Author: ANDREW ONG

Pakatan Harapan’s candidate, Pang Sock Tao, drew attention at a voting station in Kuala Kubu Baharu (KKB) when she arrived with her identical twin sister, Pang Sock Ying. The sisters, dressed in white, arrived at SJKC Khing Ming around 8:40 am. Pang, from the DAP, was present to oversee the voting process. “I hope all…

Nanyang Daily led with small vendors grappling with the e-invoice system; they were concerned about potential fines for mistakes. The Federal of Hawkers and Petty Traders Association Malaysia seeks government exemption for vendors with under RM 500,000 annual turnover from e-invoice usage. Malaysia mandates all businesses, even street vendors, to issue electronic invoices for tax…

PKR vice-president, Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad urged Pas secretary-general, Datuk Seri Takiyuddin Hassan to stop resorting to dirty politics. He said this after Takiyuddin revived an old issue regarding media defamation from Italy against Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim during a recent speech at the Kuala Kubu Baharu by-election campaign. He also said that…

Ihlam Center found that voting patterns for Orang Asli and Chinese are rock solid while Indian vote sway in the second week of Kuala Kubu Baharu KKB by-election. For Chinese ethnic voters, the majority tend to vote for Pakatan Harapan (PH), Executive Director of ILHAM Centre, Hisommudin Bakar said. “Although there are some issues that…

Dewan Negara president Datuk Mutang Tagal, 69, passed away at 11:46 a.m. today at Kuala Lumpur’s National Heart Institute (IJN), said the Dewan Negara president’s office. “Further information on his burial will be announced later,” the office said in a statement, reported FMT. Mutang was receiving treatment at IJN after falling ill during a working…

Transport Minister Anthony Loke announced today that the possibility of resuming the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 will be discussed in Cabinet in August. He claimed that the government has not yet decided whether to restart the search operation.  “We need time because we require a detailed proposal from Ocean Infinity before…

Five routes around Kuala Kubu Baharu (KKB) will be closed temporary tomorrow for KKB by-election, said Hulu Selangor district police chief Superintendent Ahmad Faizal Tahrim.  The temporary closure will start at 3 p.m. and continue until the polls are finished, reported NST.  “The closures and diversions involve Jalan Merdeka, Jalan Abdul Hamid, Jalan Dato Muda Jaafar, Jalan…

Deputy Minister of Finance Lim Hui Ying is confident that our country’s economic activity is expected to continue improving this year, considering that the overnight policy rate (OPR) is held steady at 3%. Lim pointed out that data indicates our country’s unemployment rate has decreased, returning to pre-pandemic levels. “Our economy will continue to improve,…

China Press Daily headlined that a 56-year-old man was fatally stabbed in his home by his 37-year-old girlfriend, who is originally from China. Reportedly, the deceased regularly spent tens of thousands of Singapore dollars on the defendant and supported her child. Despite their closeness, an unexplained dispute led to a fatal altercation. During the third…

Penang Mayor Datuk Anthony Rajendran, also the MBPP president, plans to plant over a million trees, primarily sourced from the city centre to turn its central hub into a green city.  He also highlighted the importance of ratepayers’ support in addressing the challenges posed by global warming. Besides that, MBPP will urged businesses in George…