Sheda: Defer FWTA fee pending further talks with stakeholders
[BorneoPost] - 01/22/2025
KUCHING (Jan 22): The RM1,854 fee under the Foreign Workers Transformation Approach (FWTA) system ought to be deferred until further engagement sessions with stakeholders are held, said the Sarawak Housing and Real Estate Developers Association (Sheda). Its president Augustine Wong Chung Ho said (…)
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Whipsawed dollar and fog of uncertainty? Get used to it
Day two of the second Donald Trump administration and exchange rates are in the global market crosshairs as (…)
[New Straits Times] - 22/01/2025
Minister: Teachers wishing to take up part-time jobs must obtain MoE approval
KUALA NERUS (Jan 22): Teachers intending to take on part-time jobs must first obtain approval from the Ministry of (…)
[BorneoPost] - 22/01/2025
KL City coach wants his struggling team to upset CAHN
KUALA LUMPUR: Though his team are struggling, KL City coach Miroslav Kuljanac aims to upset Vietnam’s Cong An Ha Noi (…)
[New Straits Times] - 22/01/2025
Fishermen rescued 80km from Melaka in Dumai, Indonesia after stricken boat swept away by bad weather on Jan 15
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 22 — Two fishermen from Padang Temu Jetty in Melaka, reported missing after going fishing in the (…)
[Malay Mail] - 22/01/2025
Avoid actions, statements affecting good relations among races, religions, says National Unity Minister
PUTRAJAYA (Jan 22): Every strata of society in this country must avoid taking any action or issuing statements that (…)
[BorneoPost] - 22/01/2025
CNY countdown brings sharp hike in vegetable prices in Penang
GEORGE TOWN, Jan 22 — The prices of vegetables, particularly tomatoes, have seen a sudden hike in the weeks leading (…)
[Malay Mail] - 22/01/2025
Gazans sleep peacefully and dream of future
For the first time in more than a year, war-displaced Gazan Ammar Barbakh awoke on Monday feeling refreshed after a (…)
[New Straits Times] - 21/01/2025
Fire at Jalan Bakam poultry farm claims 15,000 chicks
MIRI (Jan 22): Around 15,000 chicks were killed in a fire that broke out at a poultry farm at Jalan Bakam here late (…)
[BorneoPost] - 22/01/2025
UK's Starmer tells Netanyahu peace efforts should pave way for Palestinian state
LONDON: UK premier Keir Starmer told Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday that any peace process in the (…)
[New Straits Times] - 21/01/2025
Buzzkill: France cracks down on ‘aphrodisiac honey’ with a side of ED drugs from Malaysia
PARIS, Jan 22 — French customs officials said Monday that they had seized tonnes of illegally imported honey touted (…)
[Malay Mail] - 22/01/2025
Sabah health minister eyes 100 new dialysis machines for govt hospitals, rural patients to benefit from subsidies
KOTA KINABALU, Jan 22 — State Health Exco Datuk James Ratib is in the process of getting new dialysis machines for (…)
[Malay Mail] - 22/01/2025
