Solar electricity cheaper to produce, Yeo says as LSS3 bid closes

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 3): Malaysia will see a more competitive and diversified power generation mix as bidding under the third cycle of the Large-Scale Solar (LSS3) scheme shows that solar-based electricity generation is cheaper than gas-based power production, Energy, Technology, Science, Climate Change and Environment Minister Yeo Bee Yin said today.

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Women power: A young girl who dreams big

When the headmaster of a school for refugees she volunteers at told Heidy Quah to go ahead and leave for her university studies because the school will be closing down anyway due to lack of funds, Quah became even more reluctant to leave.

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Giant to get new head

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 30): Chris Bush, the CEO of Southeast Asia Food at Dairy Farm International, will take over the role that will be left vacant by Pierre-Olivier Deplanck, the managing director of GCH Retail (M) Sdn Bhd, once the latter leaves on Aug 30 to pursue new opportunities.

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Tokyo remains the safest city in the world

PETALING JAYA (Aug 29): Japan’s Tokyo (pictured) is the safest city globally, according to the Safe Cities Index (SCI) by The Economist Intelligence Unit, a research and analysis division under The Economist Group.

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