KUALA LUMPUR, 15 Feb -- Tiga syarikat perusahaan kecil dan sederhana (PKS) Malaysia memeterai memorandum persefahaman (MoU) bernilai RM100 juta dengan tiga rakan niaga antarabangsa berpotensi pada acara Ekspo 2020 Dubai, semalam. Pemeteraian itu membabitkan Propeasy Sdn Bhd dan Mahaley Marketing, Fario Holdings Sdn Bhd dan Miko Koffie NV dari Belgium selain Govicle Sdn Bhd dan Six Day…
Chicken are seen for sale at Pasar Awam Moden Seksyen 6 in Shah Alam September 21, 2021. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa ALOR SETAR, Feb 13 — The government has yet to decide whether to extend or not the subsidy for poultry farmers after June 4, said Agriculture and…
KUALA LUMPUR: The government has channelled RM6.71 million as of Feb 4 to 589 applicants for the Cultural Economy Development Agency (CENDANA) rehabilitation initiative, in an effort to support those in the arts, culture and entertainment sectors. Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz said those in the…
KUALA LUMPUR, 11 Feb -- Jendela perlawanan antarabangsa Persekutuan Bola Sepak Antarabangsa (FIFA) bulan depan dilihat menjadi medan sulung buat ketua jurulatih baharu skuad kebangsaan Kim Pan Gon untuk menguji kekuatan pasukan menjelang pusingan ketiga Kelayakan Piala Asia 2023 pada Jun ini. Setiausaha Agung Persatuan Bolasepak Malaysia (FAM) Mohd Saifuddin Abu…
PETALING JAYA: Health minister Khairy Jamaluddin says better communication is needed to convince the Malays to get their booster shots, with fewer than 50% of the community having taken them so far. In a Twitter post, Khairy said the rate of booster jabs given daily was rising, with 81.3% of…
PETALING JAYA: The formation of political alliances will be pointless if they fail to establish stability in the country, says an Umno leader. Umno Supreme Council member Mohd Sharkar Shamsudin said the nation saw how Pakatan Harapan, comprising Bersatu, PKR, DAP and Amanah and backed by Warisan, only governed for…
KUALA LUMPUR: Capital A, formerly AirAsia Group, will return to profitability in 2023, Group CEO Tony Fernandes said today, as demand for air travel is expected to recover in the fourth quarter of this year. In a virtual interview with Nikkei Asia, Fernandes said most of the company’s digital businesses…
PETALING JAYA: Four doctors’ interest groups today called on the government to take urgent steps to control the intake of new medical students, given the limited number of places for permanent doctors in government service. The groups, led by Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) chief Dr Koh Kar Chai, said too…
PUTRAJAYA: A 65-year-old noodle maker will continue to serve a 14-year jail term for killing a durian seller who refused to replace a bad fruit he had bought for RM34. A three-member Court of Appeal bench, chaired by Lee Swee Seng, said the trial judge had taken all the relevant…
PETALING JAYA: The country’s largest teachers’ union says the government should bear the cost of installing lockers in schools amid renewed concerns over the issue of heavy schoolbags. National Union of the Teaching Profession (NUTP) president Aminuddin Awang said it was unfair to expect parent-teacher associations (PTAs) to bear the…
PETALING JAYA: A group of migrant workers making products and components for Dyson has launched legal action in the UK against the company relating to allegations of extensive violations of their legal rights. This includes forced labour, physical and psychological injuries, false imprisonment, cruel and degrading treatment and exposure to…
PUTRAJAYA: Not having a driving licence and riding a motorcycle without road tax or insurance coverage cannot be considered when calculating damages in negligence suits, the Court of Appeal has ruled. In a landmark decision, the Court of Appeal has overturned an Ipoh High Court ruling that added the liability…
PETALING JAYA: DAP stalwart Lim Kit Siang has questioned the prime minister’s silence over Malaysia dropping five spots in the global ranking in Transparency International’s annual Corruption Perception Index 2021 (CPI 2021). He said it was the worst ranking for Malaysia in the CPI in the last 27 years. Malaysia…
KUALA LUMPUR: Lawyers for 1MDB and Najib Razak have reached an agreement for the company’s US$8 billion lawsuit against the former prime minister and seven others to be stayed pending the disposal of his criminal trial. Najib’s lawyer, Muhammad Shafee Abdullah, told reporters this after case management before High Court…
PETALING JAYA: Former prime minister Najib Razak has urged the government to immediately withdraw the electric tariff hike, which could go up by as much as 15%, in the non-domestic sector. He reiterated that only gradual increases in the electricity rates – by 5% every six months – should be…
PETALING JAYA: Gombak Setia assemblyman Hilman Idham has relinquished his post as Perikatan Nasional (PN) Youth information chief. He said he needed to do this as he wanted to focus on Selangor PN’s preparations for the 15th general election (GE15). Speaking to FMT, Hilman said he had informed PN Youth…
PETALING JAYA: Indonesian ambassador Hermono claims home minister Hamzah Zainudin and human resources minister M Saravanan took “different positions” about the memorandum of understanding (MoU) on the intake of maids to Malaysia. He told FMT he had received information that the two ministers made contradictory statements on Malaysia’s position about…
PETALING JAYA: Former education minister Maszlee Malik has suggested widespread use of electronic books as one of the solutions to the issue of heavy school bags leading to students’ suffering from back pain or injuries. Maszlee said Covid-19, which forced schools to close, should have led to a political commitment…
KOTA KINABALU: Sabah opposition leaders have questioned Putrajaya and the state government over plans to provide identity cards to all foreign nationals in the state. Warisan deputy president Darell Leiking and Sabah DAP secretary Phoong Jin Zhe said the issuance of these cards was no different to the Sabah temporary…
RANAU: Parti Kerjasama Anak Negeri (Anak Negeri) has urged the Sabah state government to scrap or oppose plans hatched out by the Malaysian Minister of Home affairs to legalize illegal immigrants in Sabah without first getting these foreigners obtain passports from their country of origins. Its Protem President, Datuk Henrynus…