Thursday, 11 December 2025

Author: Alvin Tang

EPF raises stake in Dayang to 8.4 per cent

KUCHING: The Employees Provident Fund Board (EPF) has amassed more shares in Dayang Enterprise Holdings Bhd, driving its equity interest in the oil & gas company to about 97.5 million units (8.421%). The pension fund acquired additional 1.1 million shares and 1.484 million shares on August 14 and 13 respectively,

Malaysia ships RM7.7 million wood products to Japan

KUCHING: Malaysia has exported about RM7.73 million worth of wood products to Japan, a key market for especially wooden bedroom furniture and furniture parts, in May 2025. For the month under review, Malaysia shipped RM3.54 million worth of bedroom furniture (HS940350) and was the third largest supplier after China and

Ocean Vantage Holdings’ Willie Ho sells entire stake

KUCHING: Ocean Vantage Holdings Bhd ‘s (OVH) Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Willie Ho Huat Voon, has sold his entire shareholdings in the company held indirectly via Majuco Motor Sdn Bhd. As at March 28, 2025, Majuco Motor is OVH’s single largest shareholder with more than 41.99 million shares (10 per

Kim Hin not complying with min public shareholding rule

KUCHING: Kim Hin Industry Bhd is no more complying with the minimum public shareholding spread requirement of 25 per cent as this had fallen to 24.22 per cent on August 14. This drop in public shareholding spread was due to more minority shareholders having accepted the offer price of 85sen

KKB Engineering profit falls to RM8.1 million in 2Q

KUCHING: KKB Engineering Bhd has reported a significant drop in group after-tax profit to about RM8.1 million in second quarter ended June 30, 2025 (2Q2025) as compared to RM11.5 million in 2Q2024 as group revenue plunged by nearly 50 per cent to RM55.6 million from RM109.2 million. The lower group

Woodchip shipments to China decline sharply

KUCHING: Malaysia and other top supplying countries have all reported a sharp drop in the exports of woodchips to China this year. In the first five months of 2025 (5M2025), Malaysia’s woodchips shipment to China plunged by 73 per cent to 23,000 tonnes as compared to that of 5M2024,according to

China-Europe trains fuel Nankang furniture boom

KUCHING: The China-Europe freight trains have brought booming business to the furniture industry in China’s Nangkang district, Ganzhou City in Jiangxi Province, which has an output value of 280 billion yuan (about RM163.8 billion) as the new freight transportation has greatly benefitted furniture manufacturers to “buy globally and sell globally”.

Kim Hin private bid closing extended

KUCHING: Kim Hin Industry Bhd’s controlling shareholders has extended the closing date of their 85sen per share offer to minority shareholders in their bid to take the ceramic tile manufacturer private by one week to August 22 from August 15 as the acceptance level under the offer so far has

Major shareholders in Press Metal trim 18 million shares

KUCHING: Major shareholders in Press Metal Aluminium Holdings Bhd (Press Metal) collectively disposed of 18 million shares on August 11 as the counter rallied. Executive Vice-Chairman, Datuk Koon Poh Ming, sold nine million shares that day when the stock traded between RM5.43 and RM5.50.  The next day, Press Metal rose

Biggest solar and battery project

KUCHING: ES Sunlogy Bhd has partnered with Sarawak-based Planet QEOS Sdn Bhd to develop a 155 megawatt-peak (MWp) solar hybrid power plant in the Special Energy Zone (SEZ) in Baram, northern Sarawak. The facility, to be located in Long Lama, will incorporate a 310 megawatt-hour (MWh) battery energy storage system