Protasco win RM578.5m govt deal

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Thursday, 24 October 2013 10:00 by Prem Kumar Panjamorthy

The BioMalaysia and Bioeconomic Asia Pacific 2013 Conference and Exhibition ended yesterday, drawing more than 5,000 visitors, with more than 250 business-matching exercises concluded.

“We have managed to draw more than 5,000 visitors to the events and all the conference sessions were full house,” said Malaysian Biotech Corp Sdn Bhd (Biotech Corp) CEO Datuk Dr Mohd Nazlee Kamal in Johor Baru yesterday.

Nazlee said that the proximity of the location to Singapore has managed to attract many visitors from that country and that bodes well in enticing investors in the future.

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5 honoured for bettering lives

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MERDEKA AWARD: Surgeon who did country’s first heart transplant among recipients

KUALA LUMPUR: TAN Sri Dr Yahya Awang, who performed the first heart transplant in Malaysia, is among five recipients of the Merdeka Award 2013 announced by Regent of Perak Raja Dr Nazrin Shah here yesterday.

The other recipients are education pioneer Tan Sri Arshad Ayub, Tan Sri Raja Muhammad Alias, who helmed Felda for more than three decades, pioneer zoologist Dr Lim Boo Liat and researcher Professor Emeritus Datuk Dr Lam Sai Kit.

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