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Introduction
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MINING IN MALAYSIA
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Contributing editor: Casey Cogut
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Petronas Chemicals Group (PCG) is the largest
petrochemical company in Malaysia and one of the
largest petrochemical producers in Southeast Asia. It has
a history of 25 years in the petrochemical industry and
its pedigree is further enhanced by the fact that it is a
subsidiary of Petroliam Nasional (Petronas), the national
oil company of Malaysia.
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The Personal Data Protection Bill 2009 (“PDP”) has recently received Royal Assent in June
this year. Since the PDP was first mooted, Malaysia has seen a literal explosion in the
number of companies and service providers that have taken to the internet, offering
Malaysians a plethora of goods and services that are no longer confined by the limitations of
time and geography.
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This article highlights in a broad manner the proposed GST in Malaysia and some salient features of GST as seen from the Goods and Services Tax Bill 2009.
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The Malaysian Securities Commission (“SC”) has on 15 December 2010 published its revised takeover code.
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On 5 April 2010 the Dewan Rakyat (the lower house of the Parliment of Malaysia) passed the Strategic Trade Act ("STA") introducing Malaysia's first legislation to restrict trade in weapons of mass destruction ("WMD"). It is anticipated that the provisions of the Act will come into effect in July 2011.
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In September 2006 the Kuala Lumpur High Court ruled that fast-food company McDonald's had an exclusive right to use the prefix 'Mc'. The court ordered McCurry Restaurant to stop using the prefix as part of its trade name and awarded damages and costs to McDonald's. However, on April 29 2009 the Court of Appeal overturned the High Court's decision. The appeal court held that McCurry did not misrepresent itself or confuse the public when carrying out business under the name 'Restoran McCurry'. The court noted the following distinguishing features in how the two parties conducted their business:
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In September 2006 the Kuala Lumpur High Court ruled that fast-food company McDonald's had an exclusive right to use the prefix 'Mc'. The court ordered McCurry Restaurant to stop using the prefix as part of its trade name and awarded damages and costs to McDonald's. However, on April 29 2009 the Court of Appeal overturned the High Court's decision. The appeal court held that McCurry did not misrepresent itself or confuse the public when carrying out business under the name 'Restoran McCurry'. The court noted the following distinguishing features in how the two parties conducted their business:
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The Sixth Swedish National Pension Fund (Sixth AP Fund) and the other shareholders have sold their holding in Xelerated to Marvell.
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The Hague, February 2012 – As of February 1, 2012 Joost Fanoy has joined BarentsKrans' Antitrust & Public Procurement Practice Group as a senior associate.
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From 1 January this year, Delphi gets a new managing partner for Linköping and Norrköping. Oscar Brandin has been with Delphi since 1999 and succeeds Christopher Bona who is stepping down after six years as managing partner.
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The case of a severely-disabled 57-year-old man who wants a judge to allow a doctor to “lawfully” end his life reached the High Court on Monday.
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Bindmans client Francis Firebrace is one of Australia’s most original indigenous storytellers and an Aboriginal Elder.
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More than 90 trust and insolvency practitioners received a master class in various insolvency
scenarios relating to Guernsey trusts at a breakfast seminar run by Carey Olsen on Wednesday
18 January at St Pierre Park Hotel.
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agri-food groups Agrial and Elle & Vire on October 10, 2011
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Schaeffler AG, a renowned supplier of the automotive industry and the world's leading supplier of mounting rolling bearings and linear products, has concluded a new loan agreement of € 8 billion with a bank syndicate comprising BNP Paribas, Commerzbank, Deutsche Bank, HSBC, JP Morgan, LBBW, Royal Bank of Scotland and UniCredit.
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Having completed the New York Marathon Chris Pitaluga and Yvonne Chu-Feetham raised £18,000 for charity - he has donated to RICC £10,000, to Pathway Through Pain £5,000 and to Cancer Relief £3,000. He presented the cheques to the representatives from the various charities (all in the picture).
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London and South East law firm Penningtons Solicitors LLP is pleased to announce that it has recruited John Hargreaves to head its healthcare team. John joins Penningtons as a partner from Stephenson Harwood, where he had led the health and care group for the past five years. He will be based at Penningtons' City office.