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Kitacon Awarded RM134.8 Million Contract By Tropicana For Ijok Project
Kumpulan Kitacon Berhad’s wholly owned subsidiary has accepted a Letter of Award from Tropicana Alam Sdn Bhd for Main Building Works for a total contract sum of RM134.8 million.
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Mall Goes RE With Largest Solar Panel Installation In Malaysia
Solarvest Holdings has been appointed the go to solar panel partners for 1 Utama Shopping Centre and install Malaysia’s largest on-site solar photovoltaic panels and building-integrated photovoltaic panels covering around 273,300 sq ft of the mall’s rooftop and carpark to generate more than 5,700 kWp of renewable energy.
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Bain & Co Report Shares On How SEA Markets Can Unlock Green Economy Ideas By 2030
Southeast Asian markets now have a window of opportunity to accelerate decarbonization with actionable ideas and accelerators to unlock these ideas by 2030, according to Southeast Asia’s Green Economy 2024 – Moving the needle, a report by Bain & Company, GenZero, Standard Chartered and Temasek.
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PHAM 2024 – From Evidence To Action: Confronting Reality
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change underscores the critical interconnection between human health and the health of our planet. The Lancet Commission on Planetary Health further emphasises this nexus, highlighting that our civilisation’s well-being relies on the flourishing of natural systems and the prudent management of resources. However, with natural systems undergoing unprecedented degradation, both human health and the health of our planet face imminent peril.
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Mega Projects In JB, Penang, KV Offer Multiple Spillover Effects
RHB Investment in its sector outlook reports expects the property sector to continue to be driven by positive news flow on potential infrastructure projects; active land transactions, and influx of investments, especially in the data centre, green energy and manufacturing sectors. Developers with sizeable landbank and industrial segment exposure should see greater benefit from infrastructure developments and rising investment flows. Pump priming across the Klang Valley, Iskandar Malaysia and Penang region should lift the sector’s overall valuation.
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ACCUSEFIVE Adds Extra Show In KL Due To Overwhelming Demand
Taiwanese band ACCUSEFIVE continues to make waves in the music scene, with their upcoming First Live Tour: AROUND THE NEW WORLD garnering unprecedented excitement and demand from fans. Following the lightning-fast sell-out of their first show in Kuala Lumpur on June 15th, the band has announced an additional performance at the Axiata Arena Bukit Jalil on June 16th.
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Singapore Launch New Registry To Help Businesses Track And Report Carbon Emission
The Singapore Business Federation (SBF) launched a registry on Monday (Apr 15) to help local businesses track and report their carbon emissions more easily and accurately.
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Rebuilding A “Broken” Rome Will Take More Than A Day!
By Dr Rais Hussin
A colonial hang over is a concept that is not easily understood by all. Yet it attests to two very sad and powerful effects, when not properly managed from the very beginning of the country’s independence from the previous colonial master(s). Even the likes of superpowers, such as the United States (US), that was once the colony of the United Kingdom (UK) are not spared from the problem. The two effects are the belief in every country’s own revolution as unparalleled and must be above and beyond the pale of the colonial government.
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Ongoing Slow Traffic On KL – Karak Highway As Hari Raya Holiday Ends
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April 15, 2024
As the Hari Raya holiday comes to an e
d, traffic congestion continues to plague the Kuala Lumpur-Karak Highway, with many travelers making their return to the capital city.
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Ringgit Opens Lower Against U.S. Dollar Amid Middle East Tensions
The ringgit opened slightly lower against the US dollar on Monday as the greenback’s appeal as a safe haven currency strengthened amid current developments in the Middle East, said an analyst.
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