ASEAN has to take lead in the multilateral trade agreement Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP). This is among the resolutions passed in the Roundtable on Strengthening Economic Cooperation that was held in Vientiane, Laos. Participants at the Roundtable echoed and endorsed the view of Professor Mari Pangestu, Indonesia’s former Trade Minister and one of the…
Israel predicted that it would continue waging war on Hamas in Gaza for the next seven months, till the end of this year. The Israeli military controls three quarters of the buffer zone on the Egyptian border and aims to control all of it to prevent Hamas smuggling in weapons, Israel National Security Advisor Tzachi…
Transport Minister Anthony Loke has exempted all cable laying ships engaged in the installation, maintenance and repair of submarine telecommunication landed at any submarine cable landing centre in Malaysia in the Malaysian waters from the cabotage policy. This was done by exercising section 65U of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance 1952. “Malaysian and international tech companies…
Apple will be opening its first store in Malaysia on June 22. The store will be located at The Exchange TRX. The company confirmed this on their official Malaysian website. The address for the store is L1.40 The Exchange TRX, Persiaran TRX, Tun Razak Exchange, Kuala Lumpur. This would be Apple’s sixth store in Southeast…
An escort of Johor regent Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim, popularly known as TMJ, is under investigation for allegedly assaulting a disabled man at a hotel yesterday. “An investigation paper has been opened under Section 323 (for causing voluntary hurt),” Bukit Aman criminal investigation department director Datuk Seri Shuhaily Zain said, reported FMT. “There have been…
France’s parliament yesterday suspended a left-wing lawmaker for two weeks after he held up a Palestinian flag during a heated debate over whether France should recognise Palestinian statehood, as President Emmanuel Macron said such a step should not be based on “emotion”. Sebastien Delogu, a member of parliament for the France Unbowed (LFI) party from…
A Hindu volunteer movement has organised the singing of Skanda Shasti Kavasam scheduled to take place on June 1 at 9am at the Sri Subramaniar Swamy Temple in Batu Caves. “This is done following certain foreigners being in the dark about Batu Caves complex being a Hindu temple and a tourism spot,” said Swashna Subramaniam…
Malaysia and Laos are looking into ways to strengthen ASEAN’s supply chain Deputy minister of investment trade and industry Liew Chin Tong and his Lao counterpart Malaithong Kommasith discussed on ways to strengthen ASEAN’s supply chain. “Minister Kommasith and I had a very candid discussion about the future of trade and ways to strengthen ASEAN…
Nibong Tebal division chief Rashidi Zinol has confirmed that his party would not claim a stake in the upcoming Sungai Bakap by-election. “PH will remain the contender in Sungai Bakap. If we want to be friends, we have to be sincere and respect our partner. “We leave it to the unity government leadership to make…
Chinese actress Fan Bingbing, 42, is set to become Melaka’s tourism ambassador on June 15. She would be in Melaka from June 14 to 16 to promote Visit Melaka 2024. Melaka Chief Minister Datuk Seri Ab Rauf Yusoh confirmed that he had met Fan’s international manager to discuss the matter. He revealed this via a…
