KUCHING, Feb 20 — Sarawak will continue to demand one-third of the country’s total parliamentary seats as enshrined in the 1963 Malaysia Agreement (MA63), says Assistant Minister in the Chief Minister’s Department (Law, MA63 and State-Federal Relation…
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DOE issues stop-work order to quarry works at Penang housing project
GEORGE TOWN, Feb 20 — The Penang Department of Environment (DoE) today issued a stop-work order to the developers of a housing project in Persiaran Kelicap, Bayan Lepas, near here, to halt unapproved quarry works at the project site with immediate eff…
COVID-19: Unvaccinated patients’ death rate higher than those with booster shots
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 20 — The death rate for unvaccinated COVID-19 patients is significantly higher compared to those who have completed their vaccinations and those with booster shots.According to data of deaths per 100 thousand population according to…
Still no announcement on M’sian envoy candidates – Saifuddin
KUANTAN, Feb 20 — Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Abdullah once again reiterated that Wisma Putra will not make any announcement regarding the names of candidates being considered as Malaysia’s envoys abroad.“Wisma Putra will only mention the na…
MOHE’s PPRN Initiative to drive entrepreneurial productivity – Noraini
JOHOR BAHRU, Feb 20 — The Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE) has introduced a Public-Private Research Network (PPRN) initiative to promote demand-based innovation programmes with the aim to drive increased entrepreneurial productivity.Its minister,…
Expo 2020 Dubai: M’sian companies using Sustainable Agriculture Week to expand their markets
DUBAI, Feb 20 –The five-day Sustainable Agriculture Week at Expo 2020 Dubai that begins tomorrow (Feb 21) is the best platform for Malaysian agro-based companies to further expand their market internationally.Malaysian Bioeconomy Development Corporati…
COVID: 41 clusters still active, two have ended in Sabah – Masidi
KOTA KINABALU, Feb 20 — Forty-one COVID-19 clusters are still active in Sabah while another two declared today as having ended.State Housing and Local Government Minister, Datuk Masidi Manjun said the two that had just ended were the Kayul Cluster in …
RM150 million allocated for implementation of MyBAS services in Johor – Wee Ka Siong
JOHOR BAHRU, Feb 20 –The Federal government has allocated RM150 million over a three-year period for the Johor state government to implement the myBAS services through the Stage Bus Service Transformation Programme (SBST) aimed at improving bus servi…