Category: Malaysia
Prioritise workers’ health now or pay future price, employers told amid prolonged haze
With no end in sight for the recurring haze season, the Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) have urged employers to take a more proactive role in ensuring that their [...]
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Sarawak eyeing India to promote tourism
Sarawak is eyeing India as a major market to promote its tourism products, its Tourism, Arts and Culture minister Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah said today. “There is [...]
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Dr M says baffled Jakarta refusing Putrajaya’s offer to help with haze menace
Prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said today he would like to ask Indonesian President Joko Widodo why Jakarta has refused Malaysia’s help to fight the forest [...]
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Malaysian home ownership campaign should not go abroad, says property group
The government should not expand its home ownership campaign (HOC) outside of Malaysia to attract foreign property buyers, the president of an international real estate [...]
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Najib’s ex-aide insists secret China trip was for 1MDB, SRC ‘bailout’
A secretive trip to China in June 2016 that Datuk Seri Najib Razak commissioned for infrastructure projects here was also to “bail out” 1Malaysia Development [...]
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Malaysia to push Southeast Asian nations for long-term solution to smog
Malaysia will push its Southeast Asian neighbours to strengthen cooperation in finding a long-term solution for smog wafted across the region from forest fires in Indonesia, [...]
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MP says Putrajaya can probe Malaysian firms implicated in Indonesian fires
The Environmental Quality Act (EQA) empowers the federal government to investigate the Malaysian firms whose subsidiaries were accused of open burning in Indonesia, Klang MP [...]
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PM announces body-cams for all enforcers prone to abuse
Body-mounted cameras will be issued to enforcement personnel of agencies susceptible to abuse as part of the government’s bid to curb corruption, prime minister Tun Dr [...]
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Leaked letter about RM450m project merely suggestion to cut costs, PM says
The RM450 million project mentioned in a letter circulating online is already in progress and the document was just a recommendation to approve cheaper implementation by the [...]
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Dr M mulls new law to crack down on Malaysian firms caught polluting abroad
Putrajaya may enact a law to go after Malaysian companies with estates abroad that pollute the air and cause smog around South-east Asia. Prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir [...]
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With new Foreign Policy Framework, Malaysia to no longer stay silent against global injustice
A new Foreign Policy Framework was launched by prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad yesterday, with Putrajaya declaring its intention to not shy away from speaking up [...]
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More than 36,000 face masks sold in Lazada sale as Malaysians gear up for haze
In less than 48 hours, Lazada has sold over 36,000 face masks during the e-retailer’s “Keep The Haze Away” sale on Sunday and Monday. The popular e-commerce [...]
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Putrajaya sets new curbs to direct tenders, adds safeguards to special cases
The federal government will impose new conditions that will limit direct tenders to only exceptional cases, prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad announced today. The move [...]
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Let staff work from home amid worsening haze, HR Ministry tells employers
The Ministry of Human Resources (MoHR) today urged employers to let their staff work from home to ensure their health is not adversely affected by the prolonged haze season. [...]
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1MDB trial: Najib’s ex-aide denies $200,000 a gift from Jho Low
Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s former aide today denied receiving $200,000 in 2011 as a gift from businessperson Low Taek Jho, insisting instead that it was a loan from the [...]
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