HIL Industries expanded face masks product range to include surgical-grade masks
KUALA LUMPUR: HIL Industries Bhd (HIB) has expanded its face masks product range to include surgical-grade masks with anti-viral and filtration efficiency. The company ventured into the personal protective equipment (PPE) and healthcare business in July 2020. HIB’s healthcare arm HIL Medic Sdn Bhd (HMSB) has recently begun the manufacturing of the four-layer, self-sanitising copper […]
Komarkcorp back in the black
PETALING JAYA: Komarkcorp Bhd, a provider of packaging and printing solutions, returned to profitability for the first time since its financial year ended 2017. For its second quarter ended Oct 31, 2021, the group saw a profit after tax of RM0.11mil (versus a loss after tax of RM2.53mil a year earlier), while revenue rose 120% year-on-year […]
Payments firm Square gets new corporate name: Block
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 2 — Digital payments firm Square, which was co-founded and is still led by former Twitter chief Jack Dorsey, on Wednesday changed its corporate name to Block as it expands into cryptocurrency and other financial technology tools. The Square payments platform — which was the company’s sole offering when it was founded […]
Health minister: Malaysia has 459 psychiatrists now, will need 720 by 2025 and 952 by 2030
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 2 — Malaysia currently has 459 psychiatrists, and would ideally need to add 261 such specialists in four more years amid sharper focus on people’s mental health and wellbeing. Based on the Health Ministry’s latest publicly available data, Malay Mail calculated that the country would need an additional 493 psychiatrists by 2030 to cater […]
Law minister says Sarawak youths still can’t vote in Dec 18 state poll despite Undi18 gazette
KUCHING, Dec 2 — Eighteen-year-old Sarawakians will not be able to cast their votes in the state election this year even though the Undi18 law has finally been gazetted, federal minister Datuk Seri Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar said today. The minister in the Prime Minister’s Department in charge of Parliament and law said that even […]
Automatic voter registration, Undi18 to take effect Dec 15
KUALA LUMPUR: The implementation of lowering the voting age to 18 (Undi18) and automatic voter registration will take effect from Dec 15. Election Commission (EC) secretary Datuk Ikmalrudin Ishak said Section 3(a) and (b) of of the Constitution (Amendment) Act 2019 has been gazetted on Dec 1 after receiving royal assent from Yang di-Pertuan Agong […]
Covid-19 Watch: 65 students at Cyberjaya boarding school test positive
PUTRAJAYA: A total of 65 Form One and Form Two students at Sekolah Seri Puteri in Cyberjaya have tested positive for Covid-19, says Education Minister Datuk Dr Radzi Jidin. His communications team posted the information in a tweet on his official account on Wednesday (Dec 1) night, Bernama reported. According to the team, Radzi visited […]
