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KUALA LUMPUR (June 5): To rouse the sluggish tourism industry out of its pandemic-induced lethargy, Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin announced today that the Government has allocated RM1 billion to finance transformation initiatives by SMEs in the tourism sector.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 5): Besides loan moratorium, banks are offering an additional RM2 billion under the Penjana SME Financing to assist SMEs adversely impacted by Covid-19.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 5): The 10% sales tax on complete knock down (CKD) passenger vehicles will be waived while the tax on completely built-up (CBU) passenger vehicles will be halved to 5%, said Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 5): Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin today announced that the government will allocate an additional RM5.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 4): The 1MDB-Tanore trial will resume on June 29 as it has been vacated today to make way for the last leg of the SRC International Sdn Bhd trial.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 3): Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin (pictured) and all the other government officers who were involved in the post-Cabinet meeting on May 20 have ended their 14-day self-quarantine today and will return to work as normal tomorrow, according to Health Ministry director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 22): The Cabinet has agreed to the drafting of a Bill on the implementation of temporary measures to reduce the impact of Covid-19.

PENANG (May 19):  Penang folk have been captured on video literally racing over each other to enter the Batu Uban Road Transport Department (RTD) as soon as its main gates opened yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 19): The defence trial of former Federal Territories Minister Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor (pictured), who is charged with receiving bribe of RM2 million from a businessman, will resume on June 29.

PETALING JAYA (May 18): Former Federal Territories Minister Khalid Abdul Samad (pictured) has revealed that his former political secretary has been arrested by police, say reports from The Star and Free Malaysia Today (FMT).