Day: September 26, 2024

PUTRAJAYA, Department heads who failed to implement the job rotation starting next month will be subject to disciplinary action, said Public Service Department (PSD) Director-General Tan Sri Wan Ahmad Dahlan Abdul Aziz. He said all department heads should implement job rotation in their respective organisations to improve the service delivery of all ministries and departments. Wan Ahmad Dahlan said the job rotation was one of the initiatives targeted in the Public Service Reform Agenda in line with the Circular on the Implementation of Job Rotation issued by the Public Service Department (JPA) last May 14. He said all heads of

PETALING JAYA, The Ministry of Domestic Trade and Cost of Living (KPDN) has imposed compounds amounting to RM4.4 million against 12 companies related to GISB Holdings Sdn Bhd (GISBH) recently. KPDN Minister Datuk Armizan Mohd Ali said the compounds were issued after an investigation by the Companies Commission of Malaysia (SSM) found that all the companies did not comply with the requirement to submit their annual statements and financial statements. “Besides GISBH, there are 17 other companies using the GISB name in their SSM registration. At the same time, a review of data and websites related to GISB or ‘Ikhwan’

SINGAPORE, Entermind, a Singapore-based Gen AI start-up founded by Aarav Kumar, a 17-year-old student of United World College, along with three of his classmates – Andrej Radovanovic, Yash Julián Johri, and Ayudh Sen – has managed to secure $20,000 in seed funding commitment. Entermind was founded in July 2023 as an experimental outfit to explore products that can deploy generative AI to better solve real world problems of businesses. Source: BERNAMA News Agency

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia’s Producer Price Index (PPI), which measures the price changes at the producer level, eased to 0.3 per cent in August 2024, compared to 1.3 per cent in the previous month, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DoSM). In a statement today, chief statistician Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Uzir Mahidin said this was the lowest rate recorded since February 2024, mainly due to lower primary commodity prices. He noted that most PPI sectors saw increases in August 2024, except for the mining sector. The agriculture, forestry, and fishing sectors rose by 2.7 per cent from the preceding

ISKANDAR PUTERI, UEM Sunrise Bhd achieved a take-up rate of 100 per cent during the preview of its developments — Aspira Hills, DiReka Square, and Aspira LakeHomes — with a combined gross development value (GDV) of RM499 million. In a statement today, the property developer said the preview of Aspira Hills (phase 1) witnessed all 272 units being fully booked within a day with a GDV of RM198 million on Saturday (Sept 21). It noted that the family-friendly residential development features four spacious bedrooms and three bathrooms, complemented by six acres of central park in the heart of the development