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Article: MALAYSIAN NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - AUG 18, 2009.

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August 18, 2009
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KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 18 Asia Pulse - Highlights of today's newspapers:

BUSINESS TIMES:

- Malaysia's Chinese businessmen think the worst of the economic crisis is over, but say the country needs to attract more foreign direct investment to ensure speedy recovery.

- The government is drawing up new long-term plans for the financial industry, with Islamic finance as the centrepiece, to help the economy grow further.

- Ekran Bhd (3085), a company headed by Sarawak businessman Tan Sri Ting Pek Khiing, is reviving an abandoned casino resort in Samal island in Davao del Norte in southern Philippines.

- Malayan Banking Bhd's (Maybank) ...

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