<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner>财算案：在发展开销方面，经济领域获292亿令吉拨款（交通、贸易、工业、能源、公共事业及农业），社会领域获152亿令吉，国家安全领域获71亿令吉，其它一般管理领域则获32亿令吉。</div>

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财算案：在发展开销方面，经济领域获292亿令吉拨款（交通、贸易、工业、能源、公共事业及农业），社会领域获152亿令吉，国家安全领域获71亿令吉，其它一般管理领域则获32亿令吉。

 

 
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财算案：经济领域获292亿拨款 社会领域获152亿

The Malaysian automotive sector could see sustained growth in 4Q2024 on high order backlogs and promotional activities, analysts said after a month-on-month (m-o-m) rebound in October sales.

Backlog to support 4Q auto sales, said analysts after October m-o-m rebound

Like many Malaysians, I am an admirer of Tun Abdul Razak Hussein, Malaysia’s second prime minister. His boldness and vision as a leader were matched only by his integrity, work ethic and modesty. I very much welcome, therefore, the approach adopted by the book Tun Abdul Razak: Imagining Malaysia’...

My Say: Razak’s life work shows the importance of having vision

Hong Kong's High Court on Tuesday sentenced 45 pro-democracy activists to jail terms of up to 10 years in a landmark national security trial that has damaged the city's once feisty democracy movement and drawn international condemnation.

Hong Kong jails 45 democracy activists in landmark national security trial

(Nov 19): Marina Bay Sands is seeking a loan of around S$12 billion (US$9 billion, or RM40.24 billion), in what would be the largest financing from Singapore, as the company looks to fund the planned expansion of its casino resort in the city state.

Marina Bay Sands eyes Singapore’s largest loan of US$9b — Bloomberg

Asian stocks rose on Tuesday while US bond yields and the dollar hung back from multi-month highs as traders awaited President-elect Donald Trump's cabinet selection and sought to gauge the outlook for Federal Reserve easing.

Asian stocks rise, dollar weak as US yields tick down

SINGAPORE (Nov 18): Genting Singapore’s licence to operate a casino here has been renewed for two years with effect from next February.

Genting Singapore receives two-year extension of its casino licence

Malaysia’s poultry players may see an expansion in their profit margins thanks to declining feed expenses and other input costs that will help soften the blow from the ringgit's depreciation, an analyst said.

Poultry sector may see profit margins expand on lower feed costs — MIDF

ASUNCION/SAO PAOLO (Nov 18): Paraguayan President Santiago Pena was in stable condition on Monday evening, after being hospitalised while attending the G20 summit in Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro, the hospital said.

Paraguayan President Pena 'doing well' after hospitalisation in Brazil

US consumers had a tougher time accessing credit this year, with applications for auto loans and mortgage refinancing being turned down at the highest rates in more than a decade.

Credit is harder to access as rejection rates rise, Fed survey shows

MELBOURNE/WINNIPEG (Nov 19): Aslan Bzhania, the leader of the Russian-backed breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia, has resigned following negotiations with the opposition, Bzhania's press office said on Tuesday.

Leader of breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia resigns

An estimated 620,000 jobs across 10 key sectors of the Malaysian economy are at risk of convergence of displacement if they do not reskill or pivot to an adjacent role, based on a study on the impact of artificial intelligence (AI), digital technology, and the green economy on the Malaysian workforce.

620,000 Malaysian jobs across 10 sectors at high risk of displacement by advancement of AI, digital tech and green economy, says TalentCorp study

Here is a brief recap of some corporate announcements that made the news on Monday.

CelcomDigi, Ajinomoto, Master Tec, TMC Life Sciences, Perak Transit, UEM Sunrise, EA Technique, AWC, Johor Plantations, Berjaya Corp, REDtone, Mercury Industries, TCS Group, MMAG, Pecca, and OM Holdings

Apple Inc has increased its offer to invest in Indonesia by almost tenfold, according to people familiar with the matter, in the US tech giant’s latest bid to persuade the government to lift its sales ban on the iPhone 16.

Apple offers US$100m to undo Indonesia iPhone 16 ban

Wall Street's main indexes were mixed on Monday, as investors looked ahead to earnings from AI-chip leader Nvidia following a rout the previous week on apprehensions about Donald Trump's cabinet appointments and the central bank's policy path.

Wall Street indexes mixed; Nvidia earnings, Fed policy in focus

Asian stocks rose on Tuesday while US bond yields and the dollar hung back from multi-month highs as traders awaited President-elect Donald Trump's cabinet selection and sought to gauge the outlook for Federal Reserve easing.

Donald Trump's social media company is in advanced talks to buy crypto trading firm Bakkt, the Financial Times reported on Monday, citing two people with knowledge of the talks.

Trump's social media group in talks to buy Bakkt — FT

SINGAPORE (Nov 18): Genting Singapore’s licence to operate a casino here has been renewed for two years with effect from next February.

US&nbsp;President Joe Biden pledged a US$4 billion (RM17.8 billion) US contribution to the World Bank's International Development Association fund for the world's poorest countries, a senior Biden administration official said on Monday.

Biden pledges record US$4b to World Bank fund for poorest countries

Singapore police ended their pursuit of 15 people involved in the country’s largest-ever money laundering scandal, after the suspects agreed to surrender a total of S$1.85 billion (US$1.4 billion or RM6.26 billion) worth of assets to authorities.

Singapore ends pursuit of money launderers who forfeited US$1.4b

An undersea data cable connecting Finland and Germany was severed in the early hours of Monday by what was likely an external impact, authorities in the Nordic country said.

The 1,200km (750-mile) high-speed fibre optic Helsinki-Rostock link serving data centres is damaged in the Baltic Sea east of southern Sweden, and there’s a high likelihood that it’s completely cut as all of its fibre connections are down, executives of its owner and operator Cinia Oy said at a news conference.

Finland says subsea Germany link serving data centres is cut

Top Justice Department antitrust officials have decided to ask a judge to force Alphabet Inc’s Google to sell off its Chrome browser in what would be a historic crackdown on one of the world’s biggest tech companies.

DOJ will push Google to sell Chrome to break search monopoly 

Stocks climbed as treasuries halted a selloff that drove 10-year yields near 4.5%, with traders keeping a close eye on news around President-elect Donald Trump’s administration.

Nasdaq 100 halts five-day slide as US treasuries gain

The veto power held by the P5 (Permanent Five) countries in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) should be more inclusive, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

Anwar: UN Security Council’s veto power ‘grossly unfair’, should be more inclusive

Exchange-traded funds that buy Chinese stocks continue to see outflows amid rising concerns over the nation’s growth outlook and the risk of new tariffs under a Donald Trump administration.

China ETF outflows increase as traders flee on Trump tariff risk

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 19): The issue of tertiary-educated workers in Malaysia working in low-skilled jobs, the controversy surrounding the National Farmers Organisation (Nafas) and congestion at Bangunan Sultan Iskandar (BSI), Johor and the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) will be the focus of Tuesday’s Dewan Rakyat sitting.

Congestion at Bangunan Sultan Iskandar and KLIA, farmer’s organisation controversy to be focus of Tuesday’s Dewan Rakyat sitting

Global watchdogs will move to rein in leverage at non-banks early next year, the Financial Stability Board promised on Monday, more than a year after its chair signaled a probe into mounting borrowings at hedge funds, private capital markets and others.

Shadow banks to face reins on leverage following watchdog probe

The value of a downtown Los Angeles tower owned by an affiliate of Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. was slashed 69%, the latest sign of troubles for offices in US central business districts.

Brookfield’s BofA Tower in LA sees 69% decline in appraised value

(Nov 19):&nbsp;Marina Bay Sands is seeking a loan of around S$12 billion (US$9 billion, or RM40.24 billion), in what would be the largest financing from Singapore, as the company looks to fund the planned expansion of its casino resort in the city state.&nbsp;

Oil prices rose on news on Monday that output at Norway's giant Johan Sverdrup oilfield has been halted, adding to earlier gains stemming from escalation in the Russia-Ukraine war.

Oil prices rise on Sverdrup outage, Ukraine war escalation

Boeing will lay off more than 2,500 workers in the US states of Washington, Oregon, South Carolina and Missouri, according to federally required filings posted on Monday and a union official, as part of the debt-heavy US planemaker's plan to cut 17,000 jobs, or 10% of its global workforce.