Preventing fires in heritage buildings
Despite the substantial losses of lives and livelihoods in fire mishaps, the fire safety awareness among Malaysians remain slow.
Malaysia's wholesale and retail trade plunge as online retail sales surges
KUALA LUMPUR (June 11): Malaysia's sales value of wholesale and retail trade plunged 36.
Malaysia will consider neighbouring countries first when easing border controls post-RMCO
KUALA LUMPUR (June 10): As Covid-19 infections remain low in Malaysia, authorities are looking at easing border controls when the Recovery Movement Control Order (RMCO) ends on Aug 31, starting with its neighbours which have successfully curbed the spread of the coronavirus.
MBAM’s Foo Chek Lee appointed new chairman for regional construction body
KUALA LUMPUR (June 10): Master Builders Association Malaysia (MBAM) president Foo Chek Lee has been appointed as the new chairman of Asean Constructors Federation (ACF), effective today.
Noor Hisham breaks into tears while announcing his deputy's retirement
KUALA LUMPUR (June 10): Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah broke into tears today when announcing the retirement of his deputy Datuk Dr Rohaizat Yon.
Strata development AGMs allowed to resume under RMCO
PETALING JAYA (June 10): Annual General Meetings (AGMs) and Extraordinary General Meetings (EGMs) of strata developments can now be conducted physically, according to the government's latest Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) guidelines on strata management for the Recovery Movement Control Order (RMCO) phase which began today (June 10).
How Covid-19 gave cover for a subtle power grab
KUALA LUMPUR (June 10): Is the pandemic a boon to autocracy? In Malaysia, efforts to constrain the coronavirus have chipped away at the very democratic principles that for decades made the country a natural US ally and bastion of stability in a volatile region, Bloomberg reported today.
Jho Low found new ways to move money in Kuwait: WSJ
KUALA LUMPUR (June 10): Fugitive Malaysian financier Jho Low traveled to Kuwait last September, slipped past international arrest notices and authorities in the US and Malaysia seeking him for his alleged role in the multibillion-dollar state investment fund 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) fraud, says the Wall Street Journal (WSJ).
Health DG: M'sia may only reopen borders if daily Covid-19 cases kept at single digits until Aug 31
PUTRAJAYA (June 10): Malaysia’s borders may only be reopened if daily confirmed Covid-19 cases are maintained at single digits until the end of the recovery movement control order (RMCO) on Aug 31, according to Ministry of Health (MoH) director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.
Hotel group denies report of surge in room bookings in Langkawi
KUALA LUMPUR (June 8): The Malaysian Association of Hotels (MAH) has denied a report on Astro Awani of a surge in hotel room bookings within an hour of the announcement of the recovery movement control order (RMCO) yesterday.
