Doing so can enhance residents’ quality of life, attract investors, tourists, says Fadillah

KUALA LUMPUR, April 18 — RHB Investment Bank Bhd (RHB IB) has maintained a ‘neutral' recommendation for the automotive and automotive components sector.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 29 — The Malaysian corporate sector sustained its recovery momentum in 2023, a continuity from 2022, driven by a number of initiatives and efforts by the government to boost the economy.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 25 — Shares in Sime Darby opened about 5 per cent higher today, after it disclosed plans yesterday to buy a majority stake in local industrial group UMW Holdings for RM3.57 billion.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 15 — Italian confectionary giant Ferrero said it will stop sourcing palm oil from Sime Darby Plantation after the US customs service found the Malaysian planter used forced labour.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 8 — Malaysia's Sime Darby Plantation on Wednesday said it will look into "serious allegations" of forced and child labour conditions in its estates after an activist group petitioned the US Customs to ban imports of its palm oil.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 25 — After five years of often back breaking work on a Malaysian palm oil plantation, Bangladeshi national Babul told his employer this month he was ready to call it quits.