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When Singapore was expelled from Malaysia to become an independent republic, the office of Yang di-Pertuan Negara was eventually replaced with the office of President. Since 1976, the style of name for the heads of state of Penang, Malacca, Sabah and Sarawak were made uniform by titling it Yang di-Pertua Negeri in both English and Malay.
[3] [4] In 2014, Malaysia's economy grew 6%, the second highest growth in ASEAN behind Philippines' growth of 6.1%. [5] The economy of Malaysia (GDP PPP) in 2014 was $746.821 billion, the third largest in ASEAN behind Indonesia and Thailand and the 28th largest in the world. [6] [needs update]
In Malaysia, the monarch is the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, who also carries out investitures and distributes awards in the sovereign's name. As such, the administration of the honours system is carried out by the Ceremonial and International Conference Secretariat Division in Putrajaya, which is a part of the Prime Minister's Department .
The tin mining industry in Rawang picked up again in the 1950s. Rubber estates were also established around Rawang during this time. In 1953, the first cement factory in Malaya, Rawang Works, was launched by the Associated Pan Malayan Cement Company, APMC (now Lafarge Malaysia Berhad) and took over much of the land vacated from the tin mining industry which had moved westwards to Batang Berjuntai.
Johor Plantations Group Berhad (JPG), formerly known as Johor Plantations Berhad/Mahamurni Plantations Sdn Bhd, aspires to lead the charge in RSPO-certified sustainable palm oil production and regenerative agriculture. Through collaboration with MPOB, JPG produced Clonal Palm Series 3 (CPS3), which is a high-quality oil palm clone capable of ...
ASML was founded as a joint venture between Philips and ASM International in 1984 and has become Europe's largest technology company by market capitalisation. ASML to hire 100 researchers leaving ...
Khazanah Nasional Berhad (lit. ' National Treasure Limited ' ; doing business as Khazanah Nasional or simply Khazanah ) is the sovereign wealth fund of the Government of Malaysia . [ 2 ] One of the largest sovereign wealth funds in the world, [ 3 ] [ 4 ] it was established to invest surplus revenues for Malaysia.
The 1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal, often referred to as the 1MDB scandal or just 1MDB, is an ongoing corruption, bribery and money laundering conspiracy in which the Malaysian sovereign wealth fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) was systematically embezzled, with assets diverted globally by the perpetrators of the scheme. [1]