KOTA KINABALU: Negotiating skills can make or break a sale, more so if you can speak the language. In Sabah’s seafood and dive haven of Semporna, local traders have learned basic Mandarin with some even conversing in Korean as tourism activities pick up and visitor arrivals from China and South Korea increase. From learning basic numbers for...
KLUANG: Mahkota voters have been queuing up at a restaurant in Jalan Dato Teoh Siew Khor, here to redeem free sets of Taiwan popcorn chicken by showing their inked finger. Restaurant owner Wong Shan Ting said those who cast their ballot can enjoy the dish for free, as a way of encouraging people to vote. “I offered...
L was having a tough time when Leena reached out. It was summer 2023. L, who's in her 30s, had relocated to another state from the Bay Area for a job that didn't work out. (The Chronicle is referring to her by her first initial under its confidential sources policy, since people who have been victims of scammers...
GEORGE TOWN: The water supply in Seberang Prai Tengah and Seberang Prai Selatan will be disrupted next Friday (Oct 4), affecting some 97,000 account holders. According to a Thursday (Sept 26) statement by the Penang Water Supply Corporation (PBAPP) chief executive officer K. Pathmanathan, the water supply disruption was necessary to repair a section of a...
SINGAPORE: A Singaporean man pleaded not guilty on Thursday (Sept 26) in a Johor court to a charge of indirect sabotage linked to the damage of water supply in a Kota Tinggi village. Tan Eng Yong, 41, and Malaysian Lau Kam Wai, 53, were charged in a sessions court with conspiring with another individual, who remains...
KUALA LUMPUR: AirAsia will not give up on securing a license to operate in Singapore, despite having been rejected three times, said Capital A chief executive officer, Tan Sri Tony Fernandes. "Don’t block me in Singapore,” he said. "Three times we had applied for an airline license, three times we were rejected. We have airlines in Cambodia,...
SEOUL: South Korea's prosecution is facing a dilemma over the high-profile luxury Dior bag case involving first lady Kim Keon Hee, as the investigation review committee for the nation's top prosecution body gave the upper hand to the pastor who wishes to be indicted in the graft case in hopes of bringing the first lady...
KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia’s benchmark index rebounded on late buying to finish higher after falling into negative territory at midday amid dampened sentiment in the regional markets stemming from weaker United States (US) consumer confidence data. The FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) rose 3.01 points, or 0.18 per cent, to settle at 1,673.38 compared with...
UNLESS you’re a member of the royal family or a VVIP, police escorts are rarely engaged for individuals during their commute. Recently, a video has gone viral showing a civilian vehicle being accompanied by police outriders. Did such an incident really happen? VERDICT: FALSE Sepang OCPD Asst Comm Wan Kamarul Azran Wan Yusof said the police are currently...
KAJANG: A former babysitter at a childcare centre has been sentenced to 14 months in prison for endangering a toddler by force-feeding her, which could have caused physical harm. Sessions Court Judge Mazuliana Abdul Rashid delivered the sentence on 24-year-old Nor A’in Ismail, who maintained her guilty plea during sentencing. The sentence will be served from...
