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KUALA LUMPUR, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and Indonesia’s President-elect Prabowo Subianto have expressed their commitment to enhancing relations between the two neighbouring countries. In a Facebook post, Anwar said that this was among the topics discussed during his meeting with Prabowo earlier today. ‘Met with my close friend, Indonesia’s President-elect, Prabowo Subianto, earlier this afternoon. We touched on several matters of mutual interest, with the most important being our shared determination to strengthen bilateral ties between our two brotherly nations. ‘We also reaffirmed our commitment to reinforcing and ensuring regional cooperation within ASEAN,’ he said. Anwar also expressed

KUALA LUMPUR, The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) is exploring on how companies can best apply the Maqasid Al Shariah aspirations and principles in their products and services and have better social and governance practices. Chairman Datuk Mohammad Faiz Azmi said the actions needed are urgent as some of the companies are purely focusing on profit maximisation to the detriment of its stakeholders and the planet. ‘In the context of climate change, the data being provided by scientists on the alarming decrease in biodiversity, the changing weather patterns, the intensity of weather events and the impending rise of the sea levels,

KUALA LUMPUR, The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) is exploring on how companies can best apply the Maqasid Al Shariah aspirations and principles in their products and services and have better social and governance practices. Chairman Datuk Mohammad Faiz Azmi said the actions needed are urgent as some of the companies are purely focusing on profit maximisation to the detriment of its stakeholders and the planet. ‘In the context of climate change, the data being provided by scientists on the alarming decrease in biodiversity, the changing weather patterns, the intensity of weather events and the impending rise of the sea levels,

ALOR GAJAH, The Melaka state government will promptly initiate the legalisation process for childcare centres (Taska) operating in the state to prevent further infant deaths in such facilities, said Datuk Kalsom Noordin, the state Executive Councillor for Women’s Affairs, Family Development, and Welfare. In response to the death of an eight-month-old baby at a childcare centre yesterday, she emphasised that the process will focus on licensing, safety, and the backgrounds of caregivers, highlighting the need for immediate action since this is not the first such incident in the state. “Many caregiving practices also need to be re-evaluated, including swaddling infants

Deputy Prime Minister and Rural and Regional Development Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said there are about 420,000 hectares of rubber plantations owned by smallholders involving mature rubber trees which are no longer productive. Ahmad Zahid said rubber tree logs cut down for replanting can be used as ‘timber’ to generate side income. ‘The timber or wood material can be used to make furniture that can be sold before the treatment process (replanting) is done. ‘With an area of ??420,000 hectares, it can provide a lucrative yield of about RM2 billion within 10 years, or RM200 million a