<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p><span style="font-style: italics;">This article first appeared in The Edge Financial Daily on July 7, 2017</span></p></div><div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p><strong>Mikro MSC Bhd (-ve)</strong></p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>SHARES in Mikro MSC Bhd (fundamental: 2.55/3, valuation: 0.7/3) rose three sen or 3.85% to close at 81 sen yesterday, after some 9.34 million shares were traded, compared with their 200-day average volume of 1.49 million shares.</p></div><div class=inPageAd id=div-gpt-ad-inpage></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>The Multimedia Super Corridor-status company, which develops and manufactures electrical distribution products, saw its net profit inch up 1% to RM2.02 million in the third financial quarter ended March 31, 2017 from RM2 million a year ago due to higher revenue and better gross margin recorded. Revenue came in 2% higher at RM11.57 million, from RM11.31</p></div>

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<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>For the nine months ended March 31, 2017, net profit rose 4% to RM8.25 million from RM7.97 million, while revenue grew to RM37.17 million from RM35.59 million.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>At the current share price, Mikro MSC is trading at 4.4 times its book value.</p></div>


Mikro MSC Bhd (-ve)

SHARES in Mikro MSC Bhd (fundamental: 2.55/3, valuation: 0.7/3) rose three sen or 3.85% to close at 81 sen yesterday, after some 9.34 million shares were traded, compared with their 200-day average volume of 1.49 million shares.

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The National Physical Planning Council (MPFN) on Thursday approved the main policy related to urban and rural planning, namely the Master Plan for Land Use Planning for Food Source Areas, aimed at reducing dependence on imported food products.

Land use planning for food source areas master plan approved — KPKT

Al-’Aqar Healthcare Real Estate Investment Trust (Al-’Aqar REIT) is actively targeting to acquire yield-accretive properties from KPJ Healthcare Bhd as part of its asset expansion plan.

The proposed exercise will be funded through a combination of unit issuance and cash via bank borrowings, it said in a filing with Bursa Malaysia on Thursday.

Al-`Aqar Healthcare REIT aims to acquire yield-accretive properties from KPJ Healthcare

A total of 20 former employees of Kedah Agro Holdings Berhad (KAHB) are expected to receive salary arrears totalling RM337,000, for a period ranging from six to nine months, to be paid in stages.

Former Kedah Agro employees to receive unpaid wages in stages

BHP Group bid US$38.8 billion for Anglo American on Thursday, offering a deal to forge the world's biggest copper miner and driving its smaller rival's shares 13% higher.

Mining's latest move to consolidate is driven by a scramble for copper and other metals central to the world's clean energy shift and could have major repercussions for South Africa, which has seen the platinum it mines fall out of favour.

BHP bids US$39 bil for Anglo American as miners target copper

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim on Thursday emphasised the need to appoint more women as secretaries-general (KSU) of ministries and directors-general (DG) of departments.

PM wants more women in top civil service posts

Chin Teck Plantations Bhd’s net profit surged sevenfold for the financial quarter ended Feb 29, 2024 (2QFY2024) thanks to higher palm oil production as well as lower operating and administrative expenses.

Chin Teck’s 2Q net profit up sevenfold

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim on Thursday gave assurance that the revised Public Service Remuneration System (SSPA), which will be announced soon, will be the best ever introduced in the country.

Revised public service remuneration system will be the best ever introduced — Anwar

Amazon.com's cloud-computing arm said it would invest US$11 billion in Indiana to build data centers, marking the state's largest capital investment, and promising at least 1,000 jobs.

The announcement by Amazon Web Services on Thursday builds on the online retail giant's already strong presence in the state, where it employs 26,000 full- and part-time staff.

Amazon to invest US$11 billion in Indiana to build data centers

Pavilion Real Estate Investment Trust (PavREIT) reported that its first quarter net property income (NPI) jumped 33.2% year-on-year, thanks largely to contribution from its newly acquired mall, Pavilion Bukit Jalil. The increase was also attributed to higher occupancy rates and higher revenue rent from its other retail malls.

PavREIT’s 1Q NPI jumps 33%, pays 2.48 sen distribution per unit

The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits unexpectedly fell last week, pointing to still tight labour market conditions.

US weekly jobless claims unexpectedly fall

<p>Malaysia is in early discussions with tycoons on opening a casino in Forest City, people familiar with the matter said, in a bid to revive the beleaguered US$100 billion (RM478.35 billion) property project that counts the country’s monarch as one of its shareholders.</p>


Malaysia is said to mull casino resort to revive Forest City

<p>KUALA LUMPUR (April 25): Members of the the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) who are below 55 years old will have an Account 3 starting from May 11, from which they can make withdrawals at any time for any purpose —&nbsp;subject to a minimum withdrawal amount of RM50. This is on top of the two existing accounts they currently have for retirement savings.&nbsp;</p>


EPF members under age 55 will have Account 3 for ‘withdrawals at any time’ from May 11

<p>Shares of YTL Corp Bhd rallied to a new all-time high on Thursday after Hong Leong Investment Bank (HLIB) flagged more upside even after a 42% year-to-date surge.</p>


YTL Corp rallies to new all-time high after HLIB flags more upside

<p>Digital Nasional Bhd (DNB), the state-owned company in charge of the 5G network infrastructure rollout, on Thursday named five new board members, comprising senior leaders from the telecom and technology industries.</p>


Digital Nasional names senior telco and tech leaders as new directors

<p>Sports retailer Al-Ikhsan Sports Sdn Bhd, in which state-owned private equity firm Ekuiti Nasional Bhd (Ekuinas) owns a 35% stake, has appointed Datuk Hishammudin Hasan as its new chief executive officer effective April 17.</p>


Ekuinas-backed Al-Ikhsan Sports names former 7-Eleven head as CEO

<p>Wireless carrier Axiata Group Bhd and conglomerate PT Sinar Mas Group are moving forward with plans to merge their telecommunications operations in Indonesia, people familiar with the matter said.</p>


Axiata, Sinar Mas move closer to US$3.5b telco merger, Bloomberg reports

<p>Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim on Thursday denied claims that the government will issue a licence for the operation of a casino in Forest City, Johor.</p>


PM denies claims that govt issuing casino licence for Forest City

<p>KUALA LUMPUR (April 25): Mega First Corp Bhd shares have likely peaked following a recent rally to new all-time highs, and investors should stop buying the stock now, Maybank Investment Bank (Maybank IB) said and downgraded the stock to ‘hold’.</p>

<p>Maybank IB is the first from a total of fi...

Mega First shares likely peaked; Maybank IB the first to downgrade stock

<p>AirAsia X Bhd (AAX), which will be taking over Capital A Bhd's aviation business,&nbsp;has announced the mechanics of its plan via a bourse&nbsp;filing on Thursday.</p>


AirAsia X to buy Capital A's aviation business for RM6.8b via share and debt deal 

<p>IOI Properties Group broke ground on Thursday for Senna Puteri, its latest township development located in Sepang, Selangor. The developer is looking to launch 386 units of townhouses in its first phase before the end of the second quarter.</p>

<p>Spanning 117 acres in southern Klang Valley, the 12-phase Senna Puteri will be developed over the next 10 years, offering residential, commercial, recreational areas, green spaces, community hall, surau and more. It has a gross development value (GDV) of over RM3 billion.</p>


IOI Properties breaks ground for 117-acre Senna Puteri in Sepang

<p>JOHOR BAHRU (April 25): The Johor branch of the Malaysian Quarantine and Inspection Services Department (Maqis) found parasitic worms Anisakis sp in samples of sardine cans from China that were brought in through the Sultan Iskandar Building (BSI) here, earlier this month.</p>


Parasitic worms Anisakis sp found in canned sardines from China — Johor dept

<p>KUALA LUMPUR (April 25): Agricore CS Holdings Bhd, a food ingredients supplier, has obtained approval from Bursa Malaysia Securities Bhd to list on its ACE Market.</p>


Agricore CS Holdings gets Bursa Malaysia nod to list on ACE Market

<p>Malaysia’s consumer inflation came in lower than expected in March from a year earlier as prices of healthcare and food rose at a slower pace, official data on Thursday showed.</p>

<p>The Consumer Price Index — Malaysia’s main gauge of inflation — rose 1.8% year-on-year, according to the Department of Statistics. The headline figure was a tad lower than the median 2% rise predicted in a Bloomberg survey of economists, and unchanged versus February’s 1.8% gain.</p>


Malaysia’s inflation steady at 1.8% in March

<p>The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has confirmed that former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad is among individuals under investigation by the commission.</p>


Azam Baki confirms Dr M among individuals under MACC probe

<p>The Court of Appeal has allowed a bid by Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin to have a bench of five judges to hear his review application to restore his acquittal by the High Court of four of his abuse of power charges last year.</p>

<p>His lawyer Chetan Jethwani said that Court of Appeal deputy registrar Muhammad Noor Firdaus Rosli informed the parties of the matter on Thursday morning during case management.</p>


Appellate court grants Muhyiddin five-member bench for review of charges

<p>KUALA LUMPUR (April 25): Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak had never instructed 1Malaysia Development Bhd’s (1MDB) management to transfer a total US$1.03 billion to Good Star Ltd, a company linked to the fugitive Low Taek Jho (Jho Low), the court heard on Thursday.</p>


Najib never instructed 1MDB management to transfer monies to Good Star — witness

<p>Investors are looking for the next policy domino to fall in Asia amid an escalating campaign against a resurgent dollar, after Indonesia used a surprise interest rate hike to defend the rupiah.</p>


Asia’s hawks get put on alert after Indonesia’s shock rate hike

<p>Luxchem Corp Bhd’s net profit for the first quarter ended March 31, 2024 (1QFY2024) surged over 54% to RM11.56 million or 1.08 sen per share from RM7.5 million or 0.7 sen per share a year earlier on the back of stronger earnings from both its trading and manufacturing segments.</p>

<p>The industrial chemical and material group’s revenue rose 19.8% to RM183.15 million versus RM152.83 million a year ago as driven by its trading and manufacturing segments, according to a bourse filing on Thursday. &nbsp;</p>


Luxchem 1Q net profit up 54% on stronger trading and manufacturing segment

<p>KUALA LUMPUR (April 25): Malaysia requires an annual allocation of at least RM10 billion for the next three years, which is crucial to boost water infrastructure amid below-cost tariffs and high wastage, the National Water Services Commission (SPAN) said on Thursday.</p>


Malaysia needs RM10 bil for next three years to upgrade water infrastructure — SPAN

<p>Shares of CapitaLand Malaysia Trust (CLMT) surged on Thursday to its highest in nearly four years while analysts remained upbeat following better-than-expected first-quarter (1Q) results.</p>
