Visit Malaysia 2020 is next year, just in case you forget to check your calendars. This means that it’s time we spruce up and make our country more inviting to all those economy-boosting tourists. Besides the initiatives taken by the Tourism Ministry, one extra step is being taken by the initial welcoming committee, the Immigration...
A man who committed suicide on the 24th floor of a hotel in Teluk Kumbar, Penang on 2nd December 2019 wrote The Star. Before he made the leap, the man left a note behind requesting to donate his organs after his passing. He also left behind his siblings’ contact numbers on the note. According to southwest district OCPD...
Godfrey Gao (高以翔) is finally back home in Taiwan; although not the way anyone intended. The 35-year-old model-actor passed away last Wednesday (27th November) after he collapse while filming Chinese reality show “Chase Me” (追我吧) in Ningbo, China. Source: Reuters According to reports, Godfrey’s body was transferred out of Hangzhou Funeral House yesterday morning (Monday, 2nd December) where...
Sasa, the popular skincare retail chain, is closing its doors on all of their 22 stores in Singapore. The decision came after it was reported that the outlets in Singapore have been suffering loss for 6 consecutive years. In a statement on Monday (2nd December 2019), the Hong Kong based retailer told reporters that despite their...
A Taobao cargo ship carrying 879 tons of 11.11 sale orders collided with another ship in waters near Fuzhou City on Nov. 20, at about 9pm. According to ET Today, two crew members on the ship reportedly died, after the ship sank. Seven crew members were successfully rescued. According to CGTN, the “seven crew members, including four Taiwan residents...
For those of you who have been eagerly anticipating the bounty from your TaoBao 11:11 shopping spree to be shipped from China, we have some unfortunate news for you. As reported by Sin Chew Daily, a Taiwanese cargo ship that had allegedly been carrying containers with deliveries from TaoBao to their customers had sunk after encountering a collision in...
Celebrities have taken to social media to express their grief and mourn the passing of Taiwanese-Canadian actor Godfrey Gao, who died from cardiac arrest while filming Chinese variety show Catch Me this morning (Nov 27). Godfrey was set to be one of the groomsmen for former Taiwanese basketball star James Mao who is getting married to...
An 11-year-old girl committed suicide on 26th November by jumping out of the 39th floor because she was too troubled by her parents’ quarrels. According to China Press, the Vietnamese family lives in a high-end apartment in the western part of Hanoi. Both of the girl’s parents have high-paying jobs, but recently, they have started to quarrel...
An 18-year-old boy decided to record a video of his schoolmate in the toilet while he was looking for porn on his phone. According to The Straits Times, Brandon Mandolang Yong Fu, a student at Nanyang Polytechnic (NYP), Singapore, went to the toilet at 11am on 2nd May and entered one of the cubicles. He started looking for...
On 23rd November, the police from An Giang Province, Vietnam, issued a decision to prosecute and detain a woman to continue investigations after she tried to sell her niece in exchange for an iPhone 11. According to Vietnamese news site, Dantri, the middle-aged woman identified as Hanh, was entrusted by her relatives to take care of her two-year-old...
