Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR- Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah left for a special five-day visit today to Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.Negara Datuk Ahmad Fadil Shamsuddin, comptroller of the Royal Household of Istana, said that the special visit was made at the invitation of Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohamed Zayed Al Nahyan. In a statement released today …

PETALING JAYA: Football and other sports competitions with viewers will be permitted from Jan 1, but this will depend on the restrictions on travel affecting the local venues, coupled with strict distancing regulations and health checks.Senior Security Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob said sports and leisure activities and competitions in areas with a maximum of 4,000 spectators or 10 percent of …

IPOH: All Perak assemblymen will receive an equal annual allocation of RM200,000 each from next year, either on the government bench or the opposition, following a decree by the state ruler.Menteri Besar Saarani Mohamad, presenting the state budget at the state assembly today, said it would involve a total allocation of RM11.8 million per year. He said this was a …

KUALA LUMPUR – A spokesman for the Singapore Ministry of Transport said that Singapore and Malaysia are still in talks over the twice-delayed High-Speed Rail (HSR) project, which has until Dec 31 before officials have to make a final decision on its status.On Sunday, the Ministry referred to a Malaysian news article citing an unnamed source that said Malaysia plans …

KUALA LUMPUR – After 427 employees tested positive for COVID-19, Malaysian glovemaker Kossan Rubber Industries Bhd will see production capacity reduced by nearly 25 percent for two weeks, media reports and analysts said.Kossan is the Southeast Asian country’s new maker of medical gloves to be affected by the pandemic in recent weeks. After more than 5,000 employees were infected, Top …

KOTA KINABALU: PKR President Anwar Ibrahim met with Christina Liew, head of Sabah’s party, for talks less than a week after former Chief Minister and Warisan President Shafie Apdal called for a change in the leadership of the opposition. In the national opposition leadership, which he described as disunited and directionless, Shafie Apdal had called for a shift across the …

PETALING JAYA: In the midst of an ongoing debate between political parties over cooperation and alliances, some analysts suggest that if a stable government is to be formed, there is little choice beyond forming a grand coalition.Last week, PPBM Secretary-General Hamzah Zainudin proposed the idea of formally uniting the already formed coalitions of Perikatan National (PN), Barisan Nasional (BN), and …

KUALA LUMPUR: Dewan Rakyat was informed today that the decision to close or terminate Malaysia Aviation Group Bhd (MAGB) operations has not yet been finalized. Any decision, Finance Minister Tengku Zafrul Aziz said would depend on the outcome of the MAGB negotiations to restructure the business with creditors and leaseholders.At the same time, Tengku Zafrul claimed that the management of …

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) is optimistic that passenger traffic at its airports can steadily recover as the airline commences operations and other airlines resume flights. After a three-year hiatus last month, MAHB said KL International Airport had welcomed Cathay Pacific back. No matter how tough the situation gets, we will always rise up together as one big …

The Malaysian opposition, led by Anwar Ibrahim, plans to oppose Budget 2021 during today’s third and final voting session, two weeks after discussions began at the committee level. In a statement yesterday, the Pakatan Harapan said they believe that the budget leaves much to be desired, especially in areas involving education and frontline workers’ additional income. Kenyataan media Majlis Setiausaha …