Malaysia saw more than 20 million tourist arrivals in 2019

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 24 (NNN-BERNAMA) – A total of 20.1 million international tourists visited Malaysia last year, bringing in total tourism revenue of RM66.1 billion for the period of January to September 2019. This is reflected in the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture’s (MOTAC) 2019 Report Card based on the ministry’s…

CARICOM members urged to continue pressing for reparation from former colonisers

TURIN, Italy, Jan 23 (NNN) — Colonialism Reparation, a body set up to seek reconciliation efforts, apologies and reparations payments for countries that had been colonised in the past, has been continuing its efforts towards reparation despite seeing poor or slow response from their former colonisers. In a press statement…

PLUS offers discounts on toll fares for 1st day of CNY

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 24 (Bernama) — Motorists using the PLUS Malaysia Bhd (PLUS) highway network and the East Coast Expressway 2 (LPT2) will enjoy a 20 per cent discount in toll rates on Saturday in conjunction with the Chinese New Year. PLUS in a statement today said the discount would be…

Malaysia’s better CPI score reflects effectiveness of govt anti-corruption efforts – Liew

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 24 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Malaysia’s improvement in the Transparency International (TI) Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) for 2019 shows the effectiveness of various anti-corruption efforts and institutional reform initiatives by the Pakatan Harapan (PH) government throughout 2019. Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Liew Vui Keong said these initiatives…

Air tanker dousing Australian bushfire crashes, kills 3

ANKARA, Jan 23 (NNN-ANADOLU) — At least three people were killed when a special air plane fighting bushfires in Australia crashed on Thursday, local media reported.A large air tanker crashed while fighting bushfires in Cooma area of New South Wales (NSW), ABC news reported.Local authorities dispatched choppers and fire fighters…

Indian citizen dies in Kuantan shophouse fire

KUANTAN, Jan 23 (NNN-BERNAMA) — An Indian citizen was burnt to death in a fire that razed the third floor of a  shophouse that has been converted into multiple rooms at Jalan Bukit Ubi here at midnight. Pahang Fire and Rescue Department deputy director (fire and rescue operations) Ismail Abdul Ghani said the victim, Manikandan…

Japan’s role in Pahang-Selangor water transfer project wins praise

By Azman Ujang KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 23 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Japan’s leading role in the construction of the multi-billion ringgit raw water tunnel project from Pahang to Selangor has won praise from Water, Land and Natural Resources Minister Datuk Dr Xavier Jayakumar. Not only did two Japanese companies provide the state-of-the-art tunnel…

Najib’s SRC Trial: Difficult to get Saudi royal family to testify on RM2.6 bln donation – Najib

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 23 (Bernama) — Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak today told the High Court here that it would be difficult for the defence to get a member of the Saudi royal family to testify about the RM2.6 billion donation, which he had purportedly received between 2011 and 2014.…

Malaysia’s anti-corruption moves see it up on 51st spot on TI’s CPI list

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 23 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Malaysia has moved up 10 notches to the 51st spot among 180 countries in the Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index for 2019. Transparency International Malaysia (TI-M) president Dr Muhammad Mohan said Malaysia’s score also improved to 53 out of 100 points on the CPI survey,…

Flight operations resume at Changi Airport after a short disruption

By Massita Ahmad SINGAPORE, Jan 23 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Flight operations at Singapore’s  Changi Airport were disrupted at 12.10 am Thursday due to evacuation at the Changi Control Tower. According to  the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS), the Tower had to be evacuated as the fire suppression system was activated. CAAS…