KUALA LUMPUR: Zulkifly Md Said, director-general of Tourism Malaysia, has warned industry players not to overlook domestic tourism once the Covid-19 pandemic is under control and borders are reopened. After the opening ceremony of the world’s largest tourism trade fair, Internationale Tourismus-Borse Berlin, also known as ITB Berlin, he told reporters, “I advise all industry players not to ignore domestic …

PETALING JAYA: After all state, conventions have been held, the DAP national convention, which will see Lim Guan Eng stepping down as party secretary-general after nearly 17 years, will be held before June 30. State conventions will be held between March 14 and June 5, according to national organizing secretary Loke Siew Fook, in accordance with the government’s decision to …

Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi said on Tuesday that Indonesia hopes the Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) with Singapore will increase two-way investment by 18% to 22% over the next five years (Mar 9). She added that the treaty, which entered into force on Tuesday after both sides exchanged instruments of ratification, would help Singapore and Indonesia speed up their economic recovery …

Surprisingly, Indonesia’s advanced economy potential is esteemed at US$133 billion, while in the ASEAN, it arrived at US$300 billion. Indonesia additionally had adequate capital for computerized change and for tapping the potential since 180 million of the populace had web access. There are 180 million web clients, 150 million are dynamic clients and 105 million are online assistance clients. In …

The protest against the government continues and this time, foreign students needs something to learn from joining the demonstration in the country. It was confirmed that the University in Thailand has cautioned foreign students to avoid political mobilizes or face disavowal of their visas and movement boycotting in the midst of hostile to government fights and nearby exhibitions against an …

The local governments and fiasco reaction authorities in towns encompassing Taal Lake have prepared their plans after the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) raised the ready status on Taal Volcano to Level 2, showing expanding distress in the country’s second most dynamic fountain of liquid magma. For this reason, Taal had been under Alert Level 1, or strange …

The Department of Transportation has requested the exacting execution of health conventions in broad daylight transport vehicles and terminals across the country as COVID cases increases. In view this, they highlighted that the safety of commuters is significant that’s why they are requesting all vehicle areas to carefully implement the health and security conventions to help forestall the spread of …

Activists said on Tuesday that hundreds of young Myanmar demonstrators who had been trapped by security forces in a Yangon district overnight had been able to escape, following demands from western powers and the United Nations for them to be allowed to leave. Myanmar has been thrown into turmoil following the army’s occupation and arrest of elected leader Aung San …

KUALA LUMPUR : The withdrawal of RM17.9 million from Yayasan Akalbudi assets, according to the High Court, was a criminal breach of trust because it was done without the permission of the other charity foundation’s board of trustees. According to Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) investigating officer Muhammad Fazli Zulkifli, 36, Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi directed the money to be …

KUCHING: A three-and-a-half-month resettlement program for illegal immigrants in Sarawak is projected to gradually alleviate the shortage of 5,000 workers in the construction industry. Several other industries, according to Sim Kiang Chiok, the Kuching chairman of the Sarawak housing and real estate development association, face the same issue. Many foreign workers who had left the country before the March 2017 …