Malaysia, Indonesia take positive, constructive approach to domestic worker issue

PUTRAJAYA (Malaysia), 22 Feb (NNN-Bernama) — Malaysia and Indonesia will continue to take a positive and constructive approach in handling issues related to the recruitment and protection of Indonesian domestic workers. The understanding was reached Monday in a follow-up discussion by the Malaysian Ministry of Foreign Affairs with the Indonesian Ambassador…

MH370 new leads, Malaysia to consult Australian Transport Safety Bureau

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 18 (NNN-Bernama) — The Malaysia’s Ministry of Transport (MOT) will be consulting the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) on their review of documents produced by British aeronautical engineer Richard Godfrey, which asserts new leads in the search of the missing MH370 aircraft. The ministry in a statement…

Japan contributes COVID-19 prevention items to Malaysian Prison Department

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 18 (NNN-Bernama) — The Japanese government in its support to strengthen prison systems by addressing overcrowding conditions and enhancing COVID-19 responses within prisons in the Southeast Asia region, on Friday donated COVID-19 prevention items worth US$450,000. The items were handed over to the Malaysian Prison Department, through the United Nations Office on Drugs…

Malaysia’s labour market regains momentum in Q4 2021

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 18 (NNN-Bernama) — Malaysia’s labour market has regained momentum in the fourth quarter of last year, recording higher labour participation while labour demand picked up, said Chief Statistician Dr Mohd Uzir Mahidin. He said the positive development was made possible as businesses operated with full employment capacity…

Malaysia’s total trade soars 24.8 pct in January 2022

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 18 (NNN-Bernama) — Malaysia’s trade in January 2022 continued to be resilient, expanding 24.8 per cent to RM203.05 billion (RM1 = US$0.24) compared to that of January 2021, the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) said. In a statement today, MITI said exports accelerated 23.5 per cent to RM110.73 billion in January 2022, the sixth successive…

Travel momentum builds up with 11 percentage point rise between Jan & Feb – IATA

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 18 (NNN-Bernama) — Data from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) are showing a growing momentum in air travel as restrictions are lifted, with a sharp 11 percentage point increase for international tickets sold in recent weeks in proportion to 2019 sales. Nonetheless, “while recent progress is…

UK hopes Malaysia can be part of protecting 30 pct Earth by 30 target

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 18 (NNN-Bernama) — The United Kingdom (UK) hopes that Malaysia can be part of the target of protecting 30 per cent of the Earth, both land and sea by 2030 (also known as 30 by 30), said the British High Commissioner to Malaysia Charles Hay. He said…

Malaysia smash Kazakhstan to book BATC semis, Thomas Cup ticket

SHAH ALAM (Selangor, Malaysia), Feb 18 (NNN-Bernama) — The Malaysian second stringers smashed minnows Kazakhstan 5-0 to advance into the Badminton Asia Team Championships (BATC) 2022 semi-finals, as well as qualify for the Thomas Cup. Despite resting top singles shuttlers, Lee Zii Jia, Ng Tze Yong and Leong Jun Hao…

Malaysia welcomes investments from Austria’s private sector – Deputy FM

PUTRAJAYA (Malaysia), Feb 18 (NNN-Bernama) — Malaysian Deputy Foreign Minister Kamarudin Jaffar welcomed the Austrian private sector to continue investing in Malaysia. In his meeting with the Secretary-General of the Austrian Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs, Peter Launsky-Tieffenthal, in Vienna on Wednesday, he expressed his appreciation for the…

US senior diplomat reaffirms ASEAN centrality in US Indo-Pacific strategy

Kuala Lumpur, Feb 17 (NNN-Bernama) — A United States (US) senior diplomat on Thursday reaffirmed the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ (ASEAN) centrality in the country’s Indo-Pacific strategy. Speaking to the media in a conference call, the US Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel Kritenbrink…