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By 1976 he was appointed the Chief Secretary to the Government of Malaysia. Following the death of Tan Sri Abdul Kadir Shamsuddin, the chairman and chief executive of Petronas in 1978, he retired early to become the chairman and chief executive of Petronas on 1 January 1979. He died on 22 June 2006 just two days short of his 80th birthday.
PETRONAS continuously provides the Malaysian government dividends from its profits. Since its inception in 1974, PETRONAS have paid the government RM 403.3 billion, with RM 67.6 billion in 2008. The payment represents 44% of the 2008 federal government revenue. [92] PETRONAS paid RM 54 billion in dividends to the federal government in 2019.
In March 2001, the Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Singapore announced that MDIS is a recognised educational institute in China. To date, MDIS has helped almost 3,000 foreign students attain academic qualifications through its courses. MDIS was accorded charity status on 23 August 1996 under the Charities Registration Act, 1994.
An-Nur Mosque, also known as the floating mosque, was completed in 2005 The Chancellor Hall of Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS is part of the academic complex that was designed by the British architectural design and engineering firm, Foster and Partners The R&D building consists of 65 laboratories and offices at every floor. It will be occupied ...
In August 2016, following a retrenchment exercise by Petronas on Sarawakian workers, the Sarawak chief minister Adenan Satem had threatened to freeze the work permits of non-Sarawakians Petronas workers in the state. [21] However, soon after that, the issue was resolved after Petronas agreed to offer more jobs for the Sarawak people. [22]
A President's Scholar is a recipient of the academic scholarship awarded by the Government of Singapore annually, to pursue undergraduate education at a university, usually abroad. The scholarship is considered to be the most prestigious public undergraduate scholarship in Singapore awarded to students of Singaporean nationality.
Petrosains, also known as Petrosains, The Discovery Centre is a Malaysian science and technology museum located in the heart of Kuala Lumpur within Suria KLCC, Petronas Twin Towers. Petrosains was a brainchild of 4th Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and established on 25 March 1999.
Petron Megaplaza in Makati, Philippines was Petron's headquarters from 1998 to 2010.. Petron's history dates back to September 7, 1933, when Socony-Vacuum Oil Company (Standard Oil of New York) and Standard Oil of New Jersey (also known as Jersey Standard) merged their interests in the Far East into a 50–50 joint venture named the Standard Vacuum Oil Company (Stanvac).