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LUMUT, Pengurusan Aset Air Berhad (PAAB) has allocated RM430,000 to implement a corporate social responsibility (CSR) programme that can have a positive impact on the community and environment, every year. Its chief executive officer, Zulkiflee Omar said the water asset management company’s commitment to CSR, with the concept of ‘environmental and social’, was started in 2019 and has since involved various groups in most states in the country. “In 2019, we started with the organisation of the ‘CSR School Sustainability Programme’. Then in 2022, we implemented the Green Mosque Campaign CSR Programme which involved upgrading water facilities in nine mosques

KUALA LUMPUR, The Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture (Motac) intends to strengthen relations with member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in promoting a Muslim-friendly tourism industry ecosystem in Malaysia. Its deputy minister, Khairul Firdaus Akbar Khan said the close cooperation with the OIC will bring good returns as the organisation has great potential in attracting more Muslim tourists to the country. “This is important as the international Muslim-friendly tourism market is projected to reach US$228 billion (US$1 = RM4.20) by 2028, which means the industry) is quite lucrative. ‘We will lose and miss out if we

KUALA LUMPUR, The Sessions Court here today ordered a former financial consultant to enter his defence on one charge of deceiving the Intellectual Property Corporation of Malaysia (MyIPO) related to an investment scheme amounting to RM85,530,000 and four charges of money laundering involving RM3.9 million. Judge Suzana Hussin made the ruling after finding that the prosecution had successfully established a prima facie case against Datuk Ahmad Azwan Aboo Mansor, 54. “After reviewing all the evidence presented by the prosecution witnesses and the arguments from both parties, the court finds that the prosecution has established a prima facie case for all

KUALA LUMPUR, The Securities Commission (SC) has updated its Investor Alert List containing the latest unauthorised entities and individuals for investment schemes. The regulator said some entities in the list might impersonate legitimate entities, which were described as ‘potential clones’ and advised the public not to deal with or invest through them. ‘If you invest through unauthorised entities and individuals, you will not be protected under Malaysian securities laws. This list is not exhaustive and is based on the information available to the SC at the time of publication,’ it said. The SC has added a potential clone entity including

KLUANG, The Johor government has disbursed RM910,840 this year to overcome flood problems in the Kluang district, involving work on Sungai Melantai and Sungai Mengkibol. State Public Works, Transport, Infrastructure and Communications Committee chairman Mohamad Fazli Mohamad Salleh said the allocation was spent for, among other things, upgrading of river embankment and river deepening. “The project in Kampung Palembang Baru involving RM175,000 was completed last Aug 21 while two projects in Kampung Bentong involving Sungai Melantai with an allocation of RM735,840 were completed last Aug 19 and Sept 9,’ he said. Mohamad Fazli said this to reporters after launching the