[ad_1] Baru (left) speaking during the press conference at DUN. With him is See. – Stock photo KUCHING: State Legislative Assembly (DUN) speaker Datuk Amar Mohamad Asfia Awang Nassar rejected two motions from private members during today’s session, one from Batu Lintang See Chee How Assemblyman and the other from …
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[ad_1] PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian government has been urged by 84 non profit organizations today to condemn the ‘hate speech’ against the Rohingya community in the country. A letter that was signed by these NGOs addressed to the Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin highlighted that the government has to …
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[ad_1] KUCHING: Sarawak did not record positive cases of Coronavirus 2019 (Covid-19) disease today, keeping the cumulative total at 543 since it was first detected on March 13. Bintulu, which was previously a yellow zone, is now a green zone after not having any new cases in the past 14 …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: On the “Malaysia-Singapore Border Crossings” Facebook page that has more than 20,000 members, pleas have been made for the authorities to allow workers in the essential services sector to cross the borders of the two countries. The social media page was initially established in 2017 for workers to …
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[ad_1] PETALING JAYA: Parents are advised not to bring their children to public places and shopping malls for their own safety and health. Senior Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Yaakob, however, said if parents continue to defy this, the government will deem it illegal for parents to bring their children out …
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[ad_1] Willie Mongin KUCHING: Sarawak loses none of her rights to the federal government following an agreement with Petronas on the management of the state’s oil and gas assets as well as the sales tax on petroleum products, says Plantation and Commodities Deputy Minister Willie Mongin. Willie, who is Puncak …
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[ad_1] WELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand companies, including shopping malls, cinemas, cafes and gyms, will reopen on Thursday after some of the world’s strictest restrictions to stop the spread of the coronavirus were further loosened on Monday. The Pacific nation was locked up for more than a month under “level …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Kristen Choong had accepted her family’s noodle stand in Singapore that she is likely to retire when she retires. Now, battling a 90% drop in business due to the coronavirus pandemic, he constantly has to reassure clients that the position will survive for months to come. …
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[ad_1] SYDNEY / HONG KONG: Asian shares followed Wall Street higher on Monday as investors looked ahead to more countries restarting their economies, even as some reported an unwelcome pick up in new coronavirus cases. European markets are also heading north, with EUROSTOXX 50 futures and FTSE futures up about …
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[ad_1] PETALING JAYA: Umno President Datuk Seri Dr. Ahmad Zahid Hamidi says the party is not in a “dominant” position in Perikatan Nasional and should not require government appointments. He said there were some so-called “main players” in the party who believed that the party should have “important” ministries or …
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