News about Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 5): The Malaysian Meteorological Department  (MetMalaysia) has issued an alert weather warning with forecast of heavy rain in Kelantan, as well as several areas in Terengganu, Pahang and Sabah today.

PETALING JAYA (Jan 4): The Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture (MOTAC) should consider reopening the Malaysia My Second Home (MM2H) program for economic gain, urged Bukit Gasing assemblyman Rajiv Rishyakaran.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 1): Malaysia and Singapore have decided to terminate the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High Speed Rail (HSR) project as both countries could not reach an agreement on several changes that the Malaysian government proposed.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 31): The Inland Revenue Board (IRB) said today it does not have a TikTok account and that the agency had made a police report following claims circulating on social media that the board had a presence in the video-sharing social networking service owned by Chinese company ByteDance.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 29): Genting Malaysia Bhd’s (GenM) operating unit Resorts World Genting (RWG) said in its latest notice that it remains open, and that the hotel and casino operator is not operating in the affected area where an enhanced movement control order (EMCO) is being implemented — at the Amber Court and Ria apartments — until Jan 6 to curb the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 29): Economists have maintained their 2020 gross domestic product (GDP) growth forecasts for Malaysia after November exports fared better than the consensus estimate.

LUMUT (Dec 27): The occupancy rates in hotels nationwide are expected to continue to increase next year when the Recovery Movement Control Order (RMCO) is lifted end of this year.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 26): The retail industry is expected to turn around next year, growing at a forecast 4.

The 500MW quota up to year 2020 under the Net Energy Metering 2.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 22): Five Malaysians, all men, were arrested by the Australian Border Force (ABF) in Perth over “suspected involvement in a foreign worker exploitation syndicate within the construction industry”, reported The West Australian today.