Day: October 3, 2024

KUANTAN, The Pahang State Health Department (JKNP) reported a total of 1,409 dengue fever cases, including five fatalities, as of Sept 28. State Works, Transport and Health Committee chairman Datuk Razali Kassim, said this is an increase from the corresponding period last year, which recorded 1,075 cases with one death. The five fatalities due to dengue complications involved individuals aged 40 to 65, with one case each reported in Bentong, Bera, Kuantan, Raub, and Rompin. ‘The breeding of Aedes mosquitoes primarily occurs in residential areas, playgrounds, and poorly maintained vegetable gardens,’ he told a press conference after the release of

KUALA LUMPUR, Quantios, the global provider of Wealth and Corporate Services software as a service (SaaS) solutions, has completed the acquisition of Klea, an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered legal entity management (LEM) tool. Backed by Hg and EQT, in a statement, Quantios said it is committed to leading digital transformation for trust and corporate service providers (TCSPs). By combining Klea’s AI-enabled legal entity management tool with Quantios software, corporate legal teams and multi-client service providers will now have access to comprehensive automated workflow solutions. Quantios Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Guy Harrison said the combination of Klea and Quantios affirmed the company’s

KOTA TINGGI, The overall losses due to flooding across the country were successfully reduced to RM755 million last year, compared to RM1.03 billion in 2022, Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said. He said RM275 million reduction was achieved through efficient management and close cooperation among various parties via disaster risk reduction measures. ‘In 2022, we incurred losses and damages amounting to RM1.03 billion, but with the implementation of disaster risk reduction measures, the losses were successfully reduced by RM275 million,’ he told a press conference following the launch of the 2024 National Preparedness Month (BKN). He

PUTRAJAYA, The establishment of a Food Security Indicator Cluster Committee on the National Food Security Policy to facilitate the development, management and monitoring of data is one of the food security initiatives being refined. Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Datuk Seri Mohamad Sabu said the matter was discussed in the Executive Committee on National Food Security Policy meeting today. In a statement today, he said other initiatives include empowering the aquaculture industry through the development of the Aquaculture Industry Zone (ZIA) to meet increased domestic demand and encourage exports through infrastructure upgrades and investment promotion. Besides, it also proposed

KUALA LUMPUR, The FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) futures contract on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives ended lower today. Spot month October 2024 and March 2025 shed 1.5 points each to 1,639.0 and 1,631.5, respectively, while November 2024 and December 2024 fell 2.0 points each to 1,640.5 and 1,643, respectively. Turnover rose to 6,827 lots from 4,743 on Wednesday, while open interest slipped to 47,874 contracts from 48,899 previously. The FBM KLCI ticked up 2.24 points, or 0.14 per cent, settling at 1,641.55 compared to Wednesday’s close of 1,639.31. Source: BERNAMA News Agency