All posts tagged "local news"
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0Local NewsKuala Lumpur to Close Nearly Two Dozen Roads for Thaipusam
The annual festival is expected to draw some two million people to the Batu Caves area in the northern part of Greater...
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0Travel News & UpdatesNew Visa-Free Initiative and Digital Arrival Card Requirements for Malaysia
The new initiatives have created some confusion, but authorities are hopeful that the ultimate result will be an increase in tourism visits...
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0Local NewsMalaysia Announces Its 2024 Budget
A number of the line items in the lengthy budget are noteworthy, with a handful being of potential interest to expats, as...
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0AirlineMYAirline’s ‘Temporary’ Suspension Quickly Starting to Look a Lot More Permanent
The airline is being asked to return its leased aircraft, and the interim CEO, who was named less than a week ago,...
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0AirlineMYAirline Stuns Passengers with Suspension of Operations
The low-cost airline announced it was temporarily suspending all operations effective today, October 12, 2023. It appears there was some hard truth...
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0ASEAN NewsMalaysia Again Deals with the Transboundary Haze Issue Plaguing Southeast Asia
Though not yet as severe as past haze events, the familiar cloak of haze has again settled over much of the Peninsula,...
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0Local NewsDevastating Plane Crash in Shah Alam Claims 10 Lives
A chartered private jet crashed on a busy highway in Shah Alam, killing all onboard the aircraft and two motorists on the...
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0Local NewsThe Swatch Raids: Of Pride and Prejudice
At least from a business perspective, Malaysia is likely harming its global image by choosing to escalate its row with Swatch over...
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0MM2HIn the Face of a Collapse in Applications, MM2H Criteria to Be Reviewed
Though no official statement appears to have been made, the signs – and some comments from government leaders – certainly point to...
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0Local NewsIt’s Time to Mask Up Once Again, Says Health Minister
Covid cases have indeed been on a slight rise recently, but this time, it’s actually the haze that’s driving the need for...
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0Business and FinanceStudio Sale Another Financial Disaster in Johor
The much-touted Iskandar Malaysia Studios, previously partnered with the UK’s famed Pinewood Studios, recently sold to a Singapore firm for mere pennies...
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0Local NewsNajib Fails in Final Bid to Have His Conviction Overturned
The former Malaysian Prime Minister has now exhausted all possible legal remedies to have his conviction set aside. As reported by the...
