PRESS DIGEST - Malaysia - April 28

Following are the main stories in Malaysian newspapers. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

THE STAR (www.thestar.com.my)

- Pemudah, the government's task force for facilitating businesses, will take steps to improve efficiency, accountability and transparency in the public-procurement process.

- Supermax Corp Bhd (SUPM.KL: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) will invest about 76 million ringgit over the next two years to enhance production capacity to cater to the increasing global demand for gloves, Executive Chairman Stanley Thai said.

NEW STRAITS TIMES (www.nst.com.my)

- The Education Ministry is providing teachers for juveniles in prisons nationwide to help them with their studies, Prisons Department deputy superintendent Ranjit Singh said.

- The Home Ministry has proposed that salary and incentives for the police force be revised, Home Minister Syed Hamid Albar said.

BUSINESS TIMES (www.btimes.com.my)

- Construction-related MTD Capital Bhd (MTDC.KL: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz), now close to midway into its 11.3 billion peso (875 million ringgit) upgrading works on the South Luzon Expressway in Manila, has been invited to look at other highway projects in the Philippines, Managing Director Azmil Khalili Khalid said.