Day: September 25, 2024

KUCHING, Sarawak para-swimmer Ng Jia Tak never lost the will to excel in whatever he does despite losing his right leg in a road accident in 2020. And it was his will of steel that saw him deliver a silver for hosts Sarawak at the 2024 Malaysia Para Games (Para SUKMA) here today. The 22-year-old also said that his attitude of ignoring the ridicule of others had made him a patient person as he tried to find a purpose by taking up swimming two years ago. “I was taking my sister back from school on my motorcycle when I was

KUCHING, Selangor para-athlete Ikmal Fathillah Abu Arqam was badly traumatised after being ridiculed and called blind and disabled during his schooling days. But it was those very taunts that spurred him to show his mettle as he ended his 2024 Malaysia Para Games (Para SUKMA) campaign with three gold medals, including in today’s men’s 200-metres (m) T13 (visual impairment) category. Despite the downpour at the Sarawak Stadium, the 20-year-old ran the race of his life to cross the finish line in 23.75 seconds (s), with Terengganu’s Ainur Haikal Danial Bahrudin (24.97s) taking silver and Sarawak’s Flexcyvius Michael Kete Bakar (25.33s)

KUALA LUMPUR, The ringgit rallied to 4.1275/1310 against the US dollar on Wednesday, marking its strongest level since June 2021. The local currency appreciated by 0.69 per cent compared with Tuesday’s close of 4.1550/1605. Bank Muamalat Malaysia Bhd chief economist, Dr Mohd Afzanizam Abdul Rashid said that the ringgit sustained its strong performance throughout the day, driven by expectations that the United States Federal Reserve may further ease its monetary policy at the next Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting on Nov 8, 2024. He said markets are anticipating a 50-basis-point rate cut, as indicated by interest rate futures. In

KUALA LUMPUR, The FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) futures contract on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives ended mixed today. The spot month September 2024 and March 2025 contracts were unchanged at 1,667.5 and 1,662.5, respectively. The October 2024 note inched up half-a-point to 1,671.0 and December 2024 gained one point to 1,676.0. Turnover declined to 30,428 lots from 31,370 lots on Tuesday while open interest expanded to 80,583 contracts from 75,828 contracts previously. The FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) rose 3.01 points, or 0.18 per cent, to settle at 1,673.38 from Tuesday’s close of 1,670.37. Source: BERNAMA News Agency

KUALA LUMPUR, Keyfield International Bhd’s (KIB) wholly owned subsidiary, Keyfield Offshore Sdn Bhd (KOSB), has accepted Petronas Carigali Sdn Bhd’s eight work order awards (WOA) totalling approximately RM130.03 million. In a filing with Bursa Malaysia today, the group said the WOAs were issued between June and August 2024 to provide six accommodation workboats and two anchor-handling tug and supply vessels for Petronas Carigali’s offshore activities. The scope of work involved is ‘as per the provisions under the panel contractor contract for offshore support vessel services for petroleum arrangement contractors, dated April 9, 2024, executed between Petronas Carigali and KOSB,” the