Two Malaysians to receive UK honorary awards
KUALA LUMPUR: Two Malaysians, retired dentist Dr Vinod Kumar Joshi and adventure guide Tham Yau Kong will receive Honorary Awards from the UK, according to the Honorary Awards List, announced in the United Kingdom (UK), today. Dr Joshi will be awarded the Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for exceptional services to […]
Police to monitor crowd at popular holiday destinations during school break
KUANTAN: Anticipating an influx of visitors at tourist destinations across Pahang during the school holidays next week, police will intensify random checks to ensure full compliance of Covid-19 standard operating procedures (SOP). State police chief Datuk Ramli Mohamed Yoosuf said policemen will be on the ground to conduct surveillance at popular tourist spots, beaches and […]
Volkswagen eyes separate stock market listing for Porsche
FRANKFURT, Feb 22 — German auto giant Volkswagen today said it was drawing up plans to list its luxury brand Porsche as it looks to raise the funds for its move to electric vehicles. Volkswagen and its largest shareholder Porsche SE had “negotiated a framework agreement which should form the basis for further steps” towards […]
Malaysia records slight uptick in new Covid-19 cases with 27,179 infections
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 23 — The Health Ministry reported 27,179 new Covid-19 infections in the last 24 hours, an increase from 25,099 cases the day before. This brings the cumulative infections to 3,273,958 from the time Covid-19 arrived in the country in 2020, Health Director-General Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said in a statement […]
PM Ismail Sabri to make working visit to Cambodia, Thailand this week
PUTRAJAYA, Feb 23 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob will be making inaugural official visits to Cambodia and Thailand from Feb 23 to 26, 2022. The Foreign Ministry (Wisma Putra) in a statement today said, the visits were upon the invitation of his counterparts, Cambodia’s Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen and the Thailand’s […]
LG’s OLED TV shipments double in 2021
SEOUL: LG Electronics Inc shipped more than four million units of premium organic light emitting diode (OLED) TVs last year, double the volume from a year earlier, on steady demand for premium TVs, a report showed yesterday. The South Korean consumer electronics giant shipped a total of 4.04 million OLED TVs last year, with record […]
Bosch to invest additional 250 million euros in chip production capacity
BERLIN: Bosch is investing an additional 250 million euros (US$282.50 million) in extending chip production facilities at its Reutlingen plant in Germany, the company said on Tuesday. The Reutlingen site had previously been earmarked for 50 million euros of a total of 400 million that the supplier set aside last year for spending on chip […]
Sabah’s sea curfew extended until March 11
KOTA KINABALU: Sabah’s dusk-to-dawn sea curfew has been extended for another two weeks until March 11. The curfew covers areas up to three nautical miles (5.55km) off Tawau, Semporna, Kunak, Lahad Datu, Kinabatangan, Sandakan and Beluran. Sabah Commissioner of Police Commissioner Datuk Idris Abdullah said those living in the areas involved were not allowed to […]
Johor polls: Dr M to skip campaign trail on medical advice
PUTRAJAYA: Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad will not be on the campaign trail during the Johor election. “I would like to go to Johor but I cannot because my doctors cannot guarantee that I will not get infected. “I am not sure what the result would be if I get attacked again,” he told a press […]
