EVENING 5: Budget 2023 to be tabled in February

Dirty dealings. Corporate battles. Consumer woes. Here are five things you need to know today.

1. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim says Budget 2023 will be tabled in Parliament next February.

2. The Transport Ministry will review five projects with a total contract value of almost RM650 million.

3. Malaysia's real GDP could grow at 2% to 3% in 2023 should the world fall into a deep recession.

4. Scomi Group's proposed scheme of arrangement with its creditors gets the High Court’s approval.

5. Poh Kong Holdings sees its 1QFY2023 net profit jump almost three times y-o-y to RM15.67 million.