<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>KUALA LUMPUR (April 25): The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) has awarded a Covid-19 saliva test kit supply contract to Singapore-based biomedical and life sciences services company Biomedia's Malaysian unit SPD Scientific (M) Sdn Bhd following a tender exercise by the EPF, according to the pension fund's latest tender results update.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>The EPF's April 2022 tender results update, however, did not specify the value of the Covid-19 saliva test kit supply contract.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>According to Biomedia’s website, the company, which was founded in 1981, provides laboratories, clinical, biomedical, nuclear science and industrial science services with a large range of medical and laboratory products such as general equipment, lab consumables, medical devices and materials.</p></div><div class=inPageAd id=div-gpt-ad-inpage></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>Biomedia said it has a staff strength of more than 220 people across seven subsidiaries and four associated companies in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam and Myanmar.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>In Malaysia, SPD Scientific's office is located within the Ara Damansara enclave in Petaling Jaya, Selangor, according to Biomedia.</p></div>


The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) has awarded a Covid-19 saliva test kit supply contract to Singapore-based biomedical and life sciences services company Biomedia's Malaysian unit SPD Scientific (M) Sdn Bhd following a tender exercise by the EPF, according to the pension fund's latest tender results update.

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China said on Saturday it had agreed with the US on a US$30 billion (RM122 billion) reciprocal tariff-reduction arrangement and on launching a dialogue on artificial intelligence (AI), under an eight-point consensus reached during President Xi Jinping's visit to Washington.

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<p>Asset World Corp Pcl’s new Thai Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) aims to raise at least US$1 billion (RM4.07 billion) through a listing as it seeks funds to expand its hotel and commercial property business, according to a senior executive.</p>


<p>China said on Saturday it had agreed with the US on a US$30 billion (RM122&nbsp;billion) reciprocal tariff-reduction arrangement and on launching a dialogue on artificial intelligence (AI), under an eight-point consensus reached during President Xi Jinping's visit to Washington.</p>


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<p>Kerjaya Prospek Property Bhd (KL:KPPROP) launched its latest residential project, AndaBreeze, in Batu Kawan, Penang, bringing the developer’s total gross development value (GDV) of ongoing projects to about RM2 billion.</p>


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<p>Swiss Finance Minister Karin Keller-Sutter downplayed a suggestion that UBS Group AG could quit Switzerland to avoid stricter capital rules there, saying such a move would be more expensive than to stay.</p>


<p>Kuehne+Nagel International AG sees at least three years of double-digit growth in the burgeoning business of logistics services catering to big technology companies and the data centres they’re building to handle the boom in artificial intelligence (AI).</p>


<p>The government will announce more decisive measures to ensure graduates secure jobs that match their qualifications and receive fair wages in Budget 2027, which will be tabled on Oct 9.</p>


<p>Bangkok authorities declared a flood disaster across the Thai capital on Saturday after almost 48 hours of heavy rain left canals full, roads submerged and residents wading through deep water.</p>


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<p>Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has yet to receive Transport Minister Anthony Loke Siew Fook’s resignation letter.</p>


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<p>A special committee should be established under the Technical Committee of the Malaysia Agreement 1963 Implementation Action Council (MTPMA63) to study the proposal to increase Sabah and Sarawak’s representation in Parliament.</p>
