In this photo taken on Feb 1, 2023, residents wade through a flooded street after torrential rain at the suburb of Langholm in Auckland. (PHOTO / AFP) WELLINGTON — The worst of the forecast rain moved away from New Zealand's flood-ravaged biggest city on Wednesday after inflicting what the finance minister described as probably the […]
China’s population fell by 850,000 people in 2022, the first such contraction in six decades, according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics. The national birth rate fell to 6.77 births per 1,000 people against a death rate of 7.37 per 1,000 people. Meanwhile, China’s aging crisis is deepening, with 280.04 million people […]
This photo taken on December 8, 2022 shows tourists walking past the recently opened Plantopia complex on the popular tourist street Khaosan Road in Bangkok. (LILLIAN SUWANRUMPHA / AFP) BANGKOK – Thailand received 11.15 million foreign visitors in 2022, a surge from just about 428,000 the previous year when broad travel curbs were in place, […]
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 19, 2023 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Aneka Jaringan Holdings Berhad (Bursa: ANEKA, 0226), a basement and foundation construction specialist, today announced that the Group recorded a 26.92% gain in revenue to RM52.85 million for the first quarter ended 30 November 2022 (1Q FYE2023) compared with RM41.64 million in the corresponding […]
Visitors gather in front of the Marina Bay Sands hotel and resorts building in Singapore on July 27, 2022. (ROSLAN RAHMAN / AFP) SINGAPORE – Singapore's international arrivals beat forecasts in 2022, paving the way for its tourism sector to recover to pre-pandemic levels by 2024, its tourism authority said on Tuesday. The city-state saw […]
Relatives carry the coffin of a victim of Easter Sunday's bomb blast at St Sebastian Church, in Negombo, Sri Lanka, April 25, 2019. (MANISH SWARUP / AP) COLOMBO — Sri Lanka's Supreme Court on Thursday ordered former President Maithripala Sirisena to pay a sum of 100 million rupees (about $276,243) in compensation to the victims […]
Chinese tourists visit and take photos at Wat Pho Temple in Bangkok, Thailand on Jan 29, 2017. (PHOTO / XINHUA) SINGAPORE – Southeast Asia's tourist economies are set to be leading beneficiaries of China's scrapping of travel bans as they have steered clear of the COVID-19 tests. Even as the virus tears through its 1.4 […]
Chinese tourists visit and take photos at Wat Pho Temple in Bangkok, Thailand on Jan 29, 2017. (PHOTO / XINHUA) SINGAPORE – Southeast Asia's tourist economies are set to be leading beneficiaries of China's scrapping of travel bans as they have steered clear of the COVID-19 tests. Even as the virus tears through its 1.4 […]
Until the COVID-19 pandemic, humanity was making great strides in extending lives and increasing economic prosperity. It is critical that we return to that trajectory as the global economy recovers. New research, which examines progress at a granular level, can help us get there. Typically, human progress is assessed at a country level. On average, […]
People wearing protective masks enjoy a pedestrian bridge during the dusk amid of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Jakarta, Indonesia, Mar 15, 2022. (WILLY KURNIAWAN / REUTERS) JAKARTA — Indonesia on Friday removed all remaining measures to control the spread of COVID-19 effective immediately, since most of the country's population already has antibodies against […]
This photo taken on Dec 27, 2021 shows a wooden boat transporting Rohingya refugees after it was intercepted in the waters off Bireuen, Aceh province and denied refuge in Indonesia. (STR / AFP) NEW DELHI – At least 180 ethnic Rohingya stranded at sea for weeks after leaving Bangladesh in November are feared dead, as […]
Syrian women and their children sit and listen during a cholera awareness session by UNICEF at a Syrian refugee camp in Bhanine village, in the northern Akkar province, Lebanon Oct 18, 2022. (BILAL HUSSEIN / AP) AMMAN – The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Tuesday appealed for $2.6 billion in emergency funding to deliver […]
IPOH, Malaysia, Dec 13, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – SNS Network Technology Berhad, an ICT system and solutions provider, today reported a 35.5% rise in profit after tax (PAT) to RM11.94 million for the third quarter ended 31 October 2022 (3Q FY2023) compared with PAT of RM8.81 million in the immediately preceding quarter […]
KUCHING, MALAYSIA, Nov 30, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Civil engineering specialist Sarawak Consolidated Industries Berhad (SCIB) today announced that the Company registered a 14.5% increase in revenue to RM30.3 million for the first quarter ended 30 September 2022 (1Q FY2023) compared with RM26.5 million in the corresponding quarter of the previous financial […]
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 30, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Yew Lee Pacific Group Berhad, a manufacturer of industrial brushes as well as trading of industrial hardware and machinery parts, today announced that the Group recorded revenue of RM6.10 million for the third quarter ended 30 September 2022 (3Q FY2022). Managing Director of Yew […]
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 24, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Civil engineering specialist and bituminous products manufacturer Minetech Resources Berhad today reported that the Company recorded a 31.9% rise in revenue to RM26.9 million for the second quarter ended 30 September 2022 (2Q FY2023) compared with RM20.4 million in the corresponding quarter of the […]
PETALING JAYA, Malaysia, Nov 24, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Bintai Kinden Corporation Berhad (Bursa: BINTAI, 6998), a mechanical and electrical (M&E) engineering services specialist, today announced that the Company registered a 136.6% increase in revenue to RM40.56 million for the second quarter ended 30 September 2022 (2Q FY2023) compared with RM17.14 million […]
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 15, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Hektar Asset Management Sdn. Bhd., the Manager of Hektar Real Estate Investment Trust (Hektar REIT), today announced the third quarter results ended 30 September 2022 (3Q 2022). Hektar REIT recorded revenue of RM31.06 million, a substantial increase of 62.4% compared with RM19.12 million in […]
2022年第三季度淨銷售額達20.23億美元，與2021年同期相比，在報告基礎上增長15%，若不計匯率影響，則增長19% 2022年第三季度的報告EPS及經調整EPS*分別為1.59美元及1.73美元，而2021年第三季度的報告EPS及經調整EPS則分別為1.75美元及1.67美元。 該公司更新其2022年全年經調整E…
Women wait to receive a food donation from the Afterlife foundation during Islam's Holy fasting month of Ramadan in Kandahar on April 27, 2022. (JAVED TANVEER / AFP) KABUL – The Taliban have signed a provisional deal with Russia to supply gasoline, diesel, gas and wheat to Afghanistan, Acting Afghan Commerce and Industry Minister Haji […]
IPOH, Malaysia, Sep 27, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – SNS Network Technology Berhad (SNS), an ICT system and solutions provider, today announced that the Group registered a 19.7% rise in revenue to RM296.93 million for the second quarter ended 31 July 2022 (2Q FY2023) compared with RM248.16 million in the immediately preceding quarter […]
Displaced people transport usable belongings salvaged from their flood-hit home as they cross a flooded area in Sohbat Pur city of Jaffarabad, a district of Pakistan's southwestern Baluchistan province, Aug 28, 2022. (ZAHID HUSSAIN / AP) DADU, Pakistan – Authorities in Pakistan are scrambling to protect a vital power station supplying electricity to millions of […]
Internally displaced people wade through floodwaters to return home after heavy monsoon rains in Dadu district, Sindh province on Sept 7, 2022. (AAMIR QURESHI / AFP) BHAN SYEDABAD, Pakistan – People were building barriers on Thursday in some parts of Pakistan to hold back rising waters that have engulfed nearly a third of the country […]
A woman prays after offering a bouquet of flowers at the memorial area set up for former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, shown in pictures, at the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's headquarters in Tokyo on July 14, 2022. (HIRO KOMAE / AP PHOTO) TOKYO – Japan will spend about 1.65 billion yen ($12 million) on […]
PETALING JAYA, Malaysia, Sep 2, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Samaiden Group Berhad, a renewable energy (RE) specialist principally involved in engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning (EPCC) of solar photovoltaic (PV) systems and power plants today announced that for the fourth quarter ended 30 June 2022 (4Q FY2022), revenue increased 113.35% to RM53.68 […]
Rosmah Mansor, wife of former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak, arrives at Kuala Lumpur High Court in Kuala Lumpur, Sept 1, 2022. (VINCENT THIAN / AP) KUALA LUMPUR – A Malaysian court on Thursday sentenced Rosmah Mansor, the wife of former Prime Minister Najib Razak, to a decade in prison for seeking and receiving bribes […]
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 30, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – PLS Plantations Berhad recorded a net profit after tax (PAT) of RM35.0 million, a strong conclusion to the financial year ended 30 June 2022 (FY2022). This represents an increase of 109.6% compared to RM16.7 million in the preceding financial year ended 30 June 2021 […]
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 29, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Binasat Communications Berhad, an all-round solution provider of network engineering and services, today reported revenue of RM83.51 million for the full-year ended 30 June 2022 (FY2022), a 55.08% increase compared with RM53.85 million for the corresponding period of the last financial year (FY2021) mainly […]
SHAH ALAM, Malaysia, Aug 29, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Leon Fuat Berhad, a manufacturer and trader of steel products specialising in rolled long and flat steel, today reported a 35.8% increase in revenue to RM250.93 million for the second quarter ended 30 June 2022 (Q2FY2022) compared with RM184.78 million recorded in the […]
BANGI, Malaysia, Aug 29, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Technology leader in providing fully customised, intelligent manufacturing automation solutions, Genetec Technology Berhad continued its performance momentum into the new financial year, recording a surge in profit after tax (PAT) of RM18.6 million representing a 126.8% jump compared to RM8.2 million registered for the […]