Malaysia Joins Global Community to Fight Neglected Tropical Diseases

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 29 (NNN-Bernama) — Malaysia has joined this year’s World Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) Day along with 23 other nations worldwide for global solidarity to ending NTDs and freeing the next generation from diseases of poverty. The Ministry of Health’s (MOH) statement on Friday said Malaysia, although an…

Malaysia’s Proton Aims to Double Export Sales In Next 12 Months

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 29 (NNN-Bernama) — Proton Holdings Bhd aims to double its export sales for the next 12 months, assuming that export activities were not overly hampered by restrictions due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. It said the target was set after a flurry of activity in December 2020,…

Record-High 5,275 Cases Friday – Malaysian Health DG

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 29 (NNN-Bernama) — Malaysia on Friday reported a record-high 5,725 daily positive COVID-19 cases, said Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah. The previous high of 4,275 daily cases was recorded on Jan 23. Dr Noor Hisham said that of the total on Friday, 5,718 cases involved Malaysians…

Former Malaysian Squash Queen So Close to Winning World Games Greatest Athlete of All Time, Poll Ends Monday

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 29 (NNN-Bernama) – Former Malaysian squash player Nicol David is on the verge of winning the World Games Greatest Athlete of All Time (GOAT) with a comfortable lead in the online poll. Though being the only Asian candidate, the eight-time squash world champion had garnered 240,296 votes…

Malaysia’s Total Trade Shrinks 3.6 Per Cent to US$444.10 Billion: DOSM

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 29 (NNN-Bernama) — Malaysia’s total trade in 2020 amounted to US$444.10 billion (RM1.8 trillion, US$1 = RM4.05), down 3.6 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y), while trade surplus widened by 26.9 per cent to RM184.8 billion, making it the largest trade surplus ever recorded thus far, the Department of…

Singapore PM Lee Completes Full COVID-19 Vaccination Regimen

By Massita Ahmad SINGAPORE, Jan 29 (NNN-Bernama) — Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong received his second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Singapore General Hospital on Friday. “With that, I have completed the full vaccination regimen,” Lee wrote on Facebook with a video of him receiving the jab.…

Warning of Bigger Quake, Tsunami in Indonesia’s West Sulawesi

JAKARTA, Jan 15 (NNN-Bernama) — The Indonesian authorities have warned that a stronger earthquake, which can trigger a tsunami in West Sulawesi, can occur, following an earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter Scale in the area early Friday morning. Indonesian Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics (BMKG) Agency chief Dwikorita Karnawati, in…

ASEAN Can Be A Force to Be Reckoned with In Digital Economy – Digital Marketing Specialist

By V. Sankara KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 15 (NNN-Bernama) — The ASEAN region can be a force to be reckoned with and offers much growth potential in the adaptation of digital economy, said a digital marketing specialist. Group Chief Executive Officer of Digitally.asia Group, Christopher Tock, said while it is important…

Free Flow of Data Across ASEAN Countries Must Be Realised Urgently – Think Tank Economist

By Nabilah Saleh KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 15 (NNN-Bernama) — Policies and regulations on free flow of data across the countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) must be realised urgently to further promote digitalisation and its growing participation in the region. Senior Economist of Jakarta-based Economic Research Institute…

Three Dead, 24 Injured In Indonesia’s West Sulawesi Quake

By Mohd Shukri Ishak JAKARTA, Jan 15 (NNN-Bernama) — Three people have been confirmed killed and 24 injured in a 6.2-magnitude earthquake in West Sulawesi, Indonesia early Friday which left hundreds of people homeless. In a statement, the Kabupaten Majene and Polewali Mandar Regional Disaster Management Agency (BNPD) said early…