SHAH ALAM: Most Malaysians do not have enough savings for their retirement, with only 33% of active Employee Provident Fund (EPF) members having recorded basic savings of RM240,000 as of last year, says the EPF chief executive officer. Ahmad Zulqarnain Onn said this percentage represented 2.4 million members aged between 18 and 55 in the formal...
KLANG: Selangor Ruler Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah has been consistently calling for 50% of local councillors in the state to be made-up of professionals. His Royal Highnesses’ call had been well received by the people of Selangor who also wanted the same. Women Inspiration Association Selangor president Norliza Ismail said having 100% politicians as councillors did not...
PETALING JAYA: A PKR lawmaker has refuted the misleading viral message circulating on social media comparing the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) and Permodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB) dividend payouts. Petaling Jaya MP Lee Chean Chung explained that the EPF's investment approach involves a combination of bonds with a 2.5% guaranteed return and investments in both Malaysian and...
KUALA LUMPUR: Bukit Aman is leaving it to the Securities Commission (SC) to investigate the company belonging to the husband of celebrity Heliza Helmi. Bukit Aman Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) director Comm Datuk Seri Ramli Mohamed Yoosuf said the police are aware of the SC's action in listing the company under the investor alert list. "We...
PETALING JAYA: Tan Cheng Hoe has become the first Malaysian to coach a club in a Thai League football match. The 55-year-old, who was appointed Police Tero coach on Feb 29, was on the sideline when his side held Nakhon Pathom 1-1 at the Boonyachinda Stadium in Bangkok on Saturday (March 2). Police Tero's goal was scored...
The actor appeared on the "Armchair Expert' podcast when he talked about the routines he has while at home. Bradley Cooper, 49, opened up about why he chooses to walk around naked in his home, in a new interview. The actor, who is currently dating Gigi Hadid, and host Dax Shepard brought up the topic of nudity on the Armchair Expert podcast...
If it works, it works? Taiwanese star Joe Chen, 44, was recently in Malaysia with her Johor-born husband, Alan Chen for Chinese New Year. As it turns out, the actress, like most of us, found it hard to resist some festive season bingeing, revealing that she had put on almost 5kg during that period of time. To lose weight for her...
Well, the Taiwanese star had a good reason for exercising in the buff. After nine years, Taiwanese star Ella Chen, 42, is back with a new album Bad Habits. During the press conference for the album on Thursday (Feb 28), the S.H.E member was asked about some of her bad habits. Ella, who is married to Malaysian businessman Alvin Lai, shared that she...
Won’t a movie rating solve everything? Taiwanese actor Ethan Ruan's performance in gangster thriller The Pig, The Snake and The Pigeon has earned him widespread praise and even a Best Actor nom at last year's Golden Horse Awards. However, Chinese audiences might not be able to see his fight scenes in their full glory. The film about an assassin's (Ethan) quest to take out two of...
ADEN (Reuters) - The Cargo ship Rubymar, which was abandoned in the southern Red Sea after being targeted by Yemen's Houthis on Feb. 18, has sunk, a statement by the internationally recognised Yemeni government said on Saturday. (Reporting by Mohammad Ghibari in Aden; Writing by Enas Alashray)
