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EPF’s 1Q investment income rises to RM15.16 bln

KUALA LUMPUR: The Employees Provident Fund’s (EPF) investment income rose three per cent to RM15.16 billion for the first quarter ended March 31, 2023 (1Q 2023), from RM14.77 billion recorded in the corresponding quarter in 2022. The amount was after netting off listed equity write-downs recorded for the quarter, EPF said in a statement on […]

M’sia must get out of middle-income trap: DPM

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia must climb out of the middle-income trap after languishing more than two decades in the upper middle-income bracket as per the World Bank classification. Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said the fact is if Malaysia fails to up its competitive advantage and attractiveness as a centre for investment, […]

New sub district attracts development

LAWAS: New development projects are on the cards for the newly established Sundar sub district here. Deputy Premier Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan said it easier for the state government to plan its development since it is a new area. The Sarawak Public Communication Unit (UKAS) quoted him as saying Tengah the construction of […]

Kinabalu mountain guides turn to farming to generate income

KOTA KINABALU: As all hiking activities at Mount Kinabalu have been suspended due to the Covid-19 pandemic, some mountain guides have turned to farming, by cultivating fruit and vegetables as an alternative way to generate income. One of them, Abdul Hasnin Kasim, 49, from Kundasang, said that he has been growing highland vegetables such as […]

Kayu Madang landfill provides lifeline for waste pickers

KOTA KINABALU: The Kayu Madang landfill near here has become a haven for individuals who are generating an income by salvaging materials from the 8.9-hectare area. Bernama checks at the landfill, located about 24 kilometres from Kota Kinabalu city centre, found several groups of these scavengers or waste pickers rummaging through mountains of rubbish on […]

Lucrative income from maman farming

KUALA PILAH: The popularity of the traditional rendang maman speciality dish prepared during Aidilfitri in Negeri Sembilan, has inspired a housewife to start a maman farm to meet the festive season demand. Raihana Ayub, 31, began to cultivate the maman plants or scientifically known as Cleome Gynandra on an almost one-hectare leased land in Terachi, […]

Monkey helps owner earn lucrative income

PASIR PUTEH: A coconut milk seller here manages to rake in an income of RM300 to RM400 a day with the help of ‘Salleh’, a male coconut-picking monkey. Mohd Nor Daud, 61, said he bought the monkey for RM200 from a friend, three years ago, before training the primate to pluck coconuts in villages around […]

Elderly uncle receives food aid

KUCHING: Hope Place presented food aid to a single elderly uncle recently. The recipient, Dizon Aplin, 64, who lives on a small farm at Mile 13, does not have any immediate family or any fixed stable income. Hope Place, in a statement today, said Dizon lived on a farm that belonged to his late mother’s […]

95 percent of young agropreneur programme participants able to raise income

SANDAKAN: About 95 percent of participants of the Young Agropreneur Programme nationwide under the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industries have managed to increase their income. Director of the ministry’s Young Agropreneur Unit, Mohammad Ezri Shamsuddin said the target of raising their income by over 50 per cent has been achieved since the programme was […]

Housewife reaps extra income from cultivating Wolffia

KANGAR: A 31-year-old housewife has never thought that when she bought aquatic plant Azolla for her fish, she would stumble upon the seeds of Wolffia, the world’s smallest flowering plants that she is currently cultivating to generate additional income for her family. Diani Iqlema Mohd Radzi, 31, said if seen with the naked eye, Wolffia […]