Malaysian PM Among The First To Be Vaccinated Against Covid-19

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 22 (NNN-Bernama) — Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin will be among the first individuals to receive the COVID-19 vaccine in a bid to convince the people that the vaccine obtained by the country is safe and effective. He said it would be followed by the frontliners, before being…

Malaysia Inks Agreement With Astrazeneca To Procure 6.4 Million Doses Of Covid-19 Vaccine

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 22 (NNN-Bernama) — Malaysian government has just signed an agreement with pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca for the procurement of an additional 10 per cent or 6.4 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin announced. He said this meant that the government had secured 40 per cent guarantee of vaccine…

Malaysia To Discuss Haj Conditions, Flexibilities With Saudi Government

PETALING JAYA (Selangor, Malaysia), Dec 22 (NNN-Bernama) — Malaysian government will discuss with the Saudi Arabian government on the conditions and flexibilities for pilgrims from this country to perform haj next year. Lembaga Tabung Haji (TH or the Malaysian hajj pilgrims fund board) group managing director and chief executive officer, Nik Mohd Hasyudeen Yusoff said…

SIA Delivers First Shipment Of Pfizer-Biontech Covid-19 Vaccines To Singapore

SINGAPORE, Dec 22 (NNN-Bernama) — Singapore Airlines (SIA) delivered the first shipment of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines to Singapore earlier Monday evening onboard one of its Boeing 747-400 freighters. “The delivery of this first batch of Covid-19 vaccines to Singapore is an important milestone in the fight against Covid-19, and we are honoured to…

Penang Is First Malaysian State To Install Fibre Optic Infrastructure As Basic Utility

GEORGE TOWN (Penang, Malaysia), Dec 21  (NNN-Bernama) — Malaysia’s northern state of Penang has emerged as the first state to enforce the installation of fibre optic communication infrastructure as a basic utility equivalent to water and electricity supplies. State Public Works, Utilities and Flood Mitigation Committee chairman Zairil Khir Johari said it…

World Bank: Containing Covid-19 Must Remain Malaysia’s Top Priority

By Farhana Poniman KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 21 (NNN-Bernama) — While Malaysia is on the path towards economic recovery, containing the COVID-19 pandemic and protecting the most vulnerable must remain the country’s topmost priorities over the near term. World Bank Group senior economist Shakira Teh Sharifuddin said Malaysia is projected to grow by…

Government Strives To Make Malaysia An Attractive Investment Destination

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 21 (NNN-Bernama) — Malaysian government will continue to cultivate an ecosystem that enables businesses to thrive and make the country an attractive investment destination, said Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin. Without making COVID-19 as an excuse for insularity and inward-looking policies, the government would also pursue policies that ensure…

COVID-19: Thailand To Test Over 10,000 People In Three Days

By Linda Khoo BANGKOK, Dec 21 (NNN-Bernama) — Thailand will test more than 10,000 people in the next three days after a record hike in COVID-19 cases on Saturday, linked to a seafood market in Samut Sakhon, near here. To date, a total of 689 COVID-19 cases have been linked to a shrimp seller…

Cosentino Sees Great Opportunities Ahead In Malaysian Market

By Nurul Jannah Kamaruddin KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 21 (NNN-Bernama) — Although the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the construction sector, the Cosentino Group continues to see great opportunities ahead in the Malaysian market. A global market leader in surfaces for architecture and design projects, the Spanish group had entered the domestic market in 2019 with the grand launch…