Tun Dr. Mahathir dilahirkan pada hari Jumaat tanggal 20 Disember 1925. Putera kepada pasangan Mohamad bin Iskandar dan Wan Tempawan binti Wan Hanafi ini dilahirkan di rumah bernombor 18, Lorong Kilang Ais, bersebelahan dengan Jalan Pegawai, Seberang Perak, Alor Star, Kedah. Beliau merupakan anak bongsu di kalangan sembilan orang adik-beradik.  Dr. Mahathir memulakan alam persekolahan di Sekolah Melayu... 

Leading regional policy-makers and global experts in infrastructure development will gather in Malaysia next week as the country hosts the inaugural ASEAN Infrastructure Financing Mechanism (AIFM) Conference at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre on 10 November 2008. The conference, organised by the Ministry of Finance, Malaysia and the Securities Commission, Malaysia (SC) on behalf of the ASEAN Infrastructure... 

The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) will be organising the 2nd International Islamic Capital Market Forum on 13 November 2008 in Kuala Lumpur. The Forum’s theme is Islamic Alternative Investments – Alternative Strategy Funds and Venture Capital. It is not an easy task these days to chart the landscape for finance, let alone in an area of active innovation as in Islamic finance. The... 

From college dropout to mushroom millionaire – that sums up the success story of a village boy from Kampung Grisek, near here, who is now the biggest mushroom producer and exporter in the country.Chew Swee King, 40, now plans to sell his Grisek mushrooms, named after the village, to the Arabs. His C&C Mushroom Cultivation Farm Company, cultivates several different colors of oyster mushrooms,... 

A group of senior international financial regulators from 22 emerging economies attended the week-long annual Emerging Markets Programme (EMP) in Kuala Lumpur to share their practical experiences and knowledge of regulatory issues affecting emerging capital markets. Held from 18 – 24 October 2008, the programme was organized by the Securities Industry Development Corporation (SIDC), the education...