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Day: July 21, 2024

NENGGIRI BY-ELECTION: AMANAH COLLABORATES WITH PH COMPONENT PARTIES

GUA MUSANG, Parti Amanah Negara (Amanah) is actively collaborating with Pakatan Harapan (PH) component parties to support Barisan Nasional (BN) in the upcoming Nenggiri state by-election next month. Amanah president Datuk Seri Mohamad Sabu said the party would be assisting the BN candidate and their campaign machinery. “We need to work hard as a team in the Nenggiri by-election. Today, we launched the machinery, and we will increase our efforts daily until our candidate secures victory,” he told reporters after the launch of the PH machinery here today. On June 19, Kelantan state assembly speaker Datuk Mohd Amar Nik Abdullah

SARAWAK’S STRATEGIC INVESTMENT IN AFFIN BANK COULD BE A ‘DOUBLE WIN’ – DON

KUALA LUMPUR, The Sarawak government’s plan to increase its stake in Affin Bank Bhd to around 30 per cent from the current 4.8 per cent could be a ‘double win’, realising high or reasonable returns from its investment. Reorienting the bank’s lending focus could also accelerate economic development, especially if the projects are bankable, Professor Dr Yeah Kim Leng, the deputy president of the Malaysian Economic Association, told Bernama. ‘In addition to Sarawak’s large-scale financing needs to develop its oil and gas, hydropower and hydrogen, carbon capture, plantation, and energy-intensive industries, its small and medium enterprises also require access to

SARAWAK’S ‘KUIH PENYARAM’ GAINS SPOTLIGHT AT NATIONAL MONTH LAUNCH

CYBERJAYA, Kuih penyaram, which is sweetened with gula apong and a famous Sarawak delicacy, was in high demand at today’s people’s carnival held in conjunction with the launch of the National Month and Fly the Jalur Gemilang 2024. Kuching Eatery proprietor Aiza Zawawai, 36, explained that they were sold out shortly after being removed from the frying pan. “We didn’t fry too many kuih in the morning because we want buyers to enjoy them while they’re still hot. The kuih was made with gula apong, which was specially brought from Sarawak. “Gula apong has a less sweet taste compared to