KUALA LUMPUR (April 21): Based on corporate announcements and newsflow today, companies in focus on Thursday (April 22), may be as follows: Malaysia Marine and Heavy Engineering Holdings Bhd, Tasco Bhd, Axis Real Estate Investment Trust, Luxchem Corp Bhd, Widad Group Bhd, BIMB Holdings Bhd, CIMB Group Holdings Bhd, Telekom Malaysia Bhd, Malayan Banking Bhd and Hong Leong Bank Bhd.
Malaysia Marine and Heavy Engineering Holdings Bhd (MHB) disclosed today that the value for the engineering, procurement, construction, transportation and installation, and hook-up and commissioning services (EPCIC) contract secured from SapuraOMV Upstream (Sarawak) Inc is RM1 billion. The duration of the contract in the Jerun gas field, which lies in the SK408W block off the coast of Bintulu, is 40 months. The group had announced the contract awarded to its wholly-owned unit Malaysia Marine and Heavy Engineering Sdn Bhd (MMHE) last Thursday.