Digital Partnership Paves Way For UK-Asean Trade Relations Going Forward

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 19 (NNN-Bernama) –The recent ASEAN Business and Investment Summit highlighted the importance of fostering digital innovation and economic partnership for the future of the UK-ASEAN ties, particularly in education and digital trade. UK Secretary of State for International Trade Liz Truss said 2020 has been a challenging…

Businesses Need To Bolster Digital Economy, Make It Inclusive — PM Muhyiddin

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 19 (NNN-Bernama) — The adaptation of digital economy and continuous innovation have proven to be the need of the time to generate jobs and for businesses to remain relevant amid the unprecedented challenges following the health pandemic, said Muhyiddin Yassin. The Prime Minister said innovation and digitalisation…

APEC CEO Dialogues Malaysia 2020 Virtually Connects Govt, Business Leaders

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 19 (NNN-Bernama) — The two-day APEC CEO Dialogues Malaysia 2020, which starts Thursday, will bring together government and business leaders from 21 APEC member economies to address the urgent issues facing the Asia-Pacific region and the world following the COVID-19 pandemic. Themed “APEC Re-Imagined: Priorities in the…

Malaysia’s No. 1 Tower Runner Completes Attempt At Guinness World Records, Awaits Official Results

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 19 (NNN-Bernama) — Twenty six-year-old Malaysian tower running athlete Soh Wai Ching has completed his attempt to break the current Guinness World Records for the greatest vertical height stair climbing in one hour. Soh who is Asia’s number one tower running athlete, completed his run at 10…

Malaysian King Declares Emergency For Batu Sapi Parliamentary Constituency

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 18 (NNN-Bernama) — Malaysian King Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah Wednesday made a Proclamation of Emergency for the Batu Sapi Parliamentary constituency, in effect cancelling the by-election for the seat. The Proclamation of Emergency based on Clause (1) Article 150 of the Federal…

30% Club: More Organisations In Malaysia Embrace Gender Diversity:

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 18 (NNN-Bernama) — The 30% Club Malaysia, a global campaign to increase women representation on boards of directors and C-suites, observes that more organisations in Malaysia have embraced gender diversity on boards, an integral component of good corporate governance. In a statement, co-founding chair Zarinah Anwar said…

Strategies Keep COVID-19 Death Rate In Malaysia Low – Deputy DG Of Health

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 18 (NNN-Bernama) — Various strategies planned and implemented by the Health Ministry has kept the number of COVID-19 deaths in Malaysia at a low nine deaths per one million population, deputy director-general of health (medical) Dr Rohaizat Yon said Wednesday. The rate is far below that of…

APEC Needs To Keep Its Economies Ahead Of The Curve

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 18 (NNN-Bernama) — The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperations (APEC) needs to keep its economies ahead of the curve in order to stay relevant. APEC Policy Support Unit director Dr Denis Hew said this could be done by addressing some of the emerging challenges that the region could face…

COVID-19: Indonesia Records 3,807 New Cases, Concerns Over Rizieq Shihab’s Rallies

By Mohd Shukri Ishak JAKARTA, Nov 18 (NNN-Bernama) — Indonesia Tuesday recorded 3,807 new cases of COVID-19 infection within the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of cases in the republic thus far to 474,455. Concerns are now focused on a series of rallies related to the Islamic Defenders…

COVID-19: MOH Targets R Naught Value Of 0.5 – Malaysian Health DG

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 18 (NNN-Bernama) — The Ministry of Health (MOH) is targeting a R naught value or infectivity rate of below 0.5 through public health activities in preventing and controlling the spread of the COVID-19 epidemic. Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the number of new cases reported…