<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>SINGAPORE (Nov 19): CITIC Envirotech is up 4.4% to $1.54 after the company, which does most of its business in China, says it is in "advanced negotiation" for water supply, wastewater treatment and recycling projects valued at about 1 billion yuan ($156 million).</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>The water-treatment firm didn't provide details about the location of the prospective projects. Citic Envirotech says there is no certainty that the discussions would lead to any definitive agreements and advises investors to deal in the company's shares with caution.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>However, investors likely expect a big contract win announcement soon.</p></div><div class=inPageAd id=div-gpt-ad-inpage></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>CITIC Envirotech is outperforming the 1.1% gain by the local benchmark Straits Times Index.</p></div>


SINGAPORE (Nov 19): CITIC Envirotech is up 4.4% to $1.54 after the company, which does most of its business in China, says it is in "advanced negotiation" for water supply, wastewater treatment and recycling projects valued at about 1 billion yuan ($156 million).

The water-treatment fir...

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<p>A Japan-inspired strategy of seeking to boost shareholder returns, corporate governance and market valuations is spreading like a wildfire across Asia.</p>

<p>From Seoul to New Delhi, governments and regulators are hurrying to implement their own versions of Japan’s decade-long program of structural reforms that helped drive its benchmark index to a record high this year.</p>


<p>China's factory activity expanded modestly for a second straight month in November, an official survey showed on Saturday, adding to a string of recent data suggesting a blitz of stimulus is finally trickling through the world's second-largest economy.</p>


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<p>Legal experts are suggesting that the Malaysian government should consider introducing laws to prevent children and teenagers under 16 from using social media platforms, following the example set by Australia.</p>


<p>The prevalence of corruption, mismanagement, abuse of power, and breaches of trust are akin to cancerous cells eroding the nation’s anatomy, placing immense burdens on its people, said the Sultan of Perak, Sultan Nazrin Shah. &nbsp;</p>


<p>Human Resources (Kesuma) Minister, Steven Sim Chee Keong called on employers to empathise and compromise with employees affected by disasters such as floods.</p>


<p>The Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia) on Saturday issued a continuous rain warning until Sunday (Dec 1) involving Kelantan, Terengganu and Perak.</p>


<p>Five Canadian news media publishers have sued OpenAI Inc for breaching copyright by scraping content to train artificial intelligence products like ChatGPT — opening another front against the US$157 billion (RM698.22 billion) startup.</p>


<p>Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met with President-elect Donald Trump on Friday, according to people familiar with their plans, as the incoming US leader threatens to implement fresh tariffs on neighbouring countries unless they halt the flow of illegal drugs and undocumented migrants across borders.</p>


<p>Tenaga Nasional Bhd (KL:TENAGA), or TNB, has dismissed as untrue a viral social media post claiming that electricity supply from Anak Bukit to Kepala Batas, Kubang Pasu, will be cut off.</p>


<p>Amendments to the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 (Act 588), the first proposal since it was enacted 26 years ago, will be tabled in Parliament this Monday (Dec 2).</p>


<p>(Nov 30): Three people, including a former manager of Hong Kong’s securities watchdog, were charged with conspiring to commit misconduct for allegedly sharing non-public information on a planned rights issue and profiting from it.</p>

<p>Kenneth Leung, 30, who was employed as a manager of the ...