Budget 2021: ‘Jasa’ funds reduced to RM40.5mil (corrected)

[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: The allocation of RM 85.5 million for Jabatan Komunikasi Komuniti (JKom) from the Ministry of Communications and Multimedia has been reduced to RM 40.5 million. This means RM45 thousand less for JKom, which was previously known as the Department of Special Affairs (Jasa), announced Deputy Finance Minister …

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Soccer: World Cup victory was ‘redemption’ for Rossi

[ad_1] WELLINGTON (Reuters) – Paolo Rossi once described his performance at the 1982 World Cup, where he engraved his name in soccer folklore, as a “personal redemption” from a match-fixing scandal, although he always said that he had nothing to atone for. Rossi, who died at the age of 64 …

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China imposes more taxes on Australian wine amid tension

[ad_1] BEIJING: China said on Thursday (December 10) that it imposed new import tariffs on Australian wine, as it accused Canberra of subsidizing companies, in the latest salvo in a bitter standoff following fluctuating anti-dumping tariffs last month. The move comes as relations between the two countries continue to deteriorate …

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Malaysia records better performance on SDGs in 2019 – Mustapa

[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) performance improved in 2019 based on the achievement of set targets, said Prime Minister’s Department (Economy) Minister Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed (pix). They performed well for all 17 targets, he said today at the virtual launch of the report “SDG Indicators, Malaysia, …

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