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YTL Corporation

Overview of YTL Corporation Berhad
YTL Corporation Berhad (YTL Corp) was founded by the late Tan Sri Dato' Seri (Dr) Yeoh Tiong Lay in 1955. It started as a small construction company as Syarikat Pembenaan Yeoh Tiong Lay Sdn. Bhd. (SPYTL or YTL Construction), which is the first turnkey contractor in Malaysia. YTL Corp is an integrated infrastructure developer domiciled in Malaysia. YTL Corp has extensive operations in Malaysia, Singapore and the United Kingdom (UK), as well as businesses, investments and projects under development in other countries such as Australia, France, Indonesia, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the Netherlands, Thailand and Vietnam.

The core business of the YTL Corporation and its subsidiaries (YTL Corp Group) consists of power generation, water & sewerage, cement manufacturing, construction, property development, hotels & resorts, telecommunication, digital banking, data center, artificial intelligence (AI), cloud computing, renewable energy and education. Utilities are the largest revenue contributor (71%), followed by cement manufacturing (16%), construction (4%), hotel operations (4%) and others.

YTL Corp is amongst the largest companies listed on Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad (Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange, KLSE). As of June 2024, YTL Corp has a market capitalisation of RM 43.36 billion, ranking #10 by market capitalisation in KLSE. Since 1996, YTL Corp has a secondary listing on the Prime Market Foreign Stocks Segment of the Tokyo Stock Exchange and was the first non-Japanese Asian company to list on the Tokyo exchange.

YTL Corp’s listed entities in Malaysia are YTL Power International Berhad, Malayan Cement Berhad, YTL Hospitality REIT and Ranhill Utilities Berhad. YTL Corp also has a stake in Starhill Global Real Estate Investment Trust, which is listed on the Mainboard of the SGX-ST, the Singapore stock exchange. As of June 2024, YTL Corp, together with its listed entities have a combined group market capitalisation of approximately RM 103.65 billion. As of November 2023, YTL Corp and YTL Power are included as a constituent of the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) index. In addition, YTL Corp won gold at The Edge Malaysia Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Awards 2023 due to the sustainability strategy and a strong focus on reducing carbon emissions in multiple industries, especially in the utilities sector. Furthermore, YTL Corp and YTL Power has been listed in Fortune Southeast Asia 500 for the year 2024 as 47th and 78th respectively. The ranking of the 500 Largest Companies in Southeast Asia is based on the revenue for the fiscal year 2023.

As of June 2023, the financial highlights of YTL Corp Group are as follows:

 * Revenue				: RM 29.62 billion
 * EBITDA				: RM 6.50 billion
 * Profit Before Tax	: RM 2.73 billion
 * Profit After Tax	: RM 2.12 billion
 * Total Assets		: RM 81.46 billion
 * Total Cash			: RM 14.41 billion

Executive Chairman of YTL Corp – Tan Sri Dato’ Dr (Sir) Francis Yeoh Sock Ping
Tan Sri Dato’ Dr (Sir) Francis Yeoh Sock Ping was appointed to the Board on 6 April 1984 as an Executive Director. He was appointed as the Managing Director of YTL Corp in 1988 which, under his stewardship, has grown from a single listed company into a global integrated infrastructure developer, encompassing multiple listed entities. In 2018, he was redesignated as the Executive Chairman of YTL Corp.

Tan Sri Dato’ Dr (Sir) Francis Yeoh Sock Ping won the inaugural Ernst & Young’s Master Entrepreneur in Malaysia in 2002 and was named Malaysia’s CEO of the Year by CNBC Asia Pacific in 2005. He was conferred the prestigious 2010 Oslo Business for Peace Award and was selected as a Primus Inter Pares (‘First Among Equals’) Honoree from seven internationally renowned recipients. The Oslo Business for Peace Award is the highest distinction given to a business person for outstanding accomplishments in the area of ethnical business.

In 2018, Tan Sri Dato’ Dr (Sir) Francis Yeoh Sock Ping was conferred the prestigious Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette by the Emperor of Japan for his contribution to promoting tourism and strengthening economic relations between Japan and Malaysia. In the same year, the Italian government conferred upon him the honour of Grande Ufficiale of the Order of the Star of Italy.

In addition, Tan Sri Dato’ Dr (Sir) Francis Yeoh Sock Ping was conferred the honorary British award of Knight Commander of The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (KBE) by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II for services to UK-Malaysian bilateral relations. The award was presented by His Royal Highness Prince Charles at his official residence at Clarence House on 13 October 2019. In 2022, he was awarded the PropertyGuru Real Estate Personality of the Year for Malaysia. The award is given to individuals who have made a significant impact in the Asian real estate sector.

Table of Content

 * 1) Overview of YTL Corporation Berhad
 * 2) Subsidiaries of YTL Corporation Berhad
 * 3) Renewable Energy Track Records
 * 4) References

Subsidiaries of YTL Corporation Berhad
YTL Corp’s major subsidiaries are YTL Power International Berhad, Malayan Cement Berhad, YTL Construction Sdn Bhd, YTL Land & Development Berhad, YTL Hotels & Properties Sdn Bhd, Starhill Global REIT, Express Rail Link Sdn Bhd, YTL e-Solutions Berhad and YTL-SV Carbon Sdn Bhd.

YTL Power International Berhad
YTL Power International Berhad (YTL Power) is the utilities arm of YTL Corp. YTL Power is an international multi-utility owner and operator. The utilities segment continues to be YTL Corp Group’s largest operating segment, contributing 71% of the revenue for the financial year ended 30 June 2023.

In 1992, Malaysia experienced a nationwide blackout. To overcome the shortage of power, the government introduced Independent Power Producers (IPPs) into the power industry. Subsequently, YTL Power became Malaysia’s first IPP to complete and commission both gas-fired combined cycle power plants at Paka, Terengganu and Pasir Gudang, Johor with a total combined capacity of 1,212 MW. The open-cycle plant was completed in a world-record time of 10 months and the gas-fired combined cycle plant was completed in 22 months.

The development of the combined-cycle power plant was financed through the ringgit denominated currency (the first 15-year long term bond) issued by the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) in which the use of such financing was able to successfully mitigate the influence of the Asian Financial Crisis at the time. In September 2017, the Paka power plant was awarded a supplementary PPA for a further period of 3 years and 10 months.

YTL Power has been listed on Bursa Malaysia (the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange) since 23 May 1997 on the Main Market of the exchange under the Gas, Water & Multi-Utilities sub-sector of the Utilities sector. As of June 2024, the market capitalisation of YTL Power is about RM 45.05 billion, ranking #8 by market capitalisation in KLSE. In addition, YTL Power is included in the FTSE4Good Bursa Malaysia (F4GBM) Index. As of November 2023, YTL Power is included as a constituent of the FBM KLCI index. Furthermore, YTL Power has been listed in Fortune Southeast Asia 500 for the year 2024, ranking 78th. The ranking of the 500 Largest Companies in Southeast Asia is based on the revenue for the fiscal year 2023.

As of June 2023, the financial highlights of YTL Power are as follows:

 * Revenue			   : RM 21.89 billion
 * EBITDA 				: RM 4.98 billion
 * Profit Before Tax	: RM 2.45 billion
 * Profit After Tax	: RM 2.03 billion
 * Total Assets		: RM 59.13 billion
 * Total Cash 			: RM 9.00 billion

YTL Power’s key subsidiaries are set out below.

ElectraNet Pty Ltd – Australia
In 2000, YTL Power made its first significant foreign investment by acquiring a 33.5% equity interest in ElectraNet Pty Ltd (ElectraNet) for AUD 58.5 million (approximately RM 122.9 million). ElectraNet is an electricity transmission company in South Australia serving regional transmission under a 200-year lease. ElectraNet transmits power over long distances from regional generators and interstate sources to metropolitan and regional areas including large, direct-connect industrial customers.

Electranet has connected more than 3.5 GW of renewable energy to Australia’s National Energy Market, including large-scale wind and solar generation, as well as grid-scale Battery Energy Storage Systems.

In 2022, YTL Power divested its stake in ElectraNet to Australian Utilities Pty Ltd for a consideration of approximately RM 3.07 billion, generating RM 2.2 billion in gains upon completion of the transaction.

Wessex Water Limited – United Kingdom
In May 2002, YTL Power, as the only Malaysian company, successfully acquired 100% of Wessex Water Limited (Wessex Water) against 26 bidders. Wessex Water provides water and wastewater services to 2.9 million customers in the southwest of England.

Furthermore, Wessex Water is regulated by the Water Services Regulation Authority (known as Ofwat), the economic regulator for the UK water industry, and holds a licence from the UK government under an instrument of appointment to supply clean water, treat and dispose of wastewater from its operating region. Wessex Water’s regulatory capital value demonstrates ongoing growth since it was acquired by YTL Power in 2002, at GBP 1.3 billion (approximately RM 7.7 billion). As at 30 June 2023, the regulatory capital value is at GBP 4.1 billion (approximately RM 24.4 billion).

In April 2015, through the implementation of the assistance programme, “tap”, the average bills were reduced by 5%. The division aimed to support customers who are financially vulnerable and have difficulty paying their bills. The programme helped more than 21,000 customers pay ongoing charges, repay debt, and offered additional practical help to reduce water and energy bills. A discount of around 20% has been introduced for pensioners on the lowest incomes who often suffer hardship in silence instead of asking for help.

Furthermore, as a result of rising concern in the UK over storm overflows, Wessex Water elevated its investment to GPB 3.0 million per month, at no additional cost to customers in 2022. Wessex Water aims to fully eliminate any discharge from storm overflows by 2050 by proposing a threefold increase in investment to GBP 9.0 million per month.

As of April 2023, Wessex Water was rated as the top-performing water and sewerage company in the latest UK Customer Service Index 2023 by the Institute of Customer Service and retained the National Customer Service Excellent (CSE) quality mark certificate. As of June 2023, Wessex Water’s outstanding performance has led it to become one of only six companies in the UK to have been a three-time winner of the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in Sustainable Development.

Due to the outstanding performance of Wessex Water in UK, YTL Corp was crowned UK-Malaysia Business of the Year at the fourth iteration of the British Malaysia Chamber of Commerce’s (BMCC) Business Excellence Awards. This award recognises the diversified group’s stellar track record of investment in the UK by bringing mutual economic benefit to both the UK and Malaysia. The BMCC also awarded managing director of YTL Corp, Tan Sri Dato’ Dr (Sir) Francis Yeoh Sock Ping with the UK-Malaysia Business Personality of the Year Award, honouring his role in investment developments in Wessex Water.

YTL PowerSeraya Pte Limited - Singapore
In March 2009, YTL Power acquired a 100% stake in YTL PowerSeraya Pte Limited (YTL PowerSeraya), the second-largest power generation company in Singapore, with a total licensed capacity of 3,100 MW. YTL PowerSeraya operates under a 30-year licence granted by the Energy Market Authority of Singapore. The services provided include generating and retailing electricity as well as fuel management. The plants operated by YTL PowerSeraya contribute more than 35% of Singapore’s total electricity needs

In 2011, YTL PowerSeraya became the first power generation company to export electricity to Malaysia’s national power producer, Tenaga Nasional Berhad, marking the first commercial deal for cross-border sale of electricity between Singapore and Malaysia. In 2018, YTL PowerSeraya’s retail brand, Geneco, held a market share of 13.5% in the electricity retail market. The retail market consists of customers from the residential, commercial and industrial sectors. YTL PowerSeraya also caters to households and small and medium enterprises. Additionally, in 2022, YTL PowerSeraya acquired Tuaspring Pte Ltd (Tuaspring), a 396 MW combined cycle gas turbine power plant in Singapore. As of June 2023, the strong year-on-year growth in YTL PowerSeraya’s earnings was also boosted by contribution from Tuaspring, which effectively increased YTL PowerSeraya’s capacity by 16.5%.

YTL PowerSeraya also collaborated with TNB Power Generation Sdn Bhd in January 2023 for the export and import of 100 MW of electricity to Singapore via a newly upgraded interconnector. In October 2023, YTL PowerSeraya committed to build an additional 4 megawatt-peak (MWp) photovoltaic (PV) system at the Pulau Seraya Power Station (PSPS) on Jurong Island. It is scheduled for completion in September 2024. This expansion to the operational 1MWp solar PV system that was built in 2019 will bring the total solar PV capacity at PSPS to 5MWp.

In January 2024, YTL PowerSeraya won the first request for proposal (RFP) for 600 MW hydrogen-ready combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) under Singapore’s Energy Market Authority’s new Centralised Process framework to develop a 600 MW hydrogen-ready CCGT at Pulau Seraya Power Station (PSPS) site. It is targeted to be completed in December 2027. The framework strategically coordinates private sector investments to ensure sufficient generation capacity by 2028 and safeguard Singapore’s future energy needs.

YTL Communications Sdn Bhd – Malaysia
In Malaysia, YTL Power owns a 60% stake in YTL Communications Sdn Bhd (YTL Comms), which operates a 4G LTE network using the 2.3 GHz and 2.6 GHz spectrum awarded by the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC). The advanced 4G network architecture enables YTL Comms to be the first to launch 5G services, accelerating the country's progress toward becoming a 5G nation.

Since 2010, YTL Comms’ network has provided high-speed mobile services under the Yes brand. Yes worked with the Ministry of Education to provide 10,000 primary and secondary national schools across the country with high-speed 4G internet connection to use the cloud-based Frog VLE (Virtual Learning Environment) platform under the 1BestariNet programme.

In May 2013, Yes 4G, a key component of the 1BestariNet initiative, introduced the world’s first 4G Google Chromebook by Samsung. The Samsung 4G Chromebook was co-developed exclusively by Yes, Samsung and Google to integrate a 4G module that worked seamlessly with Yes’ 4G network which had already covered 85% of the country across over 4,000 base stations. Subsequently, in 2016, YTL Comms became the first mobile operator in the country to introduce Voice-over-LTE (VoLTE) capability for high-definition calls.

On 22 December 2022, Yes received four awards from the MCMC Star Rating Awards 2021 – Best in Quality of Service, Best in Consumer Satisfaction, Best in Corporate Social Responsibility and, significantly, Best Mobile Network Operator. In addition, Yes 5G was recognised as Malaysia’s fastest mobile network in 2022 and 2023 by Ookla during the Speedtest Awards in Barcelona.

In December 2023, YTL Power signed a share subscription agreement to acquire a 14% stake in Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB). In April 2024, the Managing Director of YTL Power, Dato’ Seri Yeoh Seok Hong, was appointed to the Board of DNB as a key member to provide input and direction for advancing Malaysia’s digital infrastructure and adoption of 5G technology across industries, enterprises, the public sector and consumers.

In May 2024, YTL Comms collaborated with Clarion Malaysia to launch Malaysia’s first AI- and robotics-based advanced manufacturing, powered by Yes 5G Private Network. The Yes 5G Private Network provides the critical high-capacity, ultra-low latency communications fabric to enable next-generation smart manufacturing, integrating AI and robotics into the factory floor.

YTL Data Center Holdings Pte Ltd – Malaysia & Singapore
YTL Data Center Holdings Pte Ltd (YTLDC) is an investment holding company that owns and operates data centers.

Dodid Pte. Ltd.
In December 2021, YTLDC completed the acquisition of Dodid Pte. Ltd. (Dodid), and subsequently became the owner of a 12.5 MW, Tier-3 data center in Singapore. Dodid was built and commissioned in 2018, with green and state-of-the-art facility that serves the largest hyperscale customers in Asia. This marked YTLDC’s first foray into the data center industry outside Malaysia, and is the initial step towards establishing a regional data center platform in Southeast Asia. YTLDC is working closely with YTL PowerSeraya and its retail arm, Geneco, on green energy solutions to enable the data center to run on renewable energy.

YTL Green Data Center Park
In 2022, YTL Power embarked on the development of the YTL Green Data Center Park (YTLDC) in Kulai, Johor with a total investment value of RM 15 billion through YTLDC. This will be the first data center campus in Malaysia to be co-powered by on-site renewable solar energy. The data center is located 30 km from Singapore in the Iskandar region of Johor and will be powered by a 500 MW solar farm. Additionally, the Cross-Border Dark Fibre offers fibre links for seamless connections within the Klang Valley to Johor and Singapore.

Furthermore, YTL Power and Sea Limited broke ground with a RM 1.5 billion investment for the development of the Sea Data Center in August 2022, marking the first phase of the YTL Green Data Center Park. This first phase will be a Tier-III certified facility equipped with best-in-class green power and connectivity, capable of accommodating up to 72 MW of capacity. The green facility will feature 24 data hall suites, M&E rooms, office space, storage, and parking facilities. The first phase of the co-development will enter service in 2024.

Collaboration with NVIDIA in YTL AI Cloud
In December 2023, YTL Power collaborated with U.S. technology giant, NVIDIA Corporation (NVIDIA) to build artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure and bring the fastest supercomputers to Malaysia by the middle of 2024, in a USD 4.3 billion (RM 20.6 billion) investment deal.

In March 2024, YTL Power announced the formation of YTL AI Cloud, a specialised provider of massive-scale GPU-based accelerated computing.

Prime Minister of Malaysia, Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim, commented that YTL is accelerating the country’s adoption of AI and is spearheading the development of Malaysia’s own Sovereign Cloud. The collaboration with NVIDIA is a testament to Malaysia’s attractiveness as a hub for digital investments. In addition, Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz, Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry (MITI), Malaysia, commented that this powerful AI Cloud will create high-value, high-income job opportunities for Malaysians, marking a significant step forward in the country’s mission to become a leading AI and Data Centre hub in the region. Furthermore, YB Gobind Singh Deo, Minister of Digital, Malaysia, stated that having one of the most powerful NVIDIA cloud computing infrastructures in Malaysia is a game changer and will spark innovation and the development of solutions foundational to the success of the Malaysia Digital Economy Blueprint.

YTL Sentul Data Center
YTL Sentul Data Center has up to 500 racks in capacity of data hall space (up to 5 MW) housing 4 data halls over a single-storey with the provision of office space, storage and parking facilities.

YTL Digital Capital Sdn Bhd – Malaysia
In April 2022, Bank Negara Malaysia awarded a digital banking licence to YTL Digital Capital Sdn Bhd (YTL Digital Capital) in consortium with Sea Limited. YTL Digital Capital has proven to be prudent in its business plan, has a high reputation in business record and experience, and has shown robustness in its underlying technology.

The synergies within this new venture enable YTL Power to further contribute to Malaysia’s digital transformation and broaden access to financial services for its citizens, particularly the underserved, underbanked, as well as micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs).

YTL Developments UK Limited – United Kingdom
YTL Developments UK Limited (YTL Developments), a wholly-owned subsidiary of YTL Property UK, is headquartered in Bristol. The current project under development is Brabazon, a new urban community that will comprise an indoor arena, a new train station, new homes, employment space, new schools and a town-centre. In March 2024, the South Gloucestershire Council granted permission for revised plans from YTL Developments to build 6,500 new homes, including the west of England's largest urban park. The park will feature a heritage trail, connecting the Brabazon Hangars with Aerospace Bristol Museum. A floating boardwalk around the lake, independent cafes, restaurants and outdoor sports facilities are also in the plans. Of the 6,500 properties, 2,000 will be student accommodation and more than 1,700 will be affordable.

Meanwhile, YTL Arena Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of YTL Property UK, is progressing with the development of YTL Arena Bristol.

In addition, YTL Construction UK, a new company that will be part of the international YTL Group, will be responsible for transforming the Brabazon Hangars into a new multi-purpose arena. Once completed, YTL Arena will be the fourth largest indoor arena in the UK, behind Manchester’s Co-op Live and AO Arena, and The O2 in London.

Ranhill Utilities Berhad – Malaysia
In 2023, YTL Power became the substantial substantial shareholder of Ranhill Utilities Berhad (“Ranhill”), a company involved in three key segments, which are environment, energy and engineering services.

In November 2023, YTL Power acquired a 19% stake in Ranhill at an acquisition cost of RM 141 million. Subsequently in May 2024, SIPP Power Sdn Bhd, which is 70% owned by YTL Power, acquired a 31.42% stake in Ranhill for RM 405.18 million. SIPP Power together with YTL Power will collectively own a 53.19% stake in Ranhill, becoming the major shareholder. The acquisition is a strategic fit for both parties as it would give YTL Power the exclusive rights to Johor’s water supply. Meanwhile, the synergistic expertise in water operations could elevate the efficiency of the water business of Ranhill in Johor.

Ranhill is the second largest water supply operation in Malaysia and undertakes the exclusive rights of the entire water supply network in the State of Johor through its operating company, Ranhill SAJ Sdn Bhd. As of December 2023, it has been operating 46 water treatment plants state-wide with a total treatment capacity of 2,171 million litres daily.

Furthermore, Ranhill has a presence in the Sabah power sector, operating two 190MW Combined Cycle Gas Turbine power plants in Kota Kinabalu. In February 2024, Ranhill achieved commercial operation date for its renewable energy (RE) sector through its 50MW large scale solar (LSS) plant in Bidor, Perak. Additionally, Ranhill is involved in multi-disciplinary engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM), project management consultancy (PMC), operations and maintenance (O&M) services and consultancy services.

Ranhill has been listed on Bursa Malaysia since 16 December 2015 on the Main Market of the exchange under the Gas, Water and Multi-Utilities sub-sector of Utilities sector. As of June 2024, the market capitalisation of Ranhill is RM 2.14 billion.

As of December 2023, the financial highlights of Ranhill are as follows:
 * Revenue	 		   : RM 2.28 billion
 * EBITDA 			   : RM 0.61 billion
 * Profit Before Tax	: RM 0.15 billion
 * Profit After Tax 	: RM 0.10 billion
 * Total Assets 		: RM 2.96 billion
 * Total Cash		   : RM 0.26 billion

PT Jawa Power & PT Jawa Timur – Indonesia
In 2004, YTL Power acquired a 35% stake in PT Jawa Power, the second largest IPP in Indonesia, which owns a 1,220 MW coal-fired power plant located at the Paiton Power Generation Complex in East Java, Indonesia. PT Jawa Power has a 30-year PPA with PT PLN (Persero), the state-owned electric utility company. In 2017, PT Jawa Power was awarded First Runner-Up in the Best Practices Category in Clean Coal Use and Technology Power Generation for Large (greater than 500 MW) coal-fired power plant at ASEAN Energy Award 2017.

PT Jawa Timur, a wholly-owned subsidiary of YTL Power handles operations and maintenance for PT Jawa Power.

Attarat Power Company – Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
YTL Power acquired a 45% interest in Attarat Power Company (APCO), which owns and operates the 470 MW (net) oil shale-fired mine-mouth power plant in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. It is the largest private sector project in Jordan’s history and also the largest Chinese project financing for a project outside China covered by Sinosure.

APCO has a 30-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with the National Electric Power Company (NEPCO), Jordan’s state-owned utility, for the entire electrical capacity and energy of the power plant, with an option for NEPCO to extend the power purchase agreement to 40 years (from the commercial operation date of the project’s second unit).

The 470 MW power plant is the first to commercially utilise the indigenous oil shale resources, and its development is a key milestone in the Jordanian government’s goal of furthering its energy independence. The electricity generated from the power plant is expected to meet 15% of Jordan’s annual power demand. The power plant commenced operations in 2023.

YTL Cement Berhad & Malayan Cement Berhad
YTL Cement Berhad (YTL Cement) is Malaysia’s pioneer and largest building materials group, which is 98.04% owned by YTL Corp. With a network of cement plants, terminals, ready-mixed concrete batching facilities, drymix operations, and aggregate quarries.

In 1970, YTL Cement commenced operations with one batching plant and 6 trucks; in the same year, it constructed the Universiti Sains Malaysia Kota Bharu medical school. In 2019, YTL Cement acquired a 51% stake in Lafarge Malaysia to elevate operational efficiencies in logistics, distribution and procurement, as well as to achieve cost synergies through economies of scale. YTL Cement has been involved in the construction of the Petronas Twin Towers, KL Tower, KL Smart Tunnel, Penang 2nd bridge, and Resort World Singapore.

On 21 September 2021, Malayan Cement Berhad (MCB), a member of YTL Cement, successfully completed the acquisition of YTL Cement Berhad’s entire cement and ready-mixed businesses in Malaysia. YTL Cement’s shareholding in MCB increased from 76.98% to approximately 78.58% upon completion of the proposed transaction. MCB is now Malaysia’s leading building materials group, operating four integrated cement plants located in Langkawi, Kanthan, Padang Rengas, and Bukit Sagu. The Rawang plant, with a 72-year history, is currently offline for planned refurbishments.

In addition to its cement plants, MCB operates a network of facilities comprising four grinding stations, three cement terminal facilities, two cement depots, more than 70 ready-mixed concrete batching plants, two drymix plants, and two aggregate quarries spanning Peninsular Malaysia.

MCB has a proven track record in supplying to, and delivering on, technically sophisticated projects. MCB has a fleet of over 1,500 trucks travelling over 120,000 km every day, enabling it to fulfil customer needs throughout Peninsular Malaysia. MCB also operates the Construction Development Lab, its research and development facility dedicated to developing customised cement and concrete.

Since March 1961, MCB has been listed on Bursa Malaysia (the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange). As of June 2024, the market capitalisation of MCB is about RM 7.14 billion.

As at 30 June 2023, the financial highlights of MCB are as follows:

 * Revenue				: RM 3.76 billion
 * EBITDA				: RM 0.68 billion
 * Profit Before Tax		: RM 0.25 billion
 * Profit After Tax		: RM 0.16 billion
 * Total Assets			: RM 10.97 billion
 * Total Cash			: RM 0.88 billion

Meanwhile, FiCO Tay Ninh Cement Joint Stock Company (TAFiCO, now Fico-YTL) – a member of the YTL Corp Group – is one of the leading cement companies in the south of Vietnam with a cement plant located in Tay Ninh province and grinding stations in Ho Chi Minh City and Binh Duong province.

YTL Construction Sdn Bhd
YTL Construction Sdn Bhd (YTL Construction), previously known as Syarikat Pembenaan Yeoh Tiong Lay (SPYTL) is the construction arm of YTL Corp. It is principally involved in the construction of large-scale infrastructures including power plants, airport, hospitals, railway lines and telecommunications, as well as commercial and residential properties.

YTL Construction is the first turnkey contractor in Malaysia and has successfully completed over RM 20 billion worth of contracts on schedule and on budget. YTL Construction received the highest construction rating award, with a CIDB score of 5-star as a CIDB Grade G7 contractor.

In 1993, YTL Construction built and completed both gas-fired combined cycle power plants at Paka, Terengganu and Pasir Gudang, Johor with a total combined capacity of 1,212 MW. The open-cycle plant was completed in a world-record time of 10 months and the gas-fired combined cycle plant was completed in 22 months. In September 2017, the Paka power plant was awarded a supplementary PPA for a further period of 3 years and 10 months.

Additionally, YTL Construction was awarded the task of designing, constructing and maintaining a fully intermodal airport facility in Sibu, Sarawak. The Sibu Airport features a 6,400 m² terminal building with ancillary facilities and a 1,981 m by 45 m runway. The design of the airport is intended to accommodate a total operational capacity of 1.5 million passengers per year, as well as meet the changing demands of passengers and airlines.

Furthermore, YTL Construction has a longstanding interest in hospitals and healthcare buildings, leading to the pioneering design and construction of 12 nucleus concept hospitals, comprising a total of 2,458 outpatient beds throughout Malaysia. These hospitals were a turnkey project, whereby YTL Construction took full responsibility of the commissioning, maintenance and execution of the fully equipped healthcare facilities in Batu Pahat, Sabak Bernam, Port Dickson, Kulim, Sungai Siput, Seberang Jaya, Kuala Pilah, Segamat, Kulai, Miri, Labuan and Sipitang.

Furthermore, in 2002, YTL Construction completed the construction of the Express Rail Link (ERL) train stations, as well as the engineering works for Malaysia’s first high-speed rail service connecting KLIA to the KL city centre. The ERL is the fastest and cheapest high-speed rail in Southeast Asia.

In 2014, YTL Construction undertook the extension of the ERL service connecting KLIA with KLIA2, and subsequently won the Global AirRail Awards (GARA) for the third time through Express Rail Link Sdn Bhd (ERLSB). In 2024, the federal government and ERLSB signed a new supplementary concession agreement. The 30-year concession agreement will run from 2029 to 2059 and will allow the operator of the KLIA Ekspres and KLIA Transit city-to-airport services to implement a ‘market-driven’ fare structure.

Furthermore, YTL Construction, together with its joint venture partner, SIPP Rail Sdn. Bhd. was appointed as the local subcontractors to carry out the design, construction, supply, installation, completion, testing, commissioning and maintenance for the 197km electrified double track project from Gemas to Johor Bahru. The new link will reduce the travelling time between Gemas and Johor Bahru to just 90 minutes.

In 2021, YTL Construction acquired 89.3 acres of land from Boustead in Bukit Raja to design and build a 6 million sq ft multi-storey warehouse facility. The Bukit Raja warehouse development will be one of Malaysia’s largest warehouses by square feet upon completion. Phase 1, which comprises over 39 acres, was completed in June 2023. Meanwhile, e-commerce platform Shopee, has signed a 12-year tenancy with rental escalation every 3 years for 1.42 million square feet, which should drive construction earnings over the next few years.

Other than that, YTL Construction was the first to submit an RM 8 billion proposal to the government for a high-speed rail link between Malaysia and Singapore back in 2006. Both countries signed the legally-binding bilateral agreement in 2016 after three years of negotiations. In 2018, MyHSR Corporation Sdn Bhd (MyHSR Corp) appointed YTL Construction as one of the two project delivery partners (PDP) for the Kuala Lumpur – Singapore High Speed Rail (HSR) project.

The HSR is seen as a strategic project to enhance business linkages, promote tourism and bring the people of two countries closer together, generating long-term economic growth. However, in 2021, the Kuala Lumpur – Singapore HSR bilateral agreement was officially terminated after the top leaders of Malaysia and Singapore agreed to let the deal lapse.

In 2023, MyHSR Corp issued a Request for Information (RFI) for the Malaysian government to assess the private sector’s ability to fully finance the project without state funds or guarantees. Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s administration has stated that reviving the HSR project is estimated to cost over RM 100 billion. As of March 2024, YTL Construction – SIPP Rail Sdn Bhd’s concept proposal for the HSR project is believed to be shortlisted.

In addition, YTL Construction has been involved in constructing and installing all telecommunication infrastructure for the Yes network. YTL Construction is also the main contractor and infrastructure builder for rooftop stations, rapid deployment structures (RDS), lamp pole and monopole structures, and lattice tower structures.

Furthermore, new residential contracts in the pipeline include the proposed development in Kwasa Damansara. YTL Construction entered into an agreement with Kwasa Land Sdn Bhd (Kwasa Land), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Employees Provident Fund (EPF), to develop a residential project in Kwasa Damansara with an estimated gross development value of RM 200 million.

YTL Land and Development Berhad
YTL Corp’s residential property development activities, such as building houses, apartments and condominiums, are implemented through its subsidiary, YTL Land and Development Berhad (YTL Land). YTL Land currently has a land bank of more than 2,000 acres of strategic development land in Malaysia. The estimated sales value is RM 12 billion.

YTL Land’s Sentul Masterplan was unveiled in 2002, including Sentul West and Sentul East. In 2010, Lake Edge in Puchong was another of YTL Land’s developments that transformed a disused mining area into a residential development with terraced houses, semi-detached homes and bungalows.

Furthermore, in 2011, YTL Land completed the construction of Sandy Island & Kasara. In 2012, Sandy Island development won Best Residential (Low Rise) Award at the 2nd FIABCI Singapore Property Awards.

In 2018, YTL Land launched its freehold condominium, 3 Orchard By-the-Park, the first luxury high-rise project in Singapore. The 77-unit, luxury condo on Orchard Boulevard is designed by Italian architect and designer Antonio Citterio as “Villas in the Sky”. In October 2019, YTL Land’s 3 Orchard By-the-Park won six awards at the EdgeProp Singapore Excellence Awards 2019: Design Excellence Award (Developer & Architect), People’s Choice Award, Top Boutique Development Award, Top Development Award and Top Luxury Development Award.

In August 2023, YTL Land announced its new high-rise development in Puchong with a fresh take on lakeside living, Danau Puchong. Additionally, YTL Land launched its Dedaun Rimba project, located within the 2,259-acre Kwasa Damansara township development, comprising 68 units of three-storey link houses and 196 units of 1½-storey townhouses. In February 2024, all link houses were fully sold, and its townhouses were 80% taken up during a sale preview.

Currently, among YTL Land’s largest projects is Sentul, an innovative 294-acre residential and commercial development known as Malaysia’s first private gated park in Kuala Lumpur. Over the next seven years, Sentul is expected to generate an estimated RM 8 billion in sales.

Further complementing Sentul’s rejuvenated landscape is the newly completed Sentul Pavilion in Sentul Park, a rare green lung in the heart of the city. Upcoming projects in Sentul East such as the d2, d5 and d8 commercial developments will further stimulate Sentul’s urban regeneration through innovative design and architecture.

Completed and on-going projects by YTL Land are as follows:

Before 2012:
 * Andalucia, The Tamarind, The Maple, Courtyard Homes, Pavilion & Garden Terraces, Promenade Homes, Meadows & Glades, Parkville Homes, The Saffron, Waterville, Centrio, d7, Sandy Island, The Trillium, d6, The Capers, Kasara, The Lake, Midfields & Midfields Square, Dale, Lake Edge.

From 2013 – 2018:
 * The Fennel, Midfields 2, 3 Orchard By-The-Park, Reed, Grove, Lake Fields.

From 2019 – 2024:
 * Sentul Pavilion, Sentul Works, Sentul Depot, U-Thant Place, Shorefront, Dahlia.

On-going projects:
 * d2, d5, d8, Danau Puchong, Dedaun Rimba, Pantai Peak.

YTL Hotels & Properties Sdn Bhd
YTL Corp’s hotel management and development activities are undertaken primarily through YTL Hospitality Real Estate Investment Trust (YTL Hospitality REIT) and its wholly-owned subsidiary, YTL Hotels & Properties Sdn Bhd (YTL Hotels). YTL Corp holds a 56.96% stake in YTL Hospitality REIT, which was listed on Bursa Malaysia (the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange) in 2005. As of June 2024, the market capitalisation of YTL Hospitality REIT is about RM 2.13 billion.

YTL Hotels own and manage hotels and resorts. In 1985, YTL Hotels opened Pangkor Laut Resort. Additionally, Vistana Kuala Lumpur, a moderately-priced hotel that began operations in 1996, has become a player in Malaysia’s hospitality industry. In 1997, the five-star Ritz Carlton Hotel began operations. Subsequently, YTL Hotels opened Tanjong Jara Resort, Vistana Kuantan and Vistana Penang in 1999.

In 2020, the opening of AC Hotel Kuala Lumpur Titiwangsa, AC Hotel Kuantan City Centre and AC Hotel Penang Bukit Jambul (rebranded from its previous name, Vistana), marked the Spanish brand’s entry into the Asia-Pacific region.

YTL Hospitality REIT plans to develop a hotel in Niseko Village, Japan with a land mass of 1,520 acres and gross development value of USD 8 billion (RM38 billion). As of May 2024, YTL Hospitality REIT has outlined plans for a new hotel development in Hokkaido, Japan, with an estimated total investment of RM 199 million. The planned development involves a five-storey hotel with a two-storey basement under the Moxy brand, a segment of Marriott’s millennial-focused brand.

List of properties owned by YTL Hotels:
 * Australia
 * 1) Sydney Harbour Marriott Hotel
 * 2) Melbourne Marriott Hotel
 * 3) Brisbane Marriott Hotel
 * 4) The Westin Perth
 * Europe
 * 1) Muse Saint-Tropez, France
 * 2) The Glasshouse, Edinburgh
 * 3) The Hague Marriott Hotel
 * 4) Threadneedles Hotel
 * 5) Muse Bray Cottages, United Kingdom
 * 6) Muse Casa Marbella, Spain
 * 7) The Gainsborough Bath Spa Hotel
 * 8) The Academy Hotel
 * 9) Monkey Island Estate
 * Japan
 * 1) Higashiyama Niseko Village, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve
 * 2) Hilton Niseko Village
 * 3) The Green Leaf Niseko Village
 * 4) Kasara Niseko Village Townhouse
 * 5) Hinode Hills Niseko Village
 * Malaysia
 * 1) The Ritz-Carlton Kuala Lumpur
 * 2) The Residences at The Ritz-Carlton
 * 3) JW Marriott Kuala Lumpur
 * 4) Pangkor Laut Resort
 * 5) Tanjong Jara Resort
 * 6) Cameron Highlands Resort
 * 7) Gaya Island Resort
 * 8) The Majestic Hotel Kuala Lumpur
 * 9) The Majestic Malacca
 * 10) Hotel Stripes Kuala Lumpur
 * 11) AC Hotel Kuala Lumpur Titiwangsa
 * 12) AC Hotel Kuantan City Centre
 * 13) AC Hotel Penang Bukit Jambul
 * 14) Pulau Tiga (Coming soon)
 * Thailand
 * 1) The Surin, Phuket.
 * 2) The Ritz-Carlton, Koh Samui.
 * Indonesia
 * 1) Spa Village Resort Tembok Bali, Indonesia

Starhill Global Real Estate Investment Trust (Starhill Global REIT)
In 1999, when the neighbourhood was a high-crime-red-light district, YTL Corp acquired Lot 10, Starhill Shopping Centres and the JW Marriott Hotel from Taiping Co to prevent further deterioration.

Starhill Global Real Estate Investment Trust (Starhill Global REIT) is a Singapore-based real estate investment trust investing in real estate used for retail and office purposes, both in Singapore and overseas. YTL Corp has an effective interest of 37.18% in Starhill Global REIT, which was listed on the Mainboard of the SGX-ST, the Singapore stock exchange in 2005. As of June 2024, the market capitalisation of Starhill Global REIT is about RM 3.83 billion.

The Singapore-based real estate investment trust had an initial property portfolio comprising stakes in two landmark properties along Singapore’s famed Orchard Road shopping belt, namely Ngee Ann City and Wisma Atria. In 2008, Starhill Global REIT acquired seven properties located in the prime areas of Roppongi, Shibuya-ku, Minato-ku and Meguro-ku in Tokyo, and a premier retail property in Chengdu, China.

In 2010, Starhill Global REIT acquired Starhill Gallery and parcels in Lot 10 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and the David Jones Building in Perth, Australia, increasing the trust’s portfolio size to approximately SGD 2.1 billion / RM 7.4 billion.

Meanwhile, YTL Starhill Global REIT Management Limited (the "Manager") is the manager of Starhill Global REIT, responsible for the management, administration and implementation of the investment strategy of Starhill Global REIT. The Manager is a wholly-owned subsidiary of YTL Starhill Global REIT Management Holdings Pte Ltd (formerly known as YTL Pacific Star REIT Management Holdings Pte Ltd), which is a subsidiary of YTL Corp.

Express Rail Link Sdn Bhd
YTL Corp owns a 45% stake in Express Rail Link Sdn Bhd (ERLSB) and its wholly-owned subsidiary, ERL Maintenance Support (E-MAS). E-MAS serves as a consultant to rail projects around the world.

In 1997, ERLSB was awarded the concession to operate the high-speed rail link between KLIA and KL Sentral under a 30-year concession. The ERL is the fastest and cheapest high-speed rail in Southeast Asia. In 2014, YTL Construction undertook the extension of the ERL service connecting KLIA with KLIA2, and subsequently won the Global AirRail Awards (GARA) for the third time through ERLSB.

Furthermore, through a smart partnership with the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture (MOTAC) and Tourism Malaysia under the Tourism Recovery Plan 2022 (PRE 2.0), ERLSB offered discounted fares for Malaysians to boost domestic tourism and increase the use of public transport. The 8-month promotion, which ended in December 2022, was successful in helping ERL recapture lapsed leisure travellers and attract new passengers to the service following the pandemic.

In January 2024, the federal government and ERLSB signed a new supplementary concession agreement. The 30-year concession agreement will run from 2029 to 2059 and will allow the operator of the KLIA Ekspres and KLIA Transit city-to-airport services to implement a ‘market-driven’ fare structure.

YTL e-Solutions Berhad
YTL Corp undertakes IT and e-commerce initiatives through YTL e-Solutions Berhad, founded in 2000. YTL e-Solutions Berhad is a digital solutions company focusing on web and applications development, IT & network services, content creation and digital out-of-home media to cater to advertising and marketing needs. For instance, infoscreen media on the Express Rail Link (ERL) to KLIA and KLIA2 reaches over 1 million people who utilise the train service daily. Other than that, YTL e-Solutions Berhad assists organisations in designing and developing websites and applications to reach their business goals.

YTL-SV Carbon Sdn Bhd
YTL-SV Carbon Sdn Bhd, founded in 2006, has maintained its position as one of the top Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) developers and Greenhouse Gas (GHG) inventory consultants in Southeast Asia. For instance, YTL-SV Carbon Sdn Bhd helps organisations in GHG inventories, emissions target-setting and GHG-related policy development to accurately assess, monitor and track their GHG emission performance.

Renewable energy
In support of the transition to a low carbon economy, YTL Corp Group has implemented various renewable energy integration projects across their business units and promoted the generation and use of renewable energy to facilitate the transition process and minimise the environmental footprint.

In 2022, YTL Power embarked on the development of the YTL Green Data Center Park (YTLDC) in Kulai, Johor. This will be the first data center campus in Malaysia to be co-powered by on-site renewable solar energy. The data center is located 30 km from Singapore in the Iskandar region of Johor and will be powered by a 500 MW solar farm.

Furthermore, ERLSB is the first rail and public transport operator in Malaysia to harvest solar energy for direct usage at its premises. As of April 2023, ERLSB launched its RE programme that promotes public transport usage and environmental protection in accordance with the government’s National Transport Policy (NTP) 2019 – 2030. The first phase of the project involves the installation of solar panels on the rooftops of Bandar Tasik Selatan and Salak Tinggi Station, as well as at the ERL Depot in Salak Tinggi. For its second phase, ERL also plans to expand RE usage through the installation of solar panels at its Traction Power Sub-Station (TPSS) located at Serdang. The solar panel installation at the TPSS is expected to contribute almost 1.5 gigawatt-hours of electricity and savings of RM108,000 per year — enough to power 100 million LED bulbs, 9,090 Nissan Leaf cars or 750,000 homes annually.

In addition, in October 2023, YTL PowerSeraya committed to building an additional 4 megawatt-peak (MWp) photovoltaic (PV) system at the Pulau Seraya Power Station (PSPS) on Jurong Island. It is scheduled for completion in September 2024. This expansion to the operational 1MWp solar PV system that was built in 2019, will bring the total solar PV capacity at PSPS to 5MWp.

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Pop Culture section
I believe the pop culture section as it stood was sufficient to demonstrate the influence and presence of Nobunaga in multiple media, whether film, music, manga, anime, etc. The latest good-faith addition (Nounagun) seems a minor comic, and Nobunaga himself plays an invisible role. Adding any more to the "fictive portrayals" pushes undue weight. In this case, the contributors can not seem to reference it properly. If the contributors feel that strongly, they can add it to the already unwieldy list at People of the Sengoku period in popular culture. All future pop references should probably be added there. - Boneyard90 (talk) 17:11, 21 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Nobunagun seems a minor comic? How is it any more minor, than any of the other mentioned series?
 * "and Nobunaga himself plays an invisible role"
 * That is utterly false. Your claim is, frankly, laughable. One that is, frankly, more true (not true, but closer to being true) of several of the other mentions in the section.--ZarlanTheGreen (talk) 17:04, 22 January 2014 (UTC)

 * True, I based my claims on the descriptions on this page and on that page. If my statement were in error, then the descriptions are inadequate. So, not convinced that it's anything other than a minor comic, and not convinced that the pop culture section needs yet another bit of manga minutiae. As I pointed out, there's a whole page devoted to the pop-trivia you want to add. I'll even make sure to add that page to the See also section here. - Boneyard90 (talk) 21:23, 22 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Added it to top of In pop culture section, as a header. - Boneyard90 (talk) 21:27, 22 January 2014 (UTC)
 * ... Well there are some examples, and I agree that not all works need to be mentioned ...and I much prefer that Nobunagun isn't mentioned, rather than having it misrepresented, so this is certainly better than how it was.--ZarlanTheGreen (talk) 21:25, 23 January 2014 (UTC)

 * Then I'm glad we could arrive at an amicable conclusion. - Boneyard90 (talk) 22:51, 23 January 2014 (UTC)

The map of Nobunagas conquest by 1582
I believe the map displaying Japan in the Azuchi-Momoyama period is slightly wrong. The map displays the Mōri and Uesugi clan as conquered or vassalized by the Oda or Toyotomi by 1582. My understanding is that Mōri still muplitple provinces in Chūgoku following the peace with Toyotomi after Nobunagas death. And Uesugi controlled most of Echigo seeing as Shibata Katsuie had conquered Uozu castle three days before Nobunagas death. The map also shows Suruga province as being controlled by Oda/Toyotomi, I believe the province fell under Tokugawas control following the fall of Takeda.

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Niccolò Portrait
The portrait of Oda 'by Giovanni Niccolò' merits further investigation. It's pretty clearly not an Edo/Renaissance period portrait; from what I can tell from the full version on the Yamagata Prefecture website, the image currently on Wikipedia is, perhaps, a Meiji-era photograph of a charcoal sketch or grisaille underpainting. I would also buy that it's simply a Meiji-era portrait photograph of a contemporary man. The subject does seem to be wearing his hair in a chonmage style quite similar to the one in the painted portrait by Kano Soshu, which would have been less in fashion by the Meiji era. There's a more complete version of the portrait on that site which shows a clear vignette effect around his bust; there's a suggestion of strokes of charcoal but they could just be caused by shadows if it is a photograph.

English sources don't have much to say about this portrait other than what the current Wikipedia caption already says, and I don't speak Japanese, but as far as I can tell the claim on the Yamagata website is that the original portrait is housed by Sampo-Ji Temple in Tendo City (which is the information given by the current caption, just spelled differently). The claim is that the portrait was commissioned after his death by Oda Nobunaga's son Nobukatsu, and the artist may have been Giovanni Niccolò or may have been an unrelated Portuguese missionary. It's not impossible that this is in fact the case, but the fashion in Renaissance portraiture was just so different from the style exhibited here that I think it's worth investigation - ideally by an actual Japanese art historian.

This video (feat. Ken Watanabe!) from a 2001 episode of Do You Really Know About It?! seems to feature some discussion of the portrait itself. Magpieras (talk) 23:50, 15 May 2020 (UTC)

Fake Portrait
A black and white photograph is shewn as being a 16th century portrait.

The claim is that it is a Portrait of Oda Nobunaga (1534–1582) by Giovanni_Niccolò.

It is most certainly fake.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oda_Nobunaga#/media/File:Oda Nobunaga Portrait Sanpoji Temple c1582-1586.jpg

--MythicalAlien (talk) 18:54, 24 July 2020 (UTC)

Most correct spelling and italicization of "daimyo"
This word is spelled, capitalized, and italicized inconsistently in different sections of the article:

daimyō   (infobox, lede, "Consolidation of clan leadership", "Historical Context", "Policies", "Prominent people of the Sengoku period")

daimyo   (lede, "Omi campaign and march to Kyoto", "Seige of Mount Hiei", "Historical Context", "Categories")

Daimyô  ("Conflict with Azai and Akasura")

Should one version be preferred over the others in this article?

Per MOS:FOREIGN: "Use italics for phrases in other languages and for isolated foreign words that are not current in English."

In this article daimyō is by far the most common version. This version uses Hepburn romanization, with the macron over the "o". The alternative version spelled daimyo is the one used for words which have been adopted into English (which is not the case here; daimyo is not in the OED) and for printing environments where the macron is not available. The alternative version spelled Daimyô, with the circumflex accent over the "o", is the version used for printing environments where the macron is not available but the circumflex accent is.

N.B. I consulted the Daimyo article for guidance and there found these versions of the word:

daimyo (throughout body of article)

daimyo (caption for Date Tanemune illustration)

daimyō  (captions for Ode Nobunaga and Kamei Koremi illustrations, Nobility of Nations table)

In that article daimyo is by far the most common version.

Dieter.Meinertzhagen (talk) 06:04, 15 January 2021 (UTC)

 * So I found this page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Manual_of_Style/Japan-related_articles/UTF-8_conversion that seems to come to a consensus that daimyo does not need any diacritic since it is fully adopted in English (note, this may not apply for other words/names). We may want to, for clarity, say at the beginning that it is pronounced like daimyō, but use daimyo for the rest of the article. I'm not sure about the italics, and I'm currently looking for other sources on that matter.
 * Lonely-crab (talk) 17:55, 17 January 2021 (UTC)

 * You are right. The knowledgeable participants in the discussion you found take it for granted that daimyo is fully adopted in English, so per MOS:FOREIGN no diacritic (or italicization) is needed. Thank you!
 * Dieter.Meinertzhagen (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 21:33, 17 January 2021 (UTC)

items of samurai that is equipped with his finger for using a bow
What??? Would correct this, but do not even understand what it's supposed to mean... 2A01:CB0C:CD:D800:5864:DB7C:BC57:F688 (talk) 14:58, 3 March 2021 (UTC)
 * I believe that a yugote or kote is the guard which covers the forearm of an archer's bow arm so the forearm is not skinned by the bowstring when the arrow is released. I modified the article accordingly.
 * Dieter.Meinertzhagen (talk) 04:23, 14 April 2021 (UTC)

Role of fire in the death of Nobunaga
In the "Honnō-ji incident" section, the temple was set on fire by Nobunaga's retainer at Nobunaga's request so that Nobunaga's attacking enemies could not recover his body after he committed seppuku.

In the "Historical context" section, the temple was set on fire by Nobunaga's treacherous retainers and Nobunaga committed seppuku to escape the flames.

Can the inconsistency between these accounts be resolved?

Dieter.Meinertzhagen (talk) 04:35, 14 April 2021 (UTC)

Birth date query
What is the significance of showing both Old and New Style dates? The Gregorian Calendar (which the Japanese didn't even adopt until over 3 centuries later) did not come into existence until October 1582, which was after Oda's death. The Gregorian Calendar was NOT retroactive, so converting from Julian to Gregorian for any event before October 1582 is meaningless.

But if there is some rational reason for showing the conversion for his birth date, why not also for his death date? --  Jack of Oz   [pleasantries]  07:29, 20 April 2021 (UTC)

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Misuse of 'literal translation'
This article has a fair few examples of describing something as a 'literal translation' when the translation isn't literal. For example, '(三日天下, lit. 'a short-lived reign') literally means 'a three-day reign'. (槍衾, lit. 'line of spears') literally means a bed of spears. (一銭斬り, lit. 'Cutting people for a penny') literally means 'killing for one-hundredth of a yen'. Not a big deal but it felt strange to see idiomatic translations presented as literal. I think the literal translation may be more interesting to a reader. 133.106.177.57 (talk) 23:51, 17 December 2023 (UTC)

 * I will add that the reason I'm not editing it myself is that I'm not sure how the topic of translations is supposed to be handled properly. Otherwise I would. :) 133.106.177.57 (talk) 00:03, 18 December 2023 (UTC)

"Fool of Owari"
Hello,

I'm new to Wikipedia: I subscribed just to correct the mistake about the "fool of Owari". Nobunaga's nickname is attributed to the book The Making of Modern Japan (page 11). Actually, I have the book under my eyes and - as you can check - there is no such mention at all.

The mention should be removed. Akaranami (talk) 18:28, 27 February 2024 (UTC)

Was he in a relationship with Yasuke?
Given Oda's likely homosexuality, is it unlikely his instant attraction to the large, strapping young Yasuke was homosexual? RepeatedNodger (talk) 23:34, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

 * It's possible. Unfortunately, we are not permitted to speculate. Wikipedia editors should avoid doing their own original research. Otherwise this place would turn into a blog real quick! Riposte97 (talk) 00:17, 19 May 2024 (UTC)

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KRIV (TV)

KRIV (channel 26) is a television station in Houston, Texas, United States, serving as the market's Fox network outlet. It is owned and operated by the network's Fox Television Stations division alongside MyNetworkTV station KTXH (channel 20). The two stations share studios on Southwest Freeway (I-69/US 59) in Houston; KRIV's transmitter is located near Missouri City, Texas.

Established in 1971 as an independent station under the KVRL call sign and later as KDOG-TV, channel 26 hit its stride after being sold to Metromedia in 1978; it was then renamed in honor of the Metromedia executive who had encouraged the company to purchase it. Metromedia started the station's news department before being sold and becoming the nucleus of the Fox network in 1986. KRIV's local news programming has since steadily expanded to cover hours of morning, evening, and late news.

Early years
On February 17, 1964, the Crest Broadcasting Company, headed by former KIKK owner Leroy J. Gloger, filed an application to build a new TV station on channel 29 in Houston. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC)'s UHF allotment overhaul of 1965 substituted channel 26 for 29. Crest was selected over a competing application from radio station KXYZ, as it got the nod on diversification grounds and superior financial qualifications. KXYZ appealed and asked to submit a revised financial statement, also claiming that Crest had made a misrepresentation as to one of its stockholders, but FCC hearing examiner Chester F. Naumowicz denied the request and upheld the Crest grant.

Construction got underway for KVRL in late 1970, with a mast being erected atop One Shell Plaza in downtown Houston and studios being built in the Schindler Center development at 3935 Westheimer Road in the Highland Village section, now the site of an H-E-B Central Market. The station began broadcasting on August 15, 1971. Programming mostly consisted of syndicated reruns, Texas Rangers baseball, and an affiliation with the Christian Broadcasting Network.

In 1975, Leroy Gloger, who had also taken over general manager duties, was having a conversation when someone remarked that channel 26 was an underdog. For Gloger, who had a penchant for memorable station brands, it was the spark of an idea. He checked with the FCC, found that the call letters KDOG were available, and then changed channel 26 to KDOG-TV on September 1. A series of program changes accompanied the new moniker; the station added 90 minutes a night of Spanish-language programming in prime time.

Acquisition by Metromedia
Six years after going on the air, Crest Broadcasting announced the sale of KDOG-TV to Metromedia for $11 million, including $6 million for the station itself and another $5 million in liabilities. The acquisition closed in April, and on April 17, 1978, the call letters were changed to the current KRIV, in honor of then-Metromedia executive Albert Krivin, who had convinced John Kluge to take a chance on the Houston station. Jerry Marcus, general sales manager of Metromedia's Washington, D.C., station WTTG, was hired to manage channel 26's operations, remaining there until his retirement in December 1999.

Metromedia, among the top operators of independent stations, turned a station that was regarded as a "mangy mutt" into a top-rated outlet. An additional multi-million dollar investment in new programming was immediately apparent; in 1979, channel 26 became the new TV home of the Houston Astros. The Spanish-language entertainment programming, from the Spanish International Network, was moved out of prime time and reduced to make way for nightly movies and The Merv Griffin Show; the studios were expanded, and a new transmitter facility was constructed. A local newscast at 7 p.m. was added in 1983.

As a Fox owned-and-operated station
In 1986, Australian newspaper tycoon Rupert Murdoch purchased KRIV and the other five television stations in the Metromedia group, all of which became the founding owned-and-operated stations of his new television network, the Fox Broadcasting Company. Despite being a member of the new network, KRIV's schedule would not change that much, as at that time, Fox only aired a late-night talk show upon the network's launch; even when prime time programming followed in 1987, the network initially aired the lineup on Saturdays and Sundays. The primary changes were in local programming, where the new owners cut channel 26's existing local public affairs show, Houston Live, and a local children's program, and the move of KRIV's news to 9 p.m. to accommodate more Fox prime time programming. Ratings steadily increased, with total-day ratings tying NBC affiliate KPRC-TV by 1993.

After having operated from the same quarters on Westheimer since its establishment, KRIV acquired a tract of land near the Southwest Freeway to build a new, 78000 ft2 facility that would provide sufficient space and parking for the expanding station. The $40 million facility went into full-time use at the end of 1997 and included new, digital equipment. This facility began housing KTXH in 2001 when Fox acquired the station in a trade with Viacom after CBS acquired UPN. The studios were also used for production of syndicated programming from 20th Television, including the court shows Texas Justice, Cristina's Court, and Judge Alex. It also featured a landing pad for the station's news helicopter; a helicopter leased to KRIV crashed in 2000, killing the pilot.

News operation
By 1982, with Metromedia owning major news-producing independent stations and planning a national news program (for which it attempted to poach Charles Kuralt and John Hart), KRIV was considering starting a news department of its own. This led to the August 1983 launch of KRIV's 7 p.m. newscast, the first prime time newscast in the Houston market. By 1986, it was attracting an audience that at times equaled the third-place 6 p.m. broadcast from KHOU, and a 12:30 p.m. newscast was added. When Fox began providing network programming in prime time, the newscast relocated to its present 9 p.m. position, which brought better ratings and a more loyal news audience.

In 1989, the station began airing Sunday night news specials under the banner City Under Siege, focusing on drug-related issues in Houston. The program regularly featured drug busts, and what some viewers called an overemphasis on Black people being arrested led to rules being set by the Houston Police Department. The program later evolved into a general crime program and outlived several others using the same format at other stations.

Since the 1990s, the station has conducted several major news expansions. In 1993, it started a morning newscast, initially at 7 am, as well as a Sunday night newscast. The morning newscast first expanded to three hours, then to four in 2003. On August 18, 2008, KRIV debuted an hour-long weeknight 5 p.m. newscast.

On July 7, 2012, KRIV significantly expanded its news offerings on weekends beyond its one prime time hour, debuting a three-hour weekend morning newscast from 5 a.m. to 8 a.m. and expanding its hour-long 5 p.m. newscast to weekends for a total of eight additional hours of news on the weekends. Prior to the launch of the new newscasts, KRIV was one of only two Fox-owned stations – alongside Chicago sister station WFLD – that did not have an early evening newscast seven nights each week. On August 21, 2017, KRIV launched a 10 p.m. weeknight newscast titled The NewsEdge at 10, which emphasizes a recap format. The NewsEdge brand was expanded in 2020 to a 6 p.m. newscast, anchored by Kaitlin Monte.

On September 24, 2018, KRIV rebranded the first three hours of its weekday morning newscast from 4 to 7 a.m. as ''Wake Up! with SallyMac & Lina'', with longtime KRIV reporter/anchor Sally MacDonald and new hire Lina De Florias (who would join the station from KTVK/KPHO-TV in Phoenix) serving as the namesake anchors, featuring a format similar to that of its 10 p.m. newscast; the remainder of the newscast was then rebranded months later as "Houston's Morning Show".

Non-news programming
In addition to local news, KRIV produces other news and public affairs programs. The Isiah Factor: Uncensored, a nightly program hosted by Isiah Carey, features interviews with newsmakers; What's Your Point? is a political program hosted by Greg Groogan.

Notable current on-air news staff

 * Isiah Carey – general assignment reporter, Isiah Factor host
 * Caroline Collins – anchor

Notable former on-air staff

 * Anna Davlantes – anchor (later at WFLD in Chicago)
 * Jan Jeffcoat – anchor (2004–2007; currently lead anchor of Sinclair Broadcast Group's television news program The National Desk)
 * Kaitlin Monte – anchor (2016–2022)
 * Stephen Morgan – meteorologist (2017–2021); currently national meteorologist and host at Fox Weather
 * Chau Nguyen – reporter (1998–2000)
 * Hank Plante – reporter/anchor

Subchannels
The station's signal is multiplexed, including the main subchannel of KTXH, which in turn broadcasts KRIV as one of Houston's ATSC 3.0 (Next Gen TV) stations.

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Analog-to-digital conversion
KRIV discontinued regular programming on its analog signal, over UHF channel 26, on June 12, 2009, as part of the federally mandated transition from analog to digital television. The station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition UHF channel 27 to channel 26 for post-transition operations.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/David Xu

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was delete. – ABCD 01:20, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)

David Xu
Vanity. Zzyzx11 06:02, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Rhobite 06:05, Apr 7, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, not notable, vanity. Megan1967 07:11, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, Xucruft. -- 8^D gab 20:57, 2005 Apr 7 (UTC)
 * Delete, not notable. Wmahan. 18:59, 2005 Apr 12 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Two-hit wonders in the United States

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was DELETE. Jinian 14:05, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Two-hit wonders in the United States
I've never heard this term used in the music business. It's unencyclopedic. Keeping this article is like keeping an individual article for every type of -phobia and -philia that can be lexically constructed. Eventually, there will be a List of three hit wonders, List of four hit wonders, List of five hit wonders, etc.. It's better to end this now before it gets out of control. Hct 06:02, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * See also Votes for deletion/Two Hit Wonders. No vote from me. —Korath (Talk) 06:11, Apr 7, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. This article documents a vital part of the music industry.  In fact, this list is much more important than the list of one-hit wonders because all the artists have had TWO hits. A1 06:29, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Just because someone is ignorant about a world changing topic doesn't mean the topic is "unencyclopedic." B2
 * Keep. This is a no-brainer.  In fact, I bet my manhood that this will become a future Featured Article.  C3 06:33, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. The nominator is a dingus and this article deserves to be in Wikipedia. E5 06:35, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. I am so sick of uninformed people trying to delete things they know nothing about.  Two hit wonders is a common term.  Just ask anyone on the streets, even the homeless know about two hit wonders. F6 06:37, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Wikipedia is a place where new and insightful concepts are conveyed to dedicated readers.  If you delete every new idea that comes along, then mankind will be forever stuck in a stagnant pool of banality. G7 06:40, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Today, my teacher talked about two hit wonders and their impact on important historical events.  This article belongs on Wikipedia. H8 06:43, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * I know this will come as a shock but A1, B2, C3, E5, F, G7 and H8 are all one-edit wonders, with this VfD entry being their first edit each. --iMb~Meow 06:56, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Kill the socks! This is close to vandalism imho. Radiant_* 08:57, Apr 7, 2005 (UTC)
 * What happened to D4? ;-) —Wahoofive | Talk 16:04, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Probably someone stole him for a D&D game :) Radiant_* 21:27, Apr 7, 2005 (UTC)
 * Actually, Docu stole him for a bot. —Korath (Talk) 04:54, Apr 8, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, along with Zero-hit wonder and 1½-hit wonder (mercifully this one was already deleted via VFD) —Wahoofive | Talk 06:49, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep - despite the attack of the sockpuppet wonders, I think two-hit wonders is about as valid a topic as one-hit wonders - in my experience, they tend to be one-hit wonders who are able to parlay the fame of that one hit into... a second hit (which is usually a cover of another band's previous hit). I would stand against three- or more hit wonders, because, well, they're really not wonders. -- 8^D gab 07:21, 2005 Apr 7 (UTC)
 * Keep. Although it pains me to agree with socks, I think a list of 2 hit wonders could be encylcopedic. I've heard the term before. Dave the Red (talk) 07:34, Apr 7, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep Two hit wonders are twice as notable as one hit wonder's. Klonimus 08:39, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete as arbitrary. One-hit wonders are somewhat special, N-hit wonders for N>1 are not. Radiant_* 08:57, Apr 7, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. What's next, a three hit wonder. Doesnt the wonder go dull after the 2nd hit? Saopaulo1 09:21, Apr 7, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. One-hit wonders is acceptable but anything more than that is crufty, trivial and arbitary. Megan1967 09:38, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete as per Radiant, Saopaulo1, and Megan1967. --Angr/comhrá 11:56, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep as per 8^D --Centauri 12:34, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep could be useful. Grue 14:56, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Non-notable. --Halidecyphon 15:06, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. "Two Hit Wonders" didn't get any "keep" votes, so a US-centric breakout version of the same shouldn't either (and yes, for anyone new, I am a US resident). Niteowlneils 17:50, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, because I think we need this as well as One-hit wonders in the United States. --KelisFan2K5 19:00, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, it goes against my religion to agree with sockpuppets, but googling "Two-hit wonders" +music pulls up over 2000 hits. There should be some clairification of what a "Two-hit wonder is" and it should be a more generic page of just "Two-hit Wonders", not "Two-hit wonders of the United States".  Having separate sections per country seems reasonable.Gorrister 22:03, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete for reasons given by Saopaulo1. You have to draw the line somewhere. One-Hit Wonders are fine, but the concept of Two-Hit Wonder is simply not notable, IMO. 23skidoo 19:31, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. USA-centric.  I agree with the unisigned comment above that it should be a more generic page of just "Two-hit Wonders", not "Two-hit wonders of the United States". P Ingerson 19:52, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep The concept and social impact of a two hit wonder is equal to the theory of relativity. LAHigh 01:57, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Edited not to mess up the entire page.   — J I P | Talk 04:19, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * User's only edits (original, eye-hurting form) are to the vote above. —Korath (Talk) 04:54, Apr 8, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep.
 * The above from 66.91.63.100. —Korath (Talk) 04:54, Apr 8, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. I agree with LAHigh. Two hit wonders are NOTABLE.  There are VH1 SPECIALS on two hit wonders and I think there was a Tom Hanks MOVIE about two hit wonders.  Face it, two hit wonders are NOTABLE.  tsk tsk tsk, some deletionists can be very ignorant CALow 05:09, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * CALow is a two-edit wonder at this writing, with both edits to this VfD page. --iMb~Meow 05:15, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Earth is composed of 2 opposite hemispheres (as in plus and minus), that would cancel each out if unified as an entity. --iMb~Meow 05:14, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete I just want to know if 1½-hit wonder was deleted or just never took off? MicahMN | Talk 05:27, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * It was deleted Votes for deletion/1½-hit wonder —Wahoofive | Talk 20:42, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment: I think if we need to delete Two-hit wonders in the United States, we should delete One-hit wonders in the United States, One-hit wonders in Canada, One-hit wonders in the UK, etc. --KelisFan2K5 12:05, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * If you think we need to delete more articles, VfD them. Radiant_* 12:24, Apr 8, 2005 (UTC)
 * I've listed One-hit wonders in the United States on VfD. --KelisFan2K5 23:41, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge and redirect with One-hit wonders. IMHO, the term "one-hit wonder" doesn't strictly apply only to artists who had only one singular hit - it's more of a shorthand for "someone who had a brief burst of popularity but was unable to sustain a notable career."  A "one-hit wonder" may have actually had more than one song hit the charts.  Merging might help prevent a potential avalanche of 3-hit, 4-hit, etc etc etc.  Soundguy99 19:56, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment. I voted keep, but have no strong objection to a merge and redirect to a section within one-hit wonder (I'm big on redirecting to sections within articles); nor do I have any objection to having an article for all 2-hit wonders (as opposed to just in the U.S.). -- 8^D gab 03:40, 2005 Apr 12 (UTC)
 * Delete as a useless neologism and block all socks involved here. --InShaneee 03:16, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Being a two hit wonder has been notable since the creation of music charts. Mmmbopper 03:29, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * User:Mmmbopper has two edits, both to this VfD entry. --iMb~Meow 05:08, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge with One-hit wonders, concur totally with Soundguy99 in saying that the term "one hit wonder" is synonymous with extremely short lived success followed by relative obscurity. Additionally, the majority of the songs on the list do not even back up their claim of having exactly two songs among the top 40 - most in that list give a rank of ? instead of any useful information.  In either case, this seems extremely arbitrary and unencyclopedic, as the term two-hit wonder isn't in common usage, and is probably just an obscure neologism, anyway. Arkyan 05:26, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Eminently sensible argument - I would have no objections to a merge and redirect. -- 8^D gab 14:04, 2005 Apr 9 (UTC)
 * Delete. Everyone knows what a one-hit wonder is... seems like the creator made up terms zero-hit and two-hit... who knows that the 'technical' def. is between X and Y on the charts? Feco 07:17, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep This is a real phenomenon that is sweeping the globe. It belongs in Wikipedia, just like the Indian Ocean earthquake and Martha Stewart. Erect Banana 07:25, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Note: this is only the users second edit, the first was a remova of the VFD tag from the page in question. --Boothy443 | comhrÚ 07:30, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * DELETE per concouring comments for delete listed above. --Boothy443 | comhrÚ 07:30, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. I concur with the delete comments listed above.  Never heard of this one! And I hope some admin figures out who created all those one-use accounts just to vandalism this page and pernanetly bans that bozo. --Coolcaesar 07:59, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)

WHY YOU NEED TO VOTE TO KEEP ATTENTION TWO HIT WONDER FANS AND PROSECUTORS!

I just want to say that Two hit wonders are real!

If you are reading this, you may or may not know that the two hit wonder community's faithful devotion to two hit wonderism is currently under siege from doubters of the two-hit wonder craze. Those of you who frequent the hit wonders section of Wikipedia.com may notice some recent vfds. Click them to see the travesty of Wikipedia. A faithful member of the two hit community by the alias of "KelisFan2K5" has spoken out against prosecutors of the two hit wonder craze.

The problem right now is that there is a group of ignorant two hit wonder opposers who believe that two hit wonderism is "non-sense" and is vandalism and/or a false proclaimation. TWO HIT WONDERS ARE REAL AND IS SWEEPING THE GLOBE. OPEN YOUR EYES.

In order to support all the offended two hit wonder fans out there, and also to back up KelisFan2K5's bold stand, I will lay out my argument in a series of proofs.

Proof #1: It should be quite obvious by now that Two Hit Wonder Forums is a lively and growing fan community. What started out as a simple means of communication between friends of the wonders turned out to be an extensive base and archive of information regarding our mysterious two hitters. Unlike many fan forums, Two Hit Wonder Forums is actually active and is visited/updated almost every day. Also, it should be noted that the rumour mill is still live and kicking despite the paucity in two hit wonderism for a good 9 years or so. Other X-hit wonders that do not have a "mania" named after them do not have fans that generate rumours about the next wonder. Two hit wonders has very faithful fans that generate rumours because they are excited and anxious to see a two hit wonder in their next appearance due to "Two hit wonder fever" (which is a symptom of "Two hit wonder mania"). And plus, isn't the whole point of rumours a sly way for artists to gain popularity and ground before a huge upcoming release of their work? Enough said.

Proof #2: Considering the internet did not become popular until well after the casettes sales ended, it can be concluded that Two hit wonders came into existence after other two hit wonders left the spotlight of the music industry. However, the "VFD" section of the website clearly shows that people still greatly care for two hit wonders even after they left the music spotlight. That is a proof of "Two hit wonder mania" because TWENTY-TWO dedicated fans posted with their deep heartfelt thoughts on two hit wonder's unfortunate ejection from the spotlight. Now, from a worldly perspective, 22 is not a big number at all. But Two Hit Wonder Forums is not a huge and official website and is just a simple and humble fansite dedicated to the topic. Therefore, it would be difficult for it to gain a lot of traffic. However, despite the lack of popularity, TWENTY-TWO people still managed to find that website and post their thoughts (some of which are very touching and serious songs and poems). Now, for those of you who doubt the existence of such a dedicated fanbase, I bid you to consider how you may have seriously offended such devoted people, you sick and inconsiderate "Two hit wonder mania" doubters.

Proof #3: Two hit wonder fansites still exist, despite their disappearance from the mainstream music scene for the clean 9 years. Not to mention that these are not only fansites but there is also a "Page of Worship". "Worship" is normally used to define someone's unconditional praise towards a god-like figure. To simply think that there are fans out there that would out and out worship the "Great Two Hit Wonder" itself, is proof enough that "Two hit wonder mania" is indeed a true phenomenon. I would go as far to say that any "Two hit wonder mania" doubters are intolerant of this religion, belief, and creed. By doubting the exist of "Two hit wonder mania", you also neglect and disacknowledge the existence of a worship medium towards the enigmatic Two Hit Wonder. You know what happens when you become an intolerance extremist? You turn into a nazi. And do you guys want to know what happened to the nazis of Germany? They lost World War II and are regarded as one of the most disrespectful groups in all of history. If you doubt the existence of Two Hit Wonder worshippers, you should very well just say "let's eradicate all visible minorities because they are 'non-sense' and a 'vandalism' to the world".

Proof #4: Dedicated Two Hit Wonder fans have held private Two Hit Wonder statue dedications to commemorate such great and joyous artists. That's right, for the past two years on January 7th, Two Hit Wonder fans have gathered for the annual "Two Hit Wonder Statue Commemoration" to celebrate such an important day in the history of mankind. During these parties, the fans get together and buy a customized statuette that features a two hit wonder's face in order to recognise their greatness.

This easily proves the existence of "Two Hit Wonder mania" because only topics with a "mania" named after them have such dedicated fans that would be obsessed enough to have a statue commemoration for the subject without him/her even knowing. Also, "obsession" is another symptom of "Two Hit wonder mania" and obviously, these fans display that. EB 07:52, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC) *Abstain. I've worked with this article, but I'm beginning to have doubts on the usefulness of this information. Anyqueen 08:26, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC) Delete. I've changed my mind. It's better to delete this now than to let it grow into like a billion entries. Also, I miss the alternating gray rows that use to be there. Anyqueen 18:55, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * User's contributions to date consist of vandalizing the subject article and voting here. --iMb~Meow 19:42, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Same reasons for my keep vote in Zero-hit wonder.  A little crufty, but harmless. ZzZ 08:14, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete or merge as per Soundguy99. Mindspillage (spill yours?) 15:20, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Dedlete. The term "Two Hit Wonder" is not widespread, fails the Google test, and should really just be a footnote in the One-Hit Wonder article if anything.  Also, quit it with the socks, it's just lame.  --DropDeadGorgias (talk) 00:59, Apr 11, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete neologism-cruft. Fire Star 04:20, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, unencyclopedic, pointless list. Vlad M V  ٭ talk 15:14, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete unencyclopedic. This is one of the most impressive showings of annoying sockpuppets I've ever seen on VfD. CDC   (talk)  16:02, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete. EdwinHJ | Talk 17:21, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Takes the interesting phenomenon of the One-hit wonder -- the single fluke, the brief moment in the spotlight -- and makes something meaningless instead. --Calton | Talk 00:51, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment. I have heard of the phrase before, but the phrase is not talked about much (except for a late night special on VH1). However, if these sock puppets really want something mentioned, I am sure there is a page of pop music terms somewhere, or at least just a mention somewhere else. Zscout370 01:03, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep; as much as it pains me to agree with a vandal like that, that looks like a useful list. DDerby 01:39, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Fight pointless list proliferation! -- Dcfleck 12:38, 2005 Apr 12 (UTC)
 * ''EXTREME KEEP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 205.217.105.2 17:03, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * ''EXTREME DELETE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Carolaman
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Chengdu–Chongqing Expressway

Chengyu Expressway is the first thruway from Chengdu to Chongqing, which was finished in 1995. The whole distance is about 340.2 kilometers, and between Wuguiqiao of Chengdu and Chenjiaping of Chongqing. It's now part of G76 Xiamen–Chengdu Expressway and G85 Yinchuan–Kunming Expressway.

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Sunway Group

Sunway Group (Sunway Berhad, 双威集团) is a Malaysian conglomerate company. It is currently headquartered at Sunway City, Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia.

History
The Sunway Group commenced operations in 1986, primarily focused on the development of the Bandar Sunway township in Petaling Jaya. It was listed on Bursa Malaysia Securities Bandar on 16 February 1984. Sunway City Berhad on the other hand, was incorporated in 1982 and engages “in the investment and development of residential, commercial, retail, leisure, and healthcare”properties primarily in Asia.” Sunway maintains property development and construction as its two core businesses and key contributors to profitability.

Notable subsidiaries
Most notable subsidiaries are located close to the headquarters in Bandar Sunway. These include two main hotels: Sunway Resort Hotel and Spa and the Pyramid Tower Hotel. Other tourism-related facilities include the Sunway Pyramid shopping mall and Sunway Lagoon theme park.

Sunway Group is the parent company of Sunway Education Group. The group comprises 8 different educational institutions, which are Sunway University, 42 Kuala Lumpur, Sunway Le Cordon Bleu Institute of Culinary Arts, Sunway College, Sunway International School, and Sunway International School Sunway Iskandar. Sunway Group is the part owner of the Campus.

More about Sunway

 * Sunway Pyramid
 * Sunway Putra Mall
 * Sunway Velocity
 * Sunway Carnival Mall
 * Sunway City Ipoh
 * Sunway College
 * Sunway University
 * Sunway Lagoon
 * Sunway Lost World Of Tambun
 * Sunway Medical Centre Penang

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Jean Louvet (playwright)

Jean Louvet (28 September 1934 – 29 August 2015) was a Belgian playwright.

He was born in Moustier-sur-Sambre, the son of a miner, and lived a working-class childhood. Three years in the army paid for his studies in Romance philology, and he spent time in academia, but turned to the theater to give expression to his left-wing politics and founded a "proletarian theater". His work is influenced by Sartre and Brecht, by his Walloon roots and one of the most important event of the present-day Wallonia, the 1960–1961 Winter General Strike.

For some years, political considerations kept his work out of Wallonia and he is better known in France. However, he was awarded the "Bologne-Lemaire Walloon of the Year" prize in 2002.

'Jean Louvet defends Walloon culture and identity while believing in a certain utopist utopia'.

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Talk:Short Circuit (1986 film)

Electrical Short Circuit
Shouldn't this be about an electrical Short Circuit, rather then an obscure movie?
 * That article is at Short circuit. Note that only the first letter of article titles are capitalized unless it's a proper noun, as in the case of this film. Sarge Baldy 14:49, Apr 7, 2005 (UTC)

It's hardly an 'obscure' film. In any case, there is already an article about an electrical short circuit. There is no need to rewrite this article to copy the other article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.109.135.104 (talk) 21:37, 16 August 2009 (UTC)

Links

 * I added a link for the page Johnny-Five.com. Ekkostar Jul 9, 2005

Movie Locations
This article incorrectly refers to Nova Laboratories in "Oregon". In fact, during the opening credits, there is a clear shot of one of the nameplates being attached to a robot. It reads:

S-A-I-N-T PROTOTYPE NUMBER 5 Nova Laboratories Inc. ROBOTICS DIVISION DAMON, WASHINGTON 98615

In the movie, Number 5 goes missing and is pushed along a bridge by Nova's armored car until he is catapulted over the railing. This happens on southbound U.S. Highway 101, on the Astoria-Megler Bridge, i.e., traveling across the Columbia River from Washington into Oregon. Number 5 deploys its parachute and lands on top of Stephanie's catering truck, which is eastbound on Marine Dr., U.S. 30, in Astoria, Oregon.

Stephanie's home was set at a private house on Hume St. in Astoria, Oregon.

A chase scene on a steep, hilly street was filmed in Astoria. --QuicksilverT @ 06:31, 17 November 2005 (UTC)

Damon, Washington is a fictional town. The ZIP code 98615 is fictional, too. --QuicksilverT @ 07:22, 17 November 2005 (UTC)

The chase scene toward the end of the movie, where the replica Number 5 draws fire and is destroyed, was filmed at Vasquez Rocks Natural Area Park in southern California. --QuicksilverT @ 10:23, 17 November 2005 (UTC)

photo
Can we get a sourced photo of Number 5? Dionyseus 02:03, 23 November 2005 (UTC)

 * Done and done. --Rachel Cakes 11:33, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

 * Thanks Rachel:) Dionyseus 13:00, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

 * No problemo. :) --Rachel Cakes 07:53, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

El DeBarge - "Who's Johnny"
I'm surprised to see no mention of the catchy single from Short Circuit, El DeBarge's "Who's Johnny." It went to #3 on the U.S. singles chart.

I'm too high to do DeBarge any justice right now (someone else will have to do the edit and the writing, sorry), but here's a YouTube link to the music vid.

Goonies house the same as Stephanie's house?
I don't think the Goonies house is the same as Stephanie's house, as it says in the article. Can anyone confirm this?

65.104.141.122 18:22, 5 December 2006 (UTC)Josh

Criticism
There should be some mention of the criticism the film received for Fisher Stevens portrayal of an East Indian person. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wideeyedraven (talk • contribs) 21:17, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

I agree. I remember seeing this as a child and thought it strange then. Now as an adult I find it bizarre and shocking that a mainstream film made in 1987 features blackface. The character is played for laughs like some Charlie Chan flick from ye olde times. It's pretty mindboggling, and I'm surprised there's no mention of it on the page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.195.118.23 (talk) 17:01, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

Trivia section
Just wonering. Many other film articles have a trivia section, why is this one tagged for removal/merger. Personally I think a trivia section is fine and should be included IMDB has a trivia section.

Remake?
As awesome as I think it would be, I can't help but wonder whether the remake rumour is at all accurate. The only piece of evidence is a page at IMDB that has no backing information. In fact, upon closer inspection, the IMDB page was added anonymously. Since we haven't seen so much as a "Coming Soon" website or a teaser trailer, it seems to me that this is likely just a hoax. Just to clarify, if this is a real movie, I'd be happy to be wrong. Master Deusoma (talk) 00:12, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Plot summary
A couple of months ago the plot summary was expanded to a ridiculous length, doubling the size of the article. I've trimmed it back. --Tony Sidaway 22:15, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

redirect?
Anyone reason why Johnny 5 redirects here? IIRC, the robot doesn't call himself Johnny until the sequel. It may be a reference to the first movie but the name doesn't stick until the second. --125.29.243.30 (talk) 14:35, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

Could we change the title of the article ? (mention "'(film)" behind "Short Circuit")
I think it would be good to change the name of the article : from "Short Circuit" to "Short Circuit (film)" because it's much more easy to find it in Wikipedia like that !

Thanks for taking account of my remark. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.120.190.38 (talk) 00:05, 27 December 2011 (UTC)

 * The article should be titled Short Circuit (1986 film), since there's an article for Short Circuit (1943 film) too. (See the Naming conventions (films) guideline for more.) --Piet Delport (talk) 13:13, 10 January 2015 (UTC)

none
I edited the production section. The sentence did read "...on the premise that none would initially believe its sentience." I changed it to "...on the premise that no one would initially believe its sentience." While they both are correct, I thought that none read a bit "odd" 98.158.113.184 (talk) 19:28, 3 June 2015 (UTC)Matt

Massive trolling, please do help
Hi,

no the robot is not referred to as sexman 69 within the movie and it it is arguably not about the exploration of it's sexuality. Please have a good look at the edits... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.114.23.145 (talk) 04:34, 19 July 2015 (UTC)

Voices for Numbers 1, 2, and 3
How do we know that Jack Angel, Cam Clarke, and Don Messick were the voices of the three reprogrammed robots? ChipmunkRaccoon (talk) 00:51, 27 March 2019 (UTC)

The key sentence
What I remember as the key sentence from this movie (but don't find in this article) is the sentence "Number five is alive." Bob.v.R (talk) 21:08, 25 January 2021 (UTC)
 * I have now put back this contribution on the talkpage and I ask other users to refrain from deleting this comment. The comment does not contain any vandalism, and my comment is clearly referring to the actual article. Deleting my comment is in my opinion inappropriate and in fact higly impolite. Bob.v.R (talk) 02:07, 18 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Nikkimaria, please explain your recent removal of my addition, which was accompanied by 2 references. Your motivation 'trim' does not reflect on the fact that this is a key sentence, mentioned on the movie poster, and nevertheless was not yet mentioned in the article. Bob.v.R (talk) 11:02, 19 February 2021 (UTC)
 * The sources provided for that addition were not reliable and did not demonstrate that the addition was significant enough to warrant its own section. Nikkimaria (talk) 12:56, 19 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your reply. Bob.v.R (talk) 14:21, 19 February 2021 (UTC)

Remark: maybe it's interesting to note how the movie is called in Germany: "Nummer_5_lebt!". (in Swedish: Nr_5_lever!) - Bob.v.R (talk) 02:26, 21 February 2021 (UTC)
 * I have added the remark as a sentence in the plot, this takes away both objections that were mentioned by Nikkimaria. The source, the release poster, is highly reliable and the remark is now not placed in a separate section. Bob.v.R (talk) 03:26, 8 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Not allowed at all (not even necessary, considering the plot mentions Number 5 being sentient.). And you should never use the term "In the words of the movie release poster", or the like, in any way, shape, or form here, least of all in the plot section. Nikkimaria's point remains. DawgDeputy (talk) 19:19, 8 March 2021 (UTC)
 * DawgDeputy makes this point without any reference to guidelines, whereas some weeks ago this user was deleting a valid comment on this Talkpage (in the current section), which surely isn't allowed at all. User DawgDeputy could admit that this was a mistake and present arguments for his current remarks, but in that case please refer to valid sources underlying these arguments. For the moment, I would like to know Nikkimaria's view on the current issue. Bob.v.R (talk) 19:33, 8 March 2021 (UTC)
 * I am less strongly opposed to the more recent installation of this detail than to the previous, but I wonder whether there are any sources that provide analysis or discussion of the significance of it? Nikkimaria (talk) 21:58, 8 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the contribution. The significance of this sentence is in my opinion already clear from the pure fact that in Germany and in Sweden this sentence is even used as the title of the movie. But from your question I see that you would prefer seeing an article where the significance is further discussed or established. Bob.v.R (talk) 00:18, 9 March 2021 (UTC)

I would like to read here why Nikkimaria recently removed an addition which was clearly backed up by three independent sources. Bob.v.R (talk) 09:53, 23 December 2023 (UTC)

 * As I noted, two of the sources provided are not reliable and the third doesn't fully support the claim being made. Nikkimaria (talk) 14:52, 23 December 2023 (UTC)

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