[ad_1] IPOH: An unemployed man was fined RM3,000 by the Magistrates Court here after being found guilty of humiliating a grocery store clerk by uttering abusive words and spitting on the victim. Magistrate Noor Azreen Liana Mohd Darus sentenced M. Gunalan, 47, of Taman Rasi Jaya here, after he pleaded …
Read More »91-year-old street vendor behind historic wonton noodle stand resigns
[ad_1] SINGAPORE: For nearly six decades, 91-year-old street vendor Leong Yuet Meng had gotten up before dawn six days a week to make her old-school wonton noodles. One of Singapore’s oldest street vendors, if not the oldest, this Cantonese chef is well known as the founder of Nam Seng Noodle …
Read More »Not everyone is eligible for the recalibration plan
[ad_1] PUTRAJAYA: The labor recalibration plan only allows employers to legalize foreign workers who are already under their employment and the new hires that are taken from immigration depots, the immigration authorities clarify. Its CEO, Datuk Khairul Dzaimee Daud (Photo) said that employers cannot accept illegal immigrants and request their …
Read More »3 reasons why PAS prefers PPBM to Umno
[ad_1] PETALING JAYA: Although it started cooperating with Umno on Muakafat Nasional, PAS seems to prefer working on Perikatan Nasional with PPBM, says one analyst. There are three reasons for this, says Bridget Welsh of the University of Nottingham Malaysia. The first is that the PPBM has given PAS the …
Read More »UPDATED AT 9.30 AM | List of locations affected by Covid-19 (December 5)
[ad_1] Below are the verified locations reportedly impacted today. Malaysiakini will continue to add to the list as more locations are announced. If you are aware of any of the locations that were announced today but not listed here, please email [email protected] For a list of locations affected in the …
Read More »Perak MB voted out of office and other news you may have missed
[ad_1] NOW ROUNDING | These are the key headlines you may have missed, shortly. 1. Perak Menteri Kissing Ahmad Faizal Azumu | has been ousted from office after losing a vote of confidence, becoming the fourth executive director of the country to meet this result. Although he promised a peaceful …
Read More »Petronas-owned refinery destroyed, fire extinguished, closed for investigations
[ad_1] DURBAN: South Africa’s second-largest crude oil refinery, the Engen plant in Durban, has been closed to allow investigators the opportunity to uncover the cause of a “fire incident” earlier on Friday, Engen said. Engen, which operates the 120,000-barrel-per-day plant and is majority owned by Petronas of Malaysia, said a …
Read More »Shame on the federal government for allowing the withdrawal of EPF savings, regrets the secretary of the MTUC
[ad_1] Andrew Lo KUCHING (December 4): Malaysian Trade Union Congress (MTUC) Sarawak objects to the federal government’s move to allow contributors to the Employee Provident Fund (EPF) to withdraw their savings to combat difficulties stemming from the Covid-19 pandemic . His secretary Andrew Lo said that the savings in the …
Read More »Supercoolers of the German company to send COVID-19 vaccines around the world
[ad_1] WURZBURG, Germany: At first glance, they look like normal containers. But the rectangular boxes made by the German company Va-Q-Tec will, in fact, play a key role in keeping life-saving COVID-19 vaccines ultra-fast as they are shipped around the world. After Britain this week became the first country to …
Read More »‘The same rare earth claims made in 2019’
[ad_1] ALOR SETAR: The intention of the state government to exploit rare earth elements (REE) is still in a preliminary stage, without any mining activity being carried out so far. Grand Minister Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor (Photo) said the approval given to a Kuala Lumpur-based company was to carry out …
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