Malaysia’s Readiness To Bring In 32,000 Foreign Workers Is Subject To MoUs

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 25 (NNN-Bernama) — Malaysia’s readiness to grant special approval to bring in 32,000 foreign workers, including from Indonesia, to ease the labour shortage in the plantation sector, is subject to memorandum of understanding (MOUs) that will be agreed upon soon. The Ministry of Plantation Industries and Commodities…

UN Needs To Speed Up Actions To Address Issues In Myanmar – SAC-M

By Linda Khoo Hui Li BANGKOK, Oct 9 (NNN-Bernama) — The Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M) wants United Nations (UN) to speed up actions to address issues in Myanmar, as military leader Min Aung Hlaing’s violent assault on the people since February has driven the country into a state…

Thailand To Comply With Anti Doping Code, With Regulations Ammended Or Enacted

By Linda Khoo Hui Li BANGKOK, Oct 9 (NNN-Bernama) — After North Korea, Thailand and Indonesia declared non-compliant with the World Anti-Doping Code 2021 by World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), Thailand is expediting efforts to comply with the code so that it can continue participating and hosting international sporting events. WADA…

Malaysia Celebrates A Meaningful 2021 National Sports Day – PM Ismail Sabri

PUTRAJAYA, Oct 9 (NNN-Bernama) — Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob described this year’s National Sports Day (HSN) celebration as a meaningful one as last year’s celebration could not be held due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In his speech when opening the National Sports Day 2021 celebration on Saturday, Ismail…

Singapore Must Press On With “Living With COVID-19” Strategy, PM Lee

By Massita Ahmad SINGAPORE, Oct 9 (NNN-Bernama) — Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Saturday said the republic must press on with its strategy of “Living with COVID-19”. “We should respect COVID-19, but we must not be paralysed by fear. Let us go about our daily activities as normally…

Malaysia Doing Well In Development Of SDG Indicators — Statistics Department

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 9 (NNN-Bernama) — Malaysia is doing well in the development of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) indicators with 52 per cent available indicators in 2019 compared with 41 per cent in 2018, according to Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM). Chief statistician Mohd Uzir Mahidin said as the focal…

Global Peace Mission Malaysia Condemns Suicide Bombing At Mosque In Afghanistan

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 9 (NNN-Bernama) — The Global Peace Mission Malaysia (GPM) strongly condemned the suicide bombing that took place at a mosque in North Kunduz, Afghanistan, during Friday prayers, yesterday. In a statement, the GPM said in Afghanistan’s still unstable situation after the Taliban government’s takeover on August 15,…

Malaysia’s COVID-19: Just 0.6 Per Cent Left To Reach Fully Vaccinated Adult Population Target

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 9 (NNN-Bernama) — A total of 20,927,867 individuals or 89.4 per cent of the adult population in Malaysia have completed their COVID-19 vaccination as of Friday, just 0.6 percentage points short of the targeted 90 per cent. Based on the Ministry of Health data on the COVIDNOW…

Malaysian Ringgit Likely To Strengthen While Moving In Tight Range Next Week

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 9 (NNN-Bernama) — The ringgit is expected to strengthen slightly but move in a tight range between 4.1700 and 4.1800 against the greenback next week on mixed market sentiments, an analyst said. Bank Islam Malaysia Bhd chief economist Mohd Afzanizam Abdul Rashid said the elevated levels of…

Singapore And South Korea To Jointly Launch Vaccinated Travel Lanes From Nov 15

By Massita Ahmad SINGAPORE, Oct 8 (NNN-Bernama) — Singapore and South Korea have agreed to jointly launch Vaccinated Travel Lanes (VTLs), which will start from Nov 15, 2021, according to the Singapore Ministry of Transport. The jointly launched VTLs will be the first of its kind between two major aviation…