KUALA LUMPUR, March 22 — Three Chinese nationals were killed while a driver was seriously injured when a crane gantry fell at the construction site of the Sungai Besi-Ulu Kelang Elevated Expressway (SUKE) near Puncak Banyan, Persiaran Alam Damai, Cheras, this morning.

PUTRAJAYA, Feb 6 — The Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture (Motac) is working with the Department of Labour Peninsular Malaysia (JTKSM) to implement temporary accommodation initiative for workers to be housed in hotels, in accordance with the Workers’ Minimum Standards of Housing and Amenities Act 1990 (Act 446).

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 5 — The government has been urged to place the tourism and hospitality workforce on the vaccination programme’s priority list, after frontliners and alongside other high-risk groups, said Malaysian Association of Hotels (MAH) president Datuk N Subramaniam.

SINGAPORE, Feb 4 — A number of Malaysians working in Singapore are among over 6,000 individuals who have received the second jab of Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine here, thus completing the full vaccination regimen.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 15 — The Federation of Malaysian Consumers Association (Fomca) has called on Bank Negara to extend the loan moratorium until at least August for all affected workers in the wake of the second movement control order (MCO).

SHAH ALAM, Nov 21 — A total of 2,990 individuals have undergone the Covid-19 screening tests since the enforcement of enhanced movement control order (EMCO) at Top Glove Klang workers’ dormitory on Tuesday.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 17 — The 14-day enhanced movement control order (EMCO) imposed at Top Glove Corp Bhd's foreign workers’ dormitories in Meru, Klang, effective today affects 5,700 workers and not 13,190 as reported, the company said.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 17 — The Works Ministry is prepared to train people who lost their jobs during the Covid-19 pandemic so that they would have the skills required to work in the construction industry, the Dewan Rakyat was told today.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 9 — The Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) has called on the government to consider its proposals involving Budget 2021, including the automatic implementation of the loan moratorium on borrowers from the B40 and M40 income categories.

MUAR, Oct 30 — The government is considering to issue temporary work permits to illegal foreign workers in the country to overcome the shortage of foreign workers in the oil palm and rubber industries, said Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.

KOTA KINABALU, Oct 27 — The Persatuan Kebajikan Islam Perubatan Sabah (Perkips) needs more workers who are well-versed in Islamic rituals to help manage patients and the remains of Covid-19 victims at each of the hospitals in the state.