[caption id="attachment_205796" align="alignnone" width="5192"] Picture by LUIS MELENDEZ/UNSPLASH[/caption] SEOUL, Jan 20 — South Korea today reported their first confirmed case of the China coronavirus amid concerns that a pneumonia-like illness is set to spread across China and Asia, reported...

[caption id="attachment_205271" align="alignnone" width="1200"] Picture by CAMILO JIMENEZ / UNSPLASH[/caption] LANGKAWI, Jan 20 — Maxis is keen to deliver the best innovation to benefit the people and businesses as soon as the necessary 5G spectrum is made available. The telecommunication...

[caption id="attachment_205793" align="alignnone" width="638"] Source: SlideShare[/caption] KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 20 — The Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) is targeting 450 small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to undergo the government-funded National Policy on Industry 4.0...

LANGKAWI, Jan 20 — The concept of Malaysia Incorporated (Malaysia Inc), the integration of the private and public sectors with one common objective, is more important now than ever to achieve the country’s ambitious goals, Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said.

[caption id="attachment_205790" align="alignnone" width="3024"] Picture by CLARENE LALATA/UNSPLASH[/caption] PUTRAJAYA, Jan 20 — The Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry is aware that some traders are indiscriminately increasing the price of goods to take advantage of the coming Chinese...

[caption id="attachment_204769" align="aligncenter" width="900"] Picture by TOURISM MALAYSIA[/caption] KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 20 — The Malaysian Association of Tour and Travel Agents (Matta) will increase ecotourism promotion activities to draw more tourists, especially from China to the...

[caption id="attachment_204141" align="aligncenter" width="960"] File Picture SELANGORKINI[/caption] KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 20 — Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad voiced his hopes that 2020, which is the 'Year of Culture and Tourism' between Malaysia and China, will further boost the ties and...

SHAH ALAM, Jan 17 — RON97 fuel is nine sen cheaper for the coming week, from RM2.62 per litre to RM2.53, the Ministry of Finance said in its weekly update on fuel prices, effective from midnight tonight.

[caption id="attachment_205773" align="aligncenter" width="900"] Assorted coloured paper straws.

[caption id="attachment_205770" align="aligncenter" width="900"] The 18 per cent toll rates cut at all PLUS highways will start as early as February 1, 2020.

[caption id="attachment_205766" align="aligncenter" width="900"] Picture by TYLER LASTOVICH / UNSPLASH[/caption] WASHINGTON, Jan 17 — A request to Apple from US Attorney General William Barr to unlock two iPhones used by a Saudi student pilot who killed three American airmen in Florida would...

[caption id="attachment_205763" align="aligncenter" width="900"] Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng (middle) with Transport Minister Anthony Loke (right) at a press conference after attending the signing ceremony of a supplementary agreement for the MRT Sungai Buloh-Serdang-Putrajaya Line.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 17 — The number of influenza cases in several states has increased, with most involving schoolchildren.

[caption id="attachment_203978" align="alignnone" width="1198"] Picture by DEVA DARSHAN/UNSPLASH[/caption] KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 17 — The Federal Territory Ministry through City Hall, (DBKL) has set up a revolving fund of RM3.9 million to help Bumiputras buy affordable homes. Minister Khalid...

[caption id="attachment_205725" align="alignnone" width="1200"] Several e-wallet applications available in Malaysia.

[caption id="attachment_205741" align="aligncenter" width="573"] An example of a children's car seat that does not meet the stipulated safety standards.[/caption] TAPAH, Jan 16 — The Transport Ministry is working with the Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry to monitor and ensure child...

[caption id="attachment_204291" align="aligncenter" width="885"] Picture by Touch 'n Go Malaysia[/caption] KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 16 — Shell Malaysia has waived the 50 sen fee on Touch 'N Go top-up at all its 27 stations along the North-south Expressway (NSE), effective today. Managing Director of...

[caption id="attachment_205736" align="aligncenter" width="900"] Picture by BERNARD HERMANT / UNSPLASH[/caption] KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 16 — A total of 37,705 closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras have been installed at 3,226 private premises nationwide from 2012 until December last year, said...

[caption id="attachment_204294" align="aligncenter" width="900"] Picture by ISHAN/UNSPLASH[/caption] KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 16 — The government has decided not to sell Projek Lebuhraya Utara-Selatan (PLUS) Malaysia Berhad but the concessionaire will have to reduce the toll rates, said Tun Dr Mahathir...

[caption id="attachment_205730" align="aligncenter" width="900"] Picture by MERIC DAGLI / UNSPLASH[/caption] SHAH ALAM, Jan 16 — Malaysia’s capital market has gained an influx of RM20 billion in bonds last year, in contrast to the RM11 billion in foreign money that had left the stock market...