30,000 pelancong dijangka berkunjung ke Langkawi pada dua minggu akhir September
LANGKAWI: Lembaga Kemajuan Langkawi (LADA) menyasarkan kira-kira 30,000 individu akan berkunjung ke Langkawi pada dua minggu terakhir September susulan pembukaan pulau peranginan itu kepada orang ramai menerusi inisiatif gelembung pelancongan yang bermula Khamis ini (16 September). Ketua Pegawai Eksekutifnya, Nasaruddin Abdul Muttalib berkata, sasaran itu adalah selaras dengan jangkaan awal kemasukan pelancong menerusi jalan darat […]
Pelantikan timbalan Yang di-Pertua Dewan Rakyat ditangguh
KUALA LUMPUR – Usul pemilihan bagi jawatan Timbalan Speaker Dewan Rakyat yang sepatutnya dibentangkan hari ini ditangguhkan ke sidang Parlimen akan datang. Ia bagi membolehkan pindaan Perlembagaan Persekutuan dibuat untuk menambah bilangan Timbalan Speaker kepada tiga orang. Perkara itu dinyatakan Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri (Parlimen dan Undang-Undang), Datuk Wan Juanidi sebaik sahaja Dewan Rakyat memulakan […]
Kelonggaran tambahan aktiviti sosial, ekonomi tidak lama lagi
PETALING JAYA: Kerajaan akan mengumumkan beberapa kelonggaran tambahan baharu di bawah fasa-fasa Pelan Pemulihan Negara (PPN) bagi sektor sosial dan ekonomi dalam masa terdekat. Menteri Kanan Pertahanan, Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein berkata, kerajaan juga sedang mempertimbangkan kelonggaran tambahan termasuk aktiviti pelancongan selain daripada destinasi yang termasuk dalam inisiatif gelembung pelancongan. Menurutnya, pertimbangan itu termasuk […]
Laluan ke Air Terjun Sungai Pisang ditutup, ramai degil guna laluan tikus
PETALING JAYA – Jabatan Perhutanan Negeri Selangor (JPNS) menegaskan tiada sebarang kelulusan permit aktiviti diberikan di Taman Eko Rimba, Denai dan Jalur Pendakian dalam Hutan Simpanan Kekal (HSK) semasa Pelan Pemulihan Negara (PPN) – Fasa2. Ini susulan penularan sebuah video dipercayai di kawasan Air Terjun Sungai Pisang yang sesak dengan kehadiran orang ramai yang didakwa […]
JD Sports reports record earnings ahead of key holiday season
BENGALURU (Sept 14): JD Sports reported a record first-half profit as lockdowns eased and people visited its shops in Britain, sending its shares to an all-time high as investors looked past the scrapped dividend and looked ahead to the holiday season. The company said it expects earnings in the year ending Jan 29 to more […]
Malaysia Debt Ventures invests in Digital Media
KUALA LUMPUR: Digital Media Nusantara has secured an undisclosed funding from Malaysia Debt Ventures Bhd (MDV) to futureproof the business and develop its financial markets technology. MDV is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Minister of Finance Inc. Digital Media said the funding would be used to accelerate its mission to become Southeast Asia’s first fintech media […]
For British American Tobacco Malaysia, sustainability now ‘front and centre’ of business strategy
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 14 — Malaysia’s largest tobacco producer is switching tack to manufacturing products that aim to reduce the health risks associated with smoking cigarettes as part of its new business strategy focusing on sustainability. In an online news conference here today, British American Tobacco (BAT) Malaysia Berhad unveiled its “A Better Tomorrow” initiative […]
MAHB optimistic of better results
PETALING JAYA: Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) is optimistic its financial performance will be better in the fourth quarter with the ramping up of Covid-19 vaccinations in the country. “For the fourth quarter, we are cautiously optimistic that our results will be better than the third quarter of financial year 2021 (FY21) – once inter-state travelling is […]
Japan to donate 1.3 million more AstraZeneca vaccine doses to Taiwan, Asian neighbours
TOKYO, Sept 14 — Japan said on Tuesday it will donate an additional 1.3 million AstraZeneca Plc Covid-19 vaccine doses to Taiwan and other Asian neighbours. Taiwan will get 500,000 more doses, bringing Japan’s total donation to the island to 3.9 million, Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi told reporters. The latest donation batch will go out […]
