<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>KUALA LUMPUR (July 3): Construction outfit Jati Tinggi Group Bhd (KL:<a href="/askedge/klse/0292" class="ce-stock" target="_blank">JTGROUP</a>) said it has secured a RM20.05 million contract to undertake the installation of 33kV underground cables in the southern region of Peninsular Malaysia.&nbsp;</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>The two-year contract, awarded by Worktime Engineering Sdn Bhd, is set to commence on July 25, said Jati Tinggi in a bourse filing on Wednesday.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>Jati Tinggi had on March 6 secured a similar contract, worth RM22.06 million, from Worktime Engineering to lay underground cables for data centres in the same region.</p></div><div class=inPageAd id=div-gpt-ad-inpage></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>Shares in the company have surged by over 119.64% year to date, and reached a record high of 73.5 sen on June 12, tracking the gains from its recent achievement of securing a RM25.55 million contract from Tenaga Nasional Bhd (KL:<a href="/askedge/klse/5347" class="ce-stock" target="_blank">TENAGA</a>).</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>Jati Tinggi closed one sen or 1.65% higher at 61.5 sen on Wednesday, giving it a market capitasation of RM240.96 million.</p></div>

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