<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p><span style="font-style: italics;">This article first appeared in The Edge Financial Daily on January 6, 2020</span></p></div><div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p><strong>MCT Bhd (-ve)</strong></p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>MCT Bhd (fundamental: 1.4/3, valuation: 1.5/3) closed half a sen or 1.52% higher at 33.5 sen last Friday, after 44.97 million shares were traded, compared with the counter’s 200-day average trading volume of 2.42 million shares.</p></div><div class=inPageAd id=div-gpt-ad-inpage></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>Formerly known as GW Plastics Holdings Bhd, MCT is now mainly involved in property development and construction.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>For the cumulative nine months ended Sept 30, 2019, the group booked a net profit of RM26.88 million on a revenue of RM350.46 million, largely driven by an upswing in its overall construction progress to hand over 3,000 units across four projects by the first half of 2020.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>MCT said in its latest result announcement the outlook is positive as it is planning several key launches in the Cybersouth project by the first quarter of this year.</p></div>


MCT Bhd (-ve)

MCT Bhd (fundamental: 1.4/3, valuation: 1.5/3) closed half a sen or 1.52% higher at 33.5 sen last Friday, after 44.97 million shares were traded, compared with the counter’s 200-day average trading volume of 2.42 million shares.

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Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim on Monday held an online conference with the president and chief investment officer of technology (CIO) giant Alphabet & Google, Ruth Porat.

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Inta, SNS, Harbour, Marco, Fiamma, SAM 

<p>NCT Group of Companies has signed memorandums of understanding (MOUs) with SMARTSEL Sdn Bhd and Mikro Sdn Bhd to scale up the capabilities of the NCT Smart Industrial Park (NSIP), while introducing advanced sustainability practices geared to positively impact its carbon footprint.</p>
