<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>（吉隆坡27日讯）Vertice Bhd获颁一项总值2735万令吉，位于迪沙鲁的分包工程。</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>前称花时装（Voir Holdings Bhd）的Vertice今日向大马交易所报备，独资子公司Vertice Construction私人有限公司接受了Kumpulan Liziz私人有限公司的分包献议。后者是柔佛迪沙鲁的Desaru Coast Marina、关税、移民和检疫（CIQ）大厦和渡轮码头的主要承包商。</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>文告指出，工作范围包括码头基地和入口的疏浚工程、渡轮码头入口处的防波堤建设，以及钢浮桥系统和桩式系船柱的设计、制造、供应和安装。</p></div><div class=inPageAd id=div-gpt-ad-inpage></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>“建设期为9个月，从8月29日至2019年5月19日。”</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>Vertice表示，分包工程预计在合约期内为集团的盈利和净有形资产作出贡献。</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>该股今日跌1.5仙或1.62%，以91仙挂收，市值为1亿7009万令吉。</p></div>

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<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>（编译：陈慧珊）</p></div>


（吉隆坡27日讯）Vertice Bhd获颁一项总值2735万令吉，位于迪沙鲁的分包工程。

前称花时装（Voir Holdings Bhd）的Vertice今日向大马交易所报备，独资子公司Vertice Construction私人有限公司接受了Kumpulan Liziz私人有限公司的分包献议。后者是柔佛迪沙鲁的Desaru Coast Marina、关税、移民和检疫（CIQ）大厦和渡轮码头的主要承包商。

文告指出，工作范围包括码头基地和入口的疏浚工程、渡轮码头入口处的防波堤建设，以及钢浮桥系统和桩式系船柱的设计、制造、供应和安装。

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Vertice获2735万迪沙鲁分包合约

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 20): Mechanical and electrical (M&E) engineering services provider CBH Engineering Holding Bhd (KL:CBH) has begun taking orders from its investors for its initial public offering (IPO) on Friday, to raise up to RM83.44 million on the ACE Market.

ACE-bound CBH Engineering starts taking orders for RM83m IPO

With less than two weeks left until a transit deal between Russia and Ukraine expires, Europe’s natural gas market is getting ready for turbulent trading after the New Year break. Instead of partying on Dec 31, traders will be refreshing their screens to check headlines and grid data for clues on a last-minute solution — if there is one.

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KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 20): Top Glove Corp Bhd (KL:TOPGLOV) returned to black with a net profit of RM5.47 million for its first quarter ended Nov 30, 2024 (1QFY2025), from a net loss of RM57.71 million in the corresponding quarter a year ago, thanks to higher sales volumes and increased foreign exchange gains.

Top Glove returns to profitability in 1Q on stronger sales

MANILA (Dec 20): The Philippine central bank is open to cutting rates at its first policy meeting in 2025, and is monitoring global policy and geopolitical developments that could stoke inflation, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) governor Eli Remolona said on Friday.

Philippine cenbank governor says open to rate cut in early 2025

Japan ramped up its warnings against currency speculation Friday after the yen slid to a five-month low following a hint from the central bank chief that he may wait longer than expected before raising interest rates.

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(Dec 20): ING Groep NV has hired Kevin Sim, most recently of BNP Paribas SA, as head of its financial institutions advisory practice in Asia Pacific, as the Dutch bank seeks to beef up its investment banking team, people familiar with the matter said.

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Thailand expects a new tax break on consumption could create extra cash flow of 70 billion baht (US$2 billion or RM9.13 billion) in the economy that would support government efforts to boost activity, a deputy finance minister said on Friday.

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Tencent Holdings Ltd and stocks linked to the company rallied on Friday, fuelled by investor enthusiasm over a new gifting function on its popular WeChat platform.

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<p>Shares of YTL Corporation Bhd (KL:YTL) and its associate YTL Power International Bhd (KL:YTLPOWR) resumed their rallies to climb to multi-month highs after the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) cleared YTL Power's subsidiary of any wrongdoing in the 1BestariNet project investigations.</p>


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<p>Hong Leong Investment Bank, the independent adviser appointed to assess the RM11 per share takeover offer for Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (KL:AIRPORT), or MAHB, from the consortium led by Khazanah Nasional Bhd and the Employees Provident Fund, has concluded that the offer price is not fair but reasonable.</p>


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<p>KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 20): Malaysia’s inflation rate dipped to 1.8% in November this year, compared to 1.9% in October, marking the first decline since August 2021, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) on Friday.&nbsp;</p>


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<p>Southeast Asia is fast emerging as an investment hot spot for AI leaders like Nvidia Corp and Microsoft Corp, which are plowing money into cloud services and data centres. But the region’s own young tech companies are failing to capitalise on the boom.</p>


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<p>(Dec&nbsp;20):&nbsp;A federal judge confirmed an 18-year prison sentence for Archegos Capital Management founder Bill Hwang, rejecting arguments that he should be allowed to spend a third of that time in the comfort of his own home.</p>


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<p>KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 20): Analysts cut Aeon Credit Service (M) Bhd’s (KL:AEONCR) earnings projections due to elevated credit costs.</p>


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Stocks fail to recover from Fed-fuelled selloff

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<p>China’s short-term bond yields slumped further to reach the psychological milestone of 1% for the first time since the global financial crisis, as traders ramped up bets on monetary easing.</p>


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