<div>This article first appeared in <em>The Edge Financial Daily</em>, on November 23, 2016.<br />
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<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p><strong>UPA Corp Bhd (-ve)</strong></p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>SHARES in UPA Corp Bhd (fundamental: 2.5/3, valuation: 2/3) closed down eight sen or 3.57% at RM2.16 with a trading volume of 118,700 shares, surpassing the counter’s 200-day average of 14,945 shares. This was the first time this year that the counter triggered our momentum algorithm.</p></div><div class=inPageAd id=div-gpt-ad-inpage></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>The company is involved in the manufacturing of diaries and other paper-related products, reconditioning and refurbishment of used printing and printing-related machines, as well as manufacturing of packaging materials in rigid films.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>In the third quarter ended Sept 30, 2016, its net profit dropped 76.14% to RM1.36 million from RM5.7 million a year ago. Revenue fell 33.33% to RM30.16 million from RM45.24 million. For the nine months ended Sept 30, 2016, its net profit fell more than half to RM6.14 million from RM12.47 million. Revenue declined 13.81% to RM111.71 million from RM129.61 million.</p></div>


This article first appeared in The Edge Financial Daily, on November 23, 2016.

 

UPA Corp Bhd (-ve)

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<p>Former health minister Khairy Jamaluddin and Effendy Shahul Hamid, CEO of group consumer and digital banking at CIMB, both parents of neurodiverse children, are calling upon all Malaysians to recognise, champion and celebrate different abilities and diversity in all its forms and complexities, one individual at a time.</p>


<p>R&amp;F Group Malaysia, a wholly-owned subsidiary of China’s R&amp;F Group, is set to launch the third residential phase, comprising 4,385 units, at its 116-acre R&amp;F Princess Cove development in Johor Bahru in 1Q2025.</p>


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