<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 2): Bermaz Auto Bhd promoted its executive director Datuk Lee Kok Chuan to the position of chief executive director effective Jan 1, 2019.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>Lee will replace Datuk Seri Yeoh Choon San, who has been redesignated as executive chairman.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>Separately, chairman Datuk Syed Ariff Fadzillah Syed Awalludin has been redesignated as independent director.</p></div><div class=inPageAd id=div-gpt-ad-inpage></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>In a bourse filing today, Bermaz Auto said Lee is currently the chairman of Bermaz Auto Philippines Inc and director of Berjaya Capital Bhd, Bermaz Motor Sdn Bhd, Bermaz Motor Trading Sdn Bhd, Mazda Malaysia Sdn Bhd, and Inokom Corporation Sdn Bhd.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>He was an executive director of Berjaya Group Bhd from January 2000 to September 2001, and appointed chief executive officer of Berjaya Food Bhd in 2010 until he resigned on June 1, 2017.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>Bermaz Auto shares closed 3 sen or 1.4% higher at RM2.18, for a market capitalisation of RM2.5 billion.</p></div>


KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 2): Bermaz Auto Bhd promoted its executive director Datuk Lee Kok Chuan to the position of chief executive director effective Jan 1, 2019.

Lee will replace Datuk Seri Yeoh Choon San, who has been redesignated as executive chairman.

Separately, chairman Datuk ...

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The nomination centre for the Kuala Kubu Baharu state by-election closed at 10am on Saturday.

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<p>Global&nbsp;stocks were higher on Friday, as Big Tech gains lifted Wall Street shares, while Japan's yen&nbsp;sank to a&nbsp;34-year low after the Bank of Japan (BOJ)&nbsp;kept&nbsp;monetary policy loose.</p>


<p>The Perak government is expected to establish cooperation with Star Group Industries (SGI), a leading South Korean company with experience in the production of downstream products of rare earth elements (REE).</p>


<p>Richly valued US&nbsp;stocks are leaving investors with little tolerance for disappointment, raising the stakes ahead of a week in which two more technology and growth giants are set to report.</p>


<p>Alphabet Inc&nbsp;closed decisively above a US$2 trillion (RM9.54 trillion) market capitalisation for the first time on Friday, as a powerhouse earnings report reassured investors that the Google parent would be a major player in artificial intelligence (AI).</p>


<p>US&nbsp;regulators have seized Republic First Bancorp and agreed to sell it to Fulton Bank, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp (FDIC) said on Friday, underscoring the challenges facing regional banks a year after the collapse of three peers.</p>


<p>Nomination&nbsp;for the Kuala Kubu Baharu state by-election opened at 9am on Saturday at&nbsp;the Hulu Selangor Multipurpose Hall and District Sports Complex here.</p>


<p>The nomination centre&nbsp;for the Kuala Kubu Baharu state by-election closed at 10am on Saturday.</p>

<p>The announcement was made by returning officer Yuhanas Auree Kamaruddin&nbsp;at the Hulu Selangor Multipurpose Hall and District Sports Complex here.</p>


<p>Apple Inc&nbsp;has renewed discussions with OpenAI about using the start-up’s technology to power some new features coming to the iPhone later this year, according to people familiar with the matter.&nbsp;</p>


<p>Candidates contesting the upcoming Kuala Kubu Bharu by-election, a semi-urban seat located in the Hulu Selangor district, have started executing their campaign strategies over the weekend. The by-election is being held following the demise of its incumbent, Lee Kee Hiong from DAP, on March 21 due to cancer.</p>


<p>Two earthquakes, the largest a 6.1 magnitude, struck Taiwan's eastern county of Hualien on Saturday, the island's weather administration said, with no immediate reports of damage.</p>

<p>The quakes, within half an hour of each other in the early hours of the morning, shook buildings in the capital, Taipei.</p>
