KL International Airport Enhances Airport Readiness To Welcome Vaccinated Travel Lane
SEPANG – KL International Airport (KLIA) is ensuring that it is ready to welcome passengers travelling under the Vaccinated Travel Lane (VTL) by Air or VTL-Air programme. The entire airport community including airlines, government agencies and service providers are ready to receive the increase in passengers and ensure that their journey is as seamless as […]
1,076 kes penderaan kanak-kanak di Selangor dalam tempoh 9 bulan
KUALA LUMPUR: Sejumlah 1,076 kes penderaan kanak-kanak dilaporkan berlaku di Selangor sepanjang tempoh sembilan bulan pertama tahun ini. Exco Kesihatan Awam, Perpaduan, Wanita dan Keluarga Negeri, Dr Siti Mariah Mahmud berkata ia merangkumi tiga kategori iaitu penderaan fizikal, penderaan emosi dan penderaan atau gangguan seksual seperti yang dikeluarkan Polis Diraja Malaysia (PDRM) Selangor. “Berikut dinyatakan […]
Petronas awards feed contracts for Sabah’s nearshore LNG project
KUALA LUMPUR: Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) has awarded two Front End Engineering Design (FEED) contracts to JGC Corporation-Samsung Heavy Industries consortium and to SAIPEM Spa. The move is part of an international dual FEED design competition for a nearshore liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Sabah, Petronas said in a statement today. The project, with […]
Taliban, Myanmar junta unlikely to be let into UN for now, say diplomats
NEW YORK, Dec 1 — A United Nations committee meeting today is unlikely to allow Afghanistan’s Taliban or Myanmar’s junta to represent their countries at the 193-member world body, say diplomats. Rival claims have been made for the seats of both countries with the Taliban and Myanmar’s junta pitted against ambassadors appointed by the governments […]
Domestic carbon trading to be implemented in phases
KUALA LUMPUR: Carbon trading at the domestic level will be implemented in phases beginning end of next year, said Environment and Water Minister Datuk Seri Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man. He said the Finance Ministry (MOF) was currently working with the Environment and Water Ministry (KASA) and Bursa Malaysia in an effort to get buy-ins from […]
Kabinet putus kos haji selewat-lewatnya bulan depan
JOHOR BAHRU: Keputusan kos haji bagi musim 1443H/2022M sama ada kekal atau akan naik susulan peningkatan kos akan diputuskan Kabinet selewat-lewatnya Januari depan. Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri (Hal Ehwal Agama), Senator Idris Ahmad, berkata Lembaga Tabung Haji (TH) dijadualkan akan memberikan taklimat berhubung isu itu kepada beliau minggu hadapan. “Saya akan bawakan perincian taklimat […]
Bintai Kinden, Charter Built signs MoU for RM700mil GDV development near KLIA
KUALA LUMPUR: Bintai Kinden Corp Bhd has signed a memorandum of understanding with Charter Build Sdn Bhd to jointly develop 36ha of industrial land near Kuala Lumpur International Airport. It said in statement the land has a gross development value of at least RM700mil. Charter Build is principally involved in the business of civil and structural works, […]
Three students shot dead, eight people wounded at Michigan high school; suspect arrested
OXFORD (Michigan), Dec 1 — A 15-year-old boy killed three fellow high school students and wounded eight other people upon opening fire with a semi-automatic handgun at a Michigan high school, and he was quickly arrested, police said. One of those wounded was a teacher and the remainder were students at Oxford High School in […]
Omicron: Eight things Malaysians need to know about the latest Covid-19 variant
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 1 — Didn’t have time to read up on Omicron, the latest Covid-19 variant of concern that is triggering new travel restrictions worldwide within days of its discovery? Here are eight things you need to know about the Omicron variant: When was it first detected? Short answer: Just a few days ago […]
