration programme recorded £681mil (RM3.12bil) of sales under phase 1, or Circus West, in London. It said on Monday sales contracts had been formally entered into with the buyers for 824 units or 95% of the apartments and ...

  • BToto hopes to list business trust in Singapore end-August

    hopes to start the listing exercise of its business trust, Sports Toto Malaysia Trust (STM-Trust), by early July. It said on Monday following the initial public offer exercise, it hoped to list STM-Trust on ...

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There's Something About Mary

There are two possible responses to the Farrelly Brothers' new movie, "There's Something About Mary": either you will think it childish, stupid, juvenile, and sick, and walk out of the theater in the first half hour; or you will think it childish, stupid, juvenile, and sick, and walk out of the theater after the movie is over with tears in your eyes from laughing so hard. Since 1994's "Dumb and Du ... ...

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  • Terengganu police urges organisers to postpone and relocate Thursday’s rally

    KUALA TERENGGANU: Terengganu police have urged the organisers of the "Blackout 505" gathering to postpone their rally and relocate to a more suitable location. Kuala Terengganu police chief Asst Comm Zamri Shamsuddin said he received a notification from Pakatan on Sunday that the Opposition intends to hold a rally on Thursday in Kuala Ibai. "Under the Peaceful Assembly Act, rally ...

  • Government to help consumers enjoy more affordable Internet services says Shabery

    said it was possible to reduce broadband and 3G fees but added that this would be studied first. "Broadband is no longer a luxury but a basic need. "Greater broadband access would aid, for instance, businesses in their operations and this would have an impact on our economy overall," Ahmad Shabery said after a handover of duties ceremony here Monday. Ahmad Shabery, formerly the ...

  • Guan Eng No question on legality of thanksgiving ceramah

    GEORGE TOWN: No question should arise regarding the legality of the thanksgiving mega ceramah on Saturday, as it was a state government function, said Penang ...

  • KP Samy denies quitting from party post

    PETALING JAYA: MIC Central Working Committee (CWC) member KP Samy has denied reports that he will resign from his post because he was not offered a senatorship by the party president. He added that he also had no objections towards the appointment of P. Waythamoorthy as deputy minister in the Prime Minister's Department. "I had merely offered to step down to give way to younger leaders ...

  • Malaysias closing tin prices for May 20

    KUALA LUMPUR, May 20 (Reuters) - Following is a table of Kuala Lumpur tin market prices provided by a Malaysian trader. (Prices in $/tonne, and volumes in tonnes unless stated) Date KL Premium/ Spot Bid Offer Final Volumes (#) (Discount) May 20 20,750 57 28 27 (12-J, 10-E, 5-M) 380 May 17 20,800 65 50 50 (18-J, 27-E, 5-M) 230 May 16 20,750 57 28 27 (12-J, 10-E, 5-M) 380 ...

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