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YOURSAY | Give B40 varsity students laptops instead of tablets

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Malaysiakini (English)

YOURSAY | ‘Govt can’t get decent tablet, what more laptop.’ Questions emerge over quality of tablets for B40 varsity students PurpleJaguar0553: With an allocation of RM450 million, that would mean an average of RM750 per person. This is based on the distribution for 600,000 students. For this meagre amount you can’t get a decent tablet, what more a laptop. Even a full Microsoft licence costs about RM1,000. If the government is sincere about uplifting the B40 and they should be, a more decent amount would be about RM3,000 per person. Their lack of access to technology has put them back many yea… Continue reading “YOURSAY | Give B40 varsity students laptops instead of tablets”

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President appoints new CB Governor and Treasury Secretary | Daily FT

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Central Bank Governor Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe Finance Ministry Secretary KMM Siriwardena Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe appointed as 17th Central Bank Governor K.M.M. Siriwardena appointed as Treasury SecretaryDr. Nandalal Weerasinghe was appointed as the Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka while K.M.M. Siriwardena was appointed as the new Secretary to the Ministry of Finance. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa handed over the letters of appointment yesterday evening. Dr. Weerasinghe, who has vast experiences in the financial sector, served as the Alternate Executive Director at the International M… Continue reading “President appoints new CB Governor and Treasury Secretary | Daily FT”

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Disney Rival Partners With Ferrari on Major New Attraction

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The Street

By Veronika Bondarenko The new Legoland ride is hoping to reach a new generation of Ferrari lovers. There’s something to be said for a roller coaster that goes as fast as a Ferrari (RACE) – Get Ferrari NV Report — the Italian luxury carmaker creates is famed for its roaring engines that would be particularly stomach-churning on a thrill ride. While that kind of super-powered roller coaster is still the stuff of a thrill lover’s fantasies, there will soon be one Ferrari-themed attraction at Legoland in California. The theme park inspired by the classic children’s construction set is opening a r… Continue reading “Disney Rival Partners With Ferrari on Major New Attraction”

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Wayne Rooney’s brutally honest verdict on Paul Pogba

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Football Tribe Asia

Frenchman Paul Pogba is set to leave Man United on his Bosman status come the end of the season and former United lynchpin and goalscorer Wayne Rooney was asked for his views about the midfielder’s status quo. The United legendary icon has no doubts that the club ‘need to let’ the French World Cup winner leave the club this summer. Pogba made a return to Old Trafford for an £89m world-record transfer fee in 2016 but since then has only managed to win just two trophies during his second stint at the club, and has ended up being more of a controversy among United supporters as many feel he’s nev… Continue reading “Wayne Rooney’s brutally honest verdict on Paul Pogba”

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Who is taking over the tolls?

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Malaysiakini (English)

Good morning. Here’s what you need to know today. Key Highlights Who is taking over the tolls? Do Malays need feudal protectors? What tablet is the govt buying for students? __Who is taking over the tolls? __When the government announced that four highway concessionaires in the Klang Valley would be taken over, some assumed that Amanat Lebuhraya Rakyat Bhd (ALR) – the company in charge of the restructuring exercise – was a GLC. However, despite being a “not for profit” with a “mandate from the government”, ALR is a fully private company. Putrajaya argues that this model would ensure that … Continue reading “Who is taking over the tolls?”

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Closing arguments to begin in ex-Goldman banker’s 1MDB corruption trial

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By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) – Closing arguments are set to begin on Monday in the U.S. trial of a former Goldman Sachs banker accused of helping loot hundreds of millions of dollars from Malaysia’s 1MDB development fund. Prosecutors say Roger Ng, Goldman’s former top investment banker for Malaysia, helped his then-boss Tim Leissner embezzle money from the fund, launder the proceeds and bribe officials to win business for Goldman. Ng, 49, has pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiring to launder money and violate an anti-corruption law. His lawyer Marc Agnifilo acknowledged that he introdu… Continue reading “Closing arguments to begin in ex-Goldman banker’s 1MDB corruption trial”

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Political spar over oil firm

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Malaysiakini (English)

Good morning, here’s a quick rundown of what happened over the weekend. __Key Highlights __ Political spar over oil firm Perfect legislation? Dr M fires at ‘backstabber’ __Political spar over oil firm __PKR vice-president Rafizi Ramli and former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak are engaged in political sparring over financially troubled oil and gas firm Sapura Energy Berhad. The matter is important as it involves public funds. State-owned Perbadanan Nasional Berhad (PNB) had pumped RM2.68 billion into the cash-strapped firm in 2018, thus increasing its shareholding in Sapura Energy from 12.6… Continue reading “Political spar over oil firm”