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Conventional 5.5% vs. Syariah 5.4% Dividend – Suspicion Over Hanky-Panky In Diverting EPF Dividends To Syariah

For financial year 2023, the EPF (Employees’ Provident Fund) or KWSP has announced higher dividend for both Conventional savings (5.5%) and Syariah savings (5.4%). In previous year (2022), EPF had declared 5.35% and 4.75% dividend rates for Conventional and Syariah respectively. However, despite higher dividends for last year, suspicion arose over its distributions.   While […]

... written on Mar 05 2024

Millions Of Malays Scammed Again – Hadi Won’t Let Muslim Refugees Work, PAS Can’t Live Without Benz & iPhone

Perikatan Nasional, comprising two major forces – Malay nationalist party Bersatu and Islamist party PAS – captured 4.7 million votes (30.12%) in the November 2022 General Election, where 99% were Malay votes. Crucially, the Malay-centric political parties won 80% of Malay vote bank. Fortunately, despite grabbing 74 seats in the 222-seat Parliament, it was not […]

... written on Nov 23 2023

Bill Gates Meets “Old Friend” Xi Jinping – And Donates $50 Million To Tsinghua & Beijing In Infectious Disease Research

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken landed in Beijing on Sunday (June 18) with little expectation that the planet’s two largest economies could ease the heightened tension. China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed the visit, but did not provide details on specific meetings – suggesting the insignificance of Blinken’s trip to the Chinese government.   […]

... written on Jun 18 2023

Biden Repeating Trump’s Mistakes – Here’s Why The U.S. Cannot Ban TikTok Like Huawei

Montana has become the first U.S. state to ban TikTok on all personal devices over security concerns. The bill, known as SB419, was passed by a vote of 54 to 43. Essentially, app stores like Apple Store and Google’s Play Store cannot offer TikTok. Violations carry  a penalty of up to US$10,000 per day, but […]

... written on Apr 16 2023

Here’s The Top-30 Most Powerful Nomad Passport – The U.S. And Japan Are Not One Of Them

For the sixth consecutive year, Japan topped the list of the most powerful passports in the world in 2023. But it’s wrong to think the Japanese passport, which allows its holders to visit 193 of 227 destinations visa-free, is the best boutique. Travellers and entrepreneurs trying to find a “one-stop shop” to become a global […]

... written on Mar 03 2023

The Twitter Files – How US Govt & Big Pharma Like Pfizer Suppressed Covid-19 Info Which Could Affect Their Profits

A new war has erupted on social media thanks to Twitter’s new owner, Elon Musk. Pledging to fight for transparency at the microblogging site, the billionaire raised eyebrows last month when he wrote – “Twitter is both a social media company and a crime scene“. The big boss of Tesla and SpaceX subsequently showed a […]

... written on Jan 19 2023

Elon Musk Threatens To Make New Smartphone If Apple And Google Ban Twitter

Twitter has a new boss – world’s richest man Elon Musk. With a net worth of US$191.2 billion on Forbes’ Real-Time Billionaire List, the social media platform becomes his latest toy after splashing US$44 billion. His obsession with Twitter has triggered speculations about his motives. Many thought he wants to advance a hard-right political agenda. […]

... written on Nov 27 2022

New 15% Global Tax Deal – Here’s Why G7 Finance Ministers Agreed To Impose New Tax Rate On Corporations

The Group of Seven (G-7), popularly known as the club of rich nations, has reached a landmark deal on Saturday to slap at least 15% corporate tax on MNCs (multinational companies or corporations). The global minimum tax rate on company profits will provide a new way of sharing the revenues from taxing the world’s most […]

... written on Jun 06 2021

IBM’s Shutting Down Cyberjaya GDC – Clueless Trade Minister Azmin In Denial, Insists Not Losing Foreign Investments

On 10 Nov, 2011, IBM Corp revealed it would invest RM1 billion over a six-year period to build its Global Delivery Centre (GDC) in Cyberjaya. Ramanathan Sathiamutty, managing ­director for IBM Malaysia, reportedly said the new ­centre was expected to create 3,000 jobs to service its clients around the globe, ­particularly the United States and […]

... written on Mar 24 2021

Telegram Skyrockets To 500 Million Active Users Thanks To Dissatisfaction Over WhatsApp’s New Privacy Policy

WhatsApp rival Telegram has breached 500 million active users. In announcing its new milestone, the company also proudly sent a message to its giant pool of users that in the past 72 hours alone, more than 25 million new users from around the world (38% came from Asia, 27% from Europe, 21% from Latin America […]

... written on Jan 13 2021









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