PETALING JAYA: With the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) recording a stronger performance in the first nine months of the 2023 financial year (FY23), experts are anticipating a higher dividend declaration this year. The dividend announcement is expected to be made in early March. Bank Muamalat Malaysia Bhd chief economist Mohd Afzanizam Abdul Rashid expects the dividend rate...
GEORGE TOWN: Toss a mandarin orange into the sea on Chap Goh Meh and you might have a suitor by the next year. At least that was what we were told and upholding that tradition is the state with its annual festivities on Saturday night (Feb 24) at the Esplanade which included mandarin orange-tossing. Many were seen...
BANGKOK (The Korea Herald/ANN): Creatrip, a South Korean inbound tourism service platform, has announced the Korean food trends among foreign holidaymakers in 2023. Based on the online transaction data collected throughout 2023, Korean-style fried chicken was selected as the most popular Korean food for overseas tourists. The platform explained that many foreigners enjoyed fried chicken via online...
Taylor Swift lovingly ran to Travis Kelce after performing her first show in Sydney, Australia on her Eras Tour. Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift continue to be couple goals! The Super Bowl champion, 34, flew to Sydney, Australia to watch his pop star girlfriend, 34, perform her Eras Tour, and they had the sweetest embrace after the show. In a clip posted...
PETALING JAYA: The luck of the draw was not in favour of men’s doubles shuttlers Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik and Goh Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin Rumsani in the All-England from March 12-17 in Birmingham after both pairs were pitted against each other as early as the first round. National coaching director Rexy Mainaky rued his charges’ misfortune...
PETALING JAYA: What has pop group ABBA got to do with sports? Plenty, if you ask psychologist Frederick Tan. He is a fan of the Swedish group and will be using one of their 70s’ hit “Knowing Me, Knowing You” as a message to unite the national shuttlers under Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM). The players...
What were they expecting her to wear on a hike though? Actress Grace Chan, 32, spent most of her childhood in Canada. She moved back to Hong Kong in 2013 after being crowned Miss Hong Kong that year. Despite having been in Hong Kong for a decade already, the now Mrs Kevin Cheng has yet to experience one of Hong Kong's favourite pasttimes...
How old will Alex be when the kid goes to college though... You would think at 62, Alex To's 'factory' would be closed, but that's apparently not the case. In a recent interview, the Taiwan-based Hong Kong singer shared that he really wishes to have a second child in the Year of the Dragon with his 36-year-old wife Ice Lee. Alex...
PETALING JAYA: Sammi Cheng encountered yet another unfortunate incident since the start of 2024, with the latest involving her mistaking her cleanser for makeup remover, reported Sin Chew Daily. The 51-year-old Hong Kong superstar posted a photo of her bloodshot eye on social media, attributing it to her carelessness. Cheng said she had used the cleanser to...
IPOH: Several roads in the city will be closed off for a procession in conjunction with Chap Goh Meh this Saturday (Feb 24). A spokesman from the Ipoh City Council said the affected areas would be between Ipoh Old Town and DR Seenivasagam Recreational Park, with roads to be closed between 6pm and 9pm. "This is to...
