One question I have encountered time and again since The Edge Malaysia Centurion Club Corporate Awards were launched in 2019 is “What is Centurion?”, or a variation of it, “Why Centurion?”

Editor’s note — Why Centurion?

This year, 27 public-listed companies took home 36 awards at the fourth edition of The Edge Malaysia Centurion Club Corporate Awards that was held on July 22 at a hotel in Bukit Kiara, Kuala Lumpur.

Spotlighting the best of Corporate Malaysia under RM1 bil

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The Edge Malaysia Centurion Club Corporate Awards recognise the country’s best-performing small and medium companies that are listed on Bursa Malaysia. To be a member of this elite group, the company must:


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Tan Sri Datuk Tong Kooi Ong, chairman of The Edge Media Group; Datuk Ho Kay Tat, publisher and group CEO of The Edge Media Group; distinguished award winners; members of the media; ladies and gentlemen.

Towards creating a wave of change to raise the ceiling

It seems that Tasco Bhd (KL:TASCO), which is almost 65% controlled by Japanese logistics giant Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (commonly known as NYK), is carving quite a comfortable spot in the annals of The Edge Malaysia Centurion Club Corporate Awards, having taken home the honours in 2019, 2022 and again this year.

Cementing its position as a top-notch logistics company

Suria Capital Holdings Bhd (KL:SURIA) is in an exciting period. Taking a departure from conventional strategies to grow its business, the Sabah state-controlled group that manages the state’s eight major ports is seeking collaborative partnerships with companies to give the group a much-needed boost to take it to a new level of growth.

Buoyed by exciting times ahead

Melaka-based pharmaceutical group Kotra Industries Bhd (KL: KOTRA) has once again swept all three awards under the healthcare category at The Edge Malaysia Centurion Club Corporate Awards 2024.

A hat-trick scorer for fourth straight time

In the crowded landscape of the country’s consumer products and services sector, one company has quietly outshone its peers: trading and distribution outfit Harrisons Holdings (M) Bhd (KL:HARISON). Over the past few years, Harrisons has been delivering both revenue and profit growth, even during the disruptive pandemic.

The quiet titan of Malaysia’s consumer sector

Last year was a banner year for Teo Seng Capital Bhd (KL:TEOSENG), with record-breaking sales and earnings, indicating significant market expansion despite a challenging operating environment as inflationary pressures drove up raw material costs.

An egg-cellent year boosted by improved prices, subsidies

Focus Point Holdings Bhd (KL:FOCUSP), operator of Malaysia’s largest optical retail chain store, has been growing from strength to strength in the past few years despite having to face rising costs of doing business while inflationary pressure weighs on consumer spending.

Unwavering focus on the lens of growth

Construction outfit MGB Bhd (KL:MGB), a subsidiary of LBS Bina Group Bhd (KL:LBS), is among the few companies that can boast that its profit after tax (PAT) more than tripled in a year.

Boosted by a stellar FY2023

The Malaysian construction sector had been in the doldrums for some time. Pandemic restrictions, labour shortages and increasing building material costs have posed challenges for the sector. Yet, Southern Score Builders Bhd (KL:SSB8) stood out as it underwent a reverse takeover (RTO) exercise that saw it transform from an IT company to a construction player, specialising in high-rise residential construction management.

Change in business direction spurs investor interest

Inta Bina Group Bhd (KL:INTA) is a beneficiary of a resurging construction sector, judging from its share price performance over the last one-year period to July 10.

Beneficiary of a resurgent construction sector

Established in 1993, Sabah-based Innoprise Plantations Bhd (KL:INNO) is primarily involved in the cultivation of oil palms and processing of fresh fruit bunches (FFB) to produce crude palm oil (CPO) and palm kernel (PK). Its operations span 22,763ha in the Gunung Rara or Kalabakan area, with 54% currently being used for oil palm cultivation and 12% for industrial tree plantations.

On a steady, winning track

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.

Special committee needed to study parliamentary seat increase for Sabah, Sarawak — minister

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.

China says consensus reached with US includes US$30b tariff cut, AI dialogue

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.

Kerjaya Prospek Property launches AndaBreeze, takes ongoing GDV to RM2 bil

Limousines whisked world leaders away from the United Nations (UN) on Friday after a week of speeches, meetings and hallway diplomacy.

Six big takeaways from a turbulent week of UN diplomacy

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

Anwar says yet to receive letter on Loke's resignation as transport minister

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.

Thai billionaire Charoen’s Asset World targets US$1 bil REIT IPO

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.

Govt to announce firm measures under Budget 2027 for fair wages — PM

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.

Swiss finance minister says leaving Switzerland more costly for UBS

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).

Kuehne+Nagel CEO expects to ride AI-driven cargo wave into 2029

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.

Canals full, roads submerged as Bangkok declares flood disaster

<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>


<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>


The Edge Malaysia Centurion Club Corporate Awards 2024

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