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Businesses in Malaysia are allowed to raise funding up to RM100mil through digital token offering beginning the second half of this year.

The number of cases of people scammed by impersonators on social media has jumped by more than nine times in the past three years, with many victims – six in 10 – aged in their 20s to 40s.The number of cases rose from 71 in 2017 to 672 cases in the first 11 months of 2019.

New York dropped its traditional crystal-encrusted ball to ring in 2020 in a packed Times Square, after crisis-marred celebrations in other countries ended a year of worldwide upheaval that saw strike-hit Paris welcome the new decade with fireworks and London’s Big Ben ring out after a long restoration.

MCMILLAN Woods, through its corporate social responsibility (CSR) arm McM Cares, raised RM100,000 for the National Council of the Blind, Malaysia (NCBM) at the inaugural McMillan Woods 100,000 Steps Challenge at Tropicana Metropark in Subang Jaya.

AmBank Group Research expects the ringgit to reach RM4.10 to the US dollar by the end of this month, driven partly by positive trade news.

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Months of protests in Hong Kong are taking an increasing toll on the city’s economy, with retail sales declining by a record amount in August.

Singapore’s new law to combat “fake news” came into effect despite criticism from tech giants and activists, who labelled the tough rules a “chilling” attempt to stifle dissent.

I love my country; I am very patriotic. I was born among the Indians, among the Chinese, among the Malays and among the others. But now we don’t have that any more … we are breaking apart, because of issues created by people who want to make chaos in this country.