Effective from June, Malaysians crossing the border to Singapore would be able to clear the immigration checks at land checkpoints more efficiently. This is made possible with the introduction of QR codes. Singapore had rolled out its QR codes on March 19. Johor’s Works, Transportation and Infrastructure committee chairman Mohamad Fazli Mohamad Salleh said that…
Immigration Department director general Datuk Ruslin Jusoh stressed that the department’s officers cannot reject any passport renewal application simply because the applicant fail to converse in the Malay language. He however said that they can conduct random checks “professionally and with courtesy” to verify the application. He said this in response to a case where…
Pang Sock Tao, an aide of Housing and Local Government Minister Nga Kor Ming, is expected to be named as a candidate in the Kuala Kubu Baharu by-election. The 31-year-old Pang who hails from Ampang, Selangor, previously worked as a news presenter for Ubah TV, a video channel owned by DAP. Prior to this several…
A Chinese woman, dining at a Japanese restaurant on 21st April was alarmed to find dead flies in her beverage just before leaving. To her surprise, her friend sitting nearby had encountered the same issue, prompting her to loudly criticise the restaurant’s poor hygiene conditions. Apparently, the female customer and her friends visited a Japanese…
Penang Immigration Department director Nur Zulfa Ibrahim confirmed that immigration officers implicated in denying an elderly woman her passport renewal due to language have been reprimanded. They will be reaching out to the affected individual to facilitate a passport renewal said Nur Zulfa. “We will continue to follow up and learn from this incident,” she…
The US Senate today approved legislation requiring the wildly popular social media app TikTok to be divested from its Chinese parent company ByteDance or be shut out of the American market. The measure was part of a US$95 billion foreign aid package, including military assistance to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, which has now cleared Congress…
The TLDM helicopters collision that caused the death of 10 personnel is the headlines in China Press, Kwong Wah Daily, Guang Ming Daily and Sin Chew Daily. Navy’s 90th anniversary celebration, originally scheduled for this Saturday has been cancelled in view of the mishap. Nanyang Daily led with the EGM of SME Association passing a…
A local Chinese woman, identified as Ms. Lee, sought job opportunities in Singapore through Facebook, only to unexpectedly fall victim to a scam. Instead of helping her with her career, the scammer hacked her phone. During a WhatsApp call with the scammer, she was instructed to download an app, resulting in her phone blacking out….
While there are plenty of political parties claiming to represent the Indian community over the years, three are relatively new. The latest is the Malaysian Indian People’s Party led by P Punithan. It officially was accepted into the opposition coalition Perikatan Nasional yesterday. The party has been moving silently since its inception late last year….
Negeri Sembilan Agriculture, Food Security and Cost of Living committee Datuk Seri Jalaluddin Alias revealed that mussels in Port Dickson water are still not safe to eat. Jalaluddin claimed there are still traces of dangerous biotoxins in them and based on the latest lab analysis, the mussels were contaminated by the prorocentrum, alexandrium and pseudonitzschia…
