Government tech provider Scicom (MSC) Bhd weathered the unexpected change of government last year fairly well, amid global economic uncertainties.

Global economic challenges have resulted in a decreased contract volume, which has weighed down on Scicom’s earnings. However, returns to sh...

Highest return on equity over three years: INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS & SERVICES: Scicom - Stable returns amid uncertainty

Harbour-Link Group Bhd took home The Edge Malaysia Centurion Club corporate award for highest return on equity (ROE) for the transport sector.

The shipping, marine, integrated logistics, engineering and construction outfit was established in 2002. It consolidated all of the group’s busi...

Highest return on equity over three years: TRANSPORT & LOGISTICS: Harbour-Link Group - Strikes the right chord

Shipping players have been facing rough financial seas, owing to global and regional economic uncertainties in recent years. Despite this, Shin Yang Shipping Corp Bhd has sailed through on the wave of resilience while growing its bottom line.

In the financial year ended June 30, 2018 (F...

Highest growth in profit after tax over three years: TRANSPORT & LOGISTICS: Shin Yang Shipping Corp - Rides out industry storm

Amid an intensely competitive business landscape, Tasco Bhd has shone by virtue of successfully defending the returns of its shareholders despite biting the bullet to venture into new business areas.

In the three-year period under review, the company’s share price has fluctuated but rem...

Highest Returns to Shareholders over three years: TRANSPORT & LOGISTICS: Tasco - Defends shareholder returns despite growing pains

Keynote address by Minister of Finance Lim Guan Eng

 

Ladies and Gentlemen

A very good evening to everyone.

 

THE CENTURION CLUB 2019

I would like to thank Datuk Tong Kooi Ong and The ...

Putting Malaysia back in business and Malaysians back to work

Hai-O Enterprise Bhd can be likened to its namesake, the seagull, which is adept at swimming, walking and flying — an apt description of how the company has always dealt well with change.

Founded in 1975 by Tan Kai Hee as a business selling mainly traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), Hai...

Highest growth in profit after tax over three years & Highest Returns to Shareholders over three years: CONSUMER PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: Hai-O Enterprise - Soaring high for the past 40 years

In its 2018 annual report, Country View Bhd says, “Sustainability is integral to the way we conduct our business activities.”

Not surprisingly, this philosophy helped the Johor-based property developer pick up not one but two awards in the inaugural The Edge Malaysia Centurion Club Corp...

Highest return on equity over three years & Highest growth in profit after tax over three years: PROPERTY: Country View - Delivering sustainable growth despite tough conditions

Investors of Paramount Corp Bhd should be a contented lot as the property group has consistently paid out decent dividends over the years despite the slowdown in the domestic property market.

For the year ended Dec 31, 2018 (FY2018), it paid shareholders a gross dividend per share of 8....

Highest Returns to Shareholders over three years: PROPERTY: Paramount Corp - En route to becoming a pure play in sector

Oil and gas (O&G) outfit Deleum Bhd came out tops in two categories of The Edge Malaysia Centurion Club Corporate Awards 2019, namely the Highest Return on Equity Over Three Years and the Highest Returns to Shareholders Over Three Years.

The company managed an average weighted ROE o...

Highest return on equity over three years & Highest Returns to Shareholders over three years: ENERGY: Deleum - Financials show company’s model sustainable

A compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 12% saw oil and gas long-timer Uzma Bhd win The Edge Malaysia Centurion Club corporate award for the Highest Growth in Profit After Tax Over Three Years in the energy sector for the evaluation period of the financial year ended June 30, 2015 (FY2015) to FY2...

Highest growth in profit after tax over three years: ENERGY: Uzma - Perseverance in the face of low oil prices

The emphasis on a quality education is more pronounced now than it has ever been before as employers seek graduates who are equipped with the resources and capabilities to grow the knowledge economy.

Recognising this, SEG International Bhd (SEGi), which operates the SEGi Group of Colleg...

Highest return on equity over three years: CONSUMER PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: SEG International - Delivering high yields through the provision of affordable higher education

The operating environment for Opcom Holdings Bhd is getting increasingly tough, so it is to the fibre-optic cable manufacturer’s credit that it has managed to deliver reasonable returns to shareholders over the last three years.

Opcom’s net profit grew a strong 67.1% to RM7.42 million i...

Highest return on equity over three years & Highest growth in profit after tax over three years: TELECOMMUNICATIONS & MEDIA + UTILITIES: Opcom Holdings - Reasonable returns despite tough times

Penang’s water service provider PBA Holdings Bhd has been able to deliver decent returns to shareholders over the years despite growing challenges, which include a need for a water tariff hike in the state.

The group fell into a net loss of RM103.43 million for the financial year ended ...

Highest Returns to Shareholders over three years: TELECOMMUNICATIONS & MEDIA + UTILITIES: PBA Holdings Shareholders rewarded since listing in 2002

Some say Econpile Holdings Bhd’s work is not visible even though the company is involved in many mega infrastructure projects, including rail projects such as the MRT and LRT in the Klang Valley and many skyscrapers in Kuala Lumpur.

Indeed, construction can only start after Econpile has...

Highest return on equity over three years: CONSTRUCTION: Econpile Holdings - On solid foundations to weather economic downturn

S P Setia Bhd has officially launched the LakePoint Complex commercial hub at the 1,235-acre freehold township of SetiaAlam Impian in Shah Alam on Saturday. The ceremony was officiated by the Sultan of Selangor, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah.

Selangor Sultan officiates launch of S P Setia’s LakePoint Complex at Setia AlamImpian

The Sultan of Selangor, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah, has extended condolences to the family of former inspector general of police Tun Mohammed Hanif Omar, who died early on Saturday morning.

Selangor Sultan conveys condolences to Tun Hanif Omar’s family

Perikatan Nasional (PN) will hold a supreme council meeting on Monday (April 22) on the selection of candidate to contest in the Kuala Kubu Baharu state by-election on May 11.

Kuala Kubu Baharu by-election: PN to hold supreme council meeting on Monday

Next week’s earnings reports from some of the market’s biggest technology and growth companies could prove an important test for the US stock rally, which has flagged as expectations for interest cuts fade.

'Crowded' megacap trade in US stocks awaits earnings test

Elon Musk postponed a planned trip to India where he was to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi, citing obligations at his Tesla automaker and saying he aimed to reschedule the visit for later this year.

Tesla's Elon Musk postpones India trip, aims to visit this year

Digital Nasional Bhd (DNB), the operator of Malaysia’s 5G telecommunications assets, said the process in relation to the subscription of its shares by five mobile network operators (MNOs) in this country is ongoing.

DNB says process relating to subscription of its shares by five mobile network operators ongoing

Approved road transport logistics companies will obtain “fleet cards” from select fuel retailers to purchase subsidised fuel under the diesel subsidy rationalisation programme, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) said.

Approved logistics players to get diesel fleet cards amid subsidy rationalisation

PKR Information chief Fahmi Fadzil said no specific names were discussed regarding the leadership of the Sabah PKR State Leadership Council (MPN) at a special meeting with Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim on Saturday.

No specific names discussed for Sabah PKR State Leadership Council head, says Fahmi

Efforts to reform the Bretton Woods institutions – the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank – are progressing, albeit slowly. In December, the IMF Board of Governors approved a 50% increase in member quotas, which will reduce its reliance on borrowed resources, and the World Bank has re...

The Frontiers Of Growth : How to Govern the Bretton Woods Institutions Better

A highly anticipated Bitcoin software update called the “halving” has been completed, dealing a potential blow to the companies that make money by ensuring that the digital currency functions smoothly and securely.

Bitcoin ‘halving’ cuts supply of new tokens in threat to miners

Former inspector general of police Tun Mohammed Hanif Omar died at 2.15am on Saturday. He was 85.

Former IGP Tun Hanif Omar passes away

The long-awaited Energy Exchange Malaysia (Enegem) has finally been introduced, along with guidelines on cross-border electricity sales announced by the Ministry of Energy Transition and Water Transformation (Petra) last Monday for exports of green electricity from Malaysia to Singapore and Thailand.

Enegem: Malaysia edges closer to RE exports

A Philippine freight railway project may be built with the support of the US and Japan, an official in charge of it said, as Manila seeks alternative financing deals after dropping funding talks with China.

Philippines wants US, Japan to take over rail deal eyed by China

Digital Nasional Bhd (DNB), the operator of Malaysia’s 5G telecommunications assets, said the process in relation to the subscription of its shares by five mobile network operators (MNOs) in this country is ongoing.

Attention this week will be on the March inflation rate, with the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) slated to put out Consumer Price Index (CPI) — the key gauge for inflation — data on Thursday.

Inflation edged up by a higher-than-expected 1.8% i...

The Week Ahead: Eyes on March inflation, US 1Q GDP and tech earnings

A highly anticipated Bitcoin software update called the “halving” has been completed, dealing a potential blow to the companies that make money by ensuring that the digital currency functions smoothly and securely.

Approved road transport logistics companies will obtain “fleet cards” from select fuel retailers to purchase subsidised fuel under the diesel subsidy rationalisation programme, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) said.

The ringgit is likely to trade in the same range of around 4.78 against the US dollar next week, as the situation in the Middle East will continue to be under scrutiny by investors, said an analyst.

Ringgit likely to trade around 4.78 versus greenback next week

The Sultan of Selangor, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah, has extended condolences to the family of former inspector general of police Tun Mohammed Hanif Omar, who died early on Saturday morning.

Next week’s earnings reports from some of the market’s biggest technology and growth companies could prove an important test for the US stock rally, which has flagged as expectations for interest cuts fade.

Elon Musk postponed a planned trip to India where he was to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi, citing obligations at his Tesla automaker and saying he aimed to reschedule the visit for later this year.

Shareholders of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) agreed this week on the importance of addressing challenges faced by low-income countries, many of which are facing unsustainable debt burdens, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said on Friday.

IMF concerned about debt, fiscal challenges facing low-income countries

Persistent inflation and higher-for-longer interest rates were cited as key risks to financial stability in the Federal Reserve's (Fed) latest survey of US central bank contacts, with geopolitical troubles and the 2024 US presidential election also mentioned as "a potentially significant source of shocks".

Fed survey cites inflation, US election as key financial stability risks

The World Bank on Friday said that 11 countries have pledged to contribute over US$11 billion (RM52.62 billion) to new hybrid capital and portfolio guarantee instruments designed to expand the bank's financing capacity by US$70 billion over a decade to tackle climate change, pandemics and other global challenges.

World Bank wins US$11b in pledges to boost lending for climate, global crises

Perikatan Nasional (PN) will hold a supreme council meeting on Monday (April 22) on the selection of candidate to contest in the Kuala Kubu Baharu state by-election on May 11.

PKR Information chief Fahmi Fadzil said no specific names were discussed regarding the leadership of the Sabah PKR State Leadership Council (MPN) at a special meeting with Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim on Saturday.

S P Setia Bhd has officially launched the LakePoint Complex commercial hub at the 1,235-acre freehold township of SetiaAlam Impian in Shah Alam on Saturday. The ceremony was officiated by the Sultan of Selangor, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah.

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