<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner>KUALA LUMPUR (July 7): NexG Bhd (KL:<a href="/askedge/klse/5216" class="ce-stock" target="_blank">NEXG</a>), formerly known as Datasonic&nbsp;Group Bhd, has secured various extensions from the Home Ministry relating to its passport and identification card contracts.</div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner>A six-month extension was received for its contract to supply raw MyKad, MyTentera, MyPOCA and consumables, carrying an additional contract ceiling of RM29.68 million, NexG said in a bourse filing on Monday.</div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner>Its contract to provide maintenance services for card personalisation centres at the National Registration Department received a 14-month extension with an additional contract ceiling of RM15.86 million.</div><div class=inPageAd id=div-gpt-ad-inpage></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner>Meanwhile, NexG’s contracts to supply Malaysian passport documents and polycarbonate biodata pages both secured six-month extensions. The company said the extensions carried no changes to the contracts’ ceiling value and did not disclose the value of the extension.</div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner>All extensions are to commence effective Dec 1, 2025. NexG is to also furnish various performance bonds to the Home Ministry as per the extensions’ terms.</div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner>NexG said the contract extensions are expected to contribute positively to the company’s future earnings.</div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner>Shares in NexG ended two sen or 5% higher at 42 sen, valuing the company at RM1.3 billion.</div>

NexG Bhd (KL:NEXG), formerly known as Datasonics Group Bhd, has secured various extensions from the Home Ministry relating to its passport and identification card contracts.

NexG bags contract extensions from Home Ministry for maintenance, raw IC and passport supply jobs

Canada's Weston family holding company said on Wednesday it agreed to buy UK pharmacy chain Boots from Sycamore Partners and the Pessina family for US$8.9 billion (RM36.4 billion), including debt.

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The Nasdaq and the S&P 500 eased from record highs on Wednesday as Treasury yields and oil prices rebounded, keeping investors cautious as they awaited the minutes of the Federal Reserve's September meeting.

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The Ministry of Health (MOH) has proposed making a health insurance protection or contribution mechanism mandatory for refugees and asylum seekers registered under the refugee registration document.

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CIMB Group Holdings Bhd (KL:CIMB), Malaysia’s second-largest lender by assets, fell to its lowest in three months as banking stocks fell amid persistent concerns over rising bond yields.

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KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 7): FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI extended its downward trend on Wednesday, falling to an 11-month low as persistent foreign selling and cautious sentiment amid elevated oil prices continued to weigh on the local market.

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The appeal records in former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak's 1Malaysia Development Bhd-Tanore (1MDB-Tanore) criminal case are still not ready.

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The first witness for the Federal Land Development Authority conceded in High Court on Wednesday that competing bidders for the agency's prime land along Jalan Semarak were not owned by Synergy Promenade Sdn Bhd shareholder and director Abdul Rahman Soltan, after initially suggesting otherwise.

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The KLIA aerotrain will undergo a scheduled software upgrade to strengthen its operational robustness and long-term performance following the completion of 20,000 continuous operational hours.

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