KUALA LUMPUR: Rapid Rail, a subsidiary of Prasarana Malaysia Bhd (Prasarana), will provide additional trains if there is unexpected congestion during Hari Raya Aidilfitri to ensure a smooth journey for passengers. Prasarana chief operating officer Amir Hamdan said they will carry out daily monitoring of the passenger and congestion situations on the platforms and outside the...
Taiwan has ordered three mainland Chinese women – all married to Taiwanese men – to leave the island for advocating cross-strait unification by force, sparking criticism that the move was a violation of free speech. Liu Zhenya, a mainland Chinese influencer, has been given until Tuesday to leave the island or face deportation for promoting Beijing’s...
THE Government has never promised or approved compensation to the Dewi Sri Pathrakaliamman temple in Jalan Masjid India to relocate, says Datuk Seri Dr Zaliha Mustafa. "No other agreement or 'deal' was made other than the settlement that I officially announced yesterday,” the Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Federal Territories) said in a media statement...
KUANTAN: The Sultan of Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah has urged the state government to take immediate and serious action to address coastal erosion to safeguard the well-being and interests of the people. His Royal Highness expressed deep concern over the worsening erosion, particularly in the Padang Api-Api area along the Pekan-Nenasi road, where...
PETALING JAYA: The Prisons Department announces that families can visit inmates on the third and fourth day of Hari Raya. This applies to all prison institutions, including moral rehabilitation centres, special rehabilitation centres, special detention centres, and Henry Gurney schools. In a statement on Tuesday (March 25), the department set conditions for families visiting their relatives, both...
KUCHING: Sarawak is facing a shortage of skilled workers, notably welders, owing to the many infrastructure projects being implemented in the state, says Deputy Premier Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas. He said he was informed of the problem by contractors. "It is also not easy for them to employ foreign workers because of strict immigration rules," he...
KOTA KINABALU: Barisan Nasional chairman Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has the final say on the coalition's candidate for seats in any election, says Sabah's Umno embattled Tanjung Keramat assemblyman Datuk Shahelmey Yahya. The Sabah Deputy Chief Minister said that Barisan's election writ for candidacy is signed by the Barisan chairman, as such the question...
BALI (Vietnam News/ANN): Bali island’s I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport reported the cancellation of 16 international flights in a single day following the eruption of Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki in East Flores district, East Nusa Tenggara of Indonesia. According to General Manager of I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport Ahmad Syaugi Shahab, as of 4pm on March 21...
BANGKOK (The Nation Thailand/ANN): A 30-year-old Chinese man holding Vanuatu nationality was recently arrested for allegedly embezzling 11 billion baht from a Chinese construction company and overstaying his visa in Thailand, the Immigration Bureau said on Saturday night. Immigration police discovered that the suspect, identified as Zhang Wei, had entered illegally and hidden himself in Bangkok. Investigators...
BANGKOK: Thailand unveiled draft legislation to create a special economic zone in the south of the country that would pave the way for a multibillion-dollar transport project linking the Indian and Pacific Oceans. The bill would establish a commission to speed up development of the Southern Economic Corridor in the provinces of Chumphon, Ranong, Suratthani and...
