JOHOR BARU: Police here have arrested eight people in connection with an illegal money lending syndicate for threatening and intimidating borrowers, says Johor police chief Comm Datuk Kamarul Zaman Mamat. He said the suspects were caught between Oct 22 and Oct 25 in Kota Tinggi, Seri Alam and Segamat, adding that the eight local men are...
Sheerios, the man heard all of you thinking out loud. The + – = ÷ × Tour (pronounced The Mathematics Tour) is finally arriving on our shores on Feb 16, 2024. The one-night-only concert will be held at the National Stadium, Singapore Sports Hub, with tickets starting at $88. Now, we also know what you’re thinking. Ticket...
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia will discuss with Singapore to allow the KTMB Shuttle Tebrau train service to continue even after the completion of the Johor Bahru-Singapore Rapid Transit System (RTS) Link project, Parliament was told. Transport Minister Anthony Loke said that under the previous bilateral agreement between the two countries, one of the agreed-upon conditions is to...
JOHOR BARU: Motorists travelling towards Jalan Jim Quee and Jalan Ismail Sultan (city centre and Stulang Laut-bound) here will have to take an alternate route from Oct 24 to 31. Malaysia Rapid Transit System Sdn Bhd said in a statement on Friday (Oct 20) the traffic diversions will take place following lane closures along both routes. “The...
2024 is looking good for music fans in Singapore. Just two weeks after Coldplay's six-night concert in January, British musician Ed Sheeran will be in town on Feb 16 for his +-=÷x world tour, with Calum Scott as a special guest. In an announcement this morning (Oct 20), concert promoter AEG Presents Asia said the UOB cardmembers presale...
In Confinement, directed by Singaporean film-maker Kelvin Tong, actress Cynthia Koh plays Ah Qing, a nanny hired by Rebecca Lim's character to look after her newborn baby. In her own life, being child-free is a choice Koh has made, having accepted that the boat to motherhood has long sailed. She shared many scenes with a baby in...
When saving every sen matters, JB motorcyclists have no choice but to ‘figure it out’ JOHOR BARU: They rise at the crack of dawn to get to work in Singapore, and when evening comes, they face another hurdle. These Malaysian motorcyclists would then have to deal with the delicate task of navigating their machines out of a...
KOTA KINABALU: The subsidies given by the government to the people throughout the country including electricity, fuel and food is expected to exceed RM81bil this year, says Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. He said even though the figure was seen as high, reducing the total subsidy without looking at the needs of the people was...
GEORGE TOWN: The Singaporean tourist who died after a van plunged into a ravine at Bukit Genting on Sunday (Sept 24) has been identified. Penang tourism and creative economy committee chairman Wong Hon Wai said the deceased was Lee Kwee Yiam, 62. "The tour company informed us," he said in a text to the media on Monday...
The Story of Yanxi Palace stars are now represented by Mediacorp in Singapore. They tell 8days.sg what they look forward to doing here and what they think of their local fans. No part of this story can be reproduced without permission from 8days.sg. Earlier this month, Mediacorp’s artiste management arm, The Celebrity Agency (TCA), announced their collaboration with China’s...
