After repeated calls online for the Swedish fashion retailer to “get out of the Chinese market”, the brand’s celebrity endorsers in China – Huang Xuan and Victoria Song have announced they’ve also cut ties with H&M. Boycott Calls to boycott the Swedish retailer surfaced earlier after a screenshot of H&M’s statement that it was discontinuing the use of cotton products from...
A female TikToker sparked controversy this week over a post she shared on the popular video-sharing app. The user, known as Nadiatur Rizki (@nadiatur_rizki), uploaded a clip of her and her girlfriends during their recent trip to a nightclub. SOURCE: TIKTOK In the 18-second long snippet, the hijabi emphasised that she and her friends went there not to...
While many still turn to Hollywood for entertainment, Asian content is beginning to make its mark. As such, streaming giant iQiyi will be cementing its platform in Malaysia with key Malaysian players. iQiyi will be teaming up with two local powerhouses, Primeworks Studio, the content production and distribution arm of media and entertainment giant, Media Prima, and...
Yikes, here we go again! Air Selangor has announced yesterday (Wednesday, 24th March) that over 30 areas in Petaling, Shah Alam and Klang will experience scheduled water supply disruptions at the end of the month. SOURCE: FACEBOOK In a statement posted on their official Facebook page, the company revealed that it involves the work of removing and connecting...
Times are bad, and although things are finally starting to turn around with the vaccine, people are still struggling to get back on their two feet. That includes celebrities such as Jacqueline Wong (黃心穎). Ever since returning to Hong Kong in December 2019, the 32-year-old actress have been struggling to revive her acting career – but...
The Pfizer candidate is a protease inhibitor that prevents the virus from replicating in cells.Reuters Pfizer has started an early-stage US trial of an oral Covid-19 antiviral therapy that could be prescribed to patients at the first sign of infection, the company said on Tuesday (March 23). The drugmaker, which developed the first authorised Covid-19 vaccine in...
A 52-year-old Indian lingerie model is pushing e-commerce firms to hire older women for their advertising campaigns, challenging what she says are the ageist norms practised by many companies. Geeta J, a former teacher who took to modelling when she turned 50, says she wants innerwear companies in India to be more inclusive and avoid featuring...
A property sales company used woman’s bodies as a gimmick to sell real estate, but the promotion has backfired in China.Weibo A real estate developer in central China has been accused of ‘consuming women’ and ‘selling vulgarity’ and halted from making sales after using female models as human brochures with floor plans painted on their backs,...
Malaysian Inspector General of Police Abdul Hamid Bador said he knew of former police chiefs using serving police officers to do their bidding. Facebook/Abdul Hamid Bador Retiring Malaysia police chief Abdul Hamid Bador has caused ripples by alleging corruption among senior ranks of the police force. Just weeks before his retirement in May, Inspector General of Police (IGP)...
Minister K. Shanmugam (second from right) speaking at The Religious Rehabilitation Group Quarterly Engagement on March 23, 2021, with (from left) Ustaz Mohd Hasbi Hassan, Ustaz Ali Mohamed and Minister of State Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim.The Straits Times Senior Muslim leaders have welcomed the shift in the Government's position to consider allowing nurses to wear the tudung...
