The workshops can’t display the qualifications of its mechanics as they rely on experience, says a business association. PETALING JAYA: Small motor workshops may have difficulty adhering to a new government regulation requiring a list of its mechanics and their qualifications to be displayed, according to a trade group. Many small workshop owners have no paper qualifications...
SEKINCHAN: Chinese automobile manufacturer Geely will invest US$10 billion to turn Tanjung Malim, Perak, into the region’s largest auto city. (US$1=RM4.54) Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said the aspiration, conveyed by the company in a letter to him last night, would create thousands of job opportunities for Malaysians. "I am mentioning this for the first time....
Amazon started laying off employees in its cloud services division on Wednesday (April 26) as part of a retrenchment exercise that is expected to affect 9,000 employees, and those from the Singapore office were not spared. The exercise, which was announced in March, comes on the heels of layoffs that cut 18,000 jobs between November 2022 and...
As a parent it takes a lot having to entrust their child to someone else, including their helper. So, you can imagine one mother's horror after she realised that her child, a boy, was allegedly sexually assaulted by their helper. In a five-minute clip that went viral online, the Indonesian maid, who was then employed in Malaysia, allegedly made the child touch her private parts...
A new type of Chinese combat drone that China's state media says can carry a heavy weapons payload has flown around Taiwan, the island's defence ministry said on Friday (April 28), in the latest uptick in military tensions. China, which views democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory, has increased military pressure on the island over...
Donald Trump said on Thursday (April 27) that if he wins the 2024 presidential election, he will order the Justice Department to investigate "radical" county and state prosecutors whom he accused, without evidence, of targeting conservatives. In a campaign speech, the former president, who faces multiple criminal investigations, said the prosecutors were "persecuting conservatives" and touched on...
Malaysian actress Michelle Yeoh visited her father’s grave for Qing Ming with the Best Actress Oscar statuette she won for the movie Everything Everywhere All At Once. The grave is at Paradise Memorial Park, Tanjung Rambutan in Perak, Malaysia. Qing Ming, also called Tomb Sweeping Day, was on April 5 this year. On Wednesday (April 12), Yeoh shared on...
Newly minted Oscar Best Actress winner Michelle Yeoh (楊紫瓊) is speculated to make an appearance at the 2023 Hong Kong Film Awards. With the event to be held on Sunday, April 16, Michelle has quietly arrived in Hong Kong. Seen attending a brand event with Karen Mok (莫文蔚) and Kathy Chow (周汶錡), the actress is said to be a presenter at the HKFA ceremony...
Malaysia said on Saturday (April 8) it was firmly committed to protecting its sovereign rights and interests in the South China Sea after China expressed concern about Malaysian energy projects in a part of the sea that China also claims. Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said on Tuesday China was worried about activity by the state energy...
The head of China's Center For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Saturday (April 8) urged the World Health Organisation (WHO) to return to a "scientific, fair" position in tracing the origin of Covid-19. At a news conference, Shen Hongbing warned the WHO against politicising the source of the virus, which was first detected in central...
