SINGAPORE and Malaysia have agreed to work together towards the full resumption of air and land travel for fully-vaccinated people, said Health Minister Ong Ye Kung on Wednesday (Mar 23). Ong, who is in Putrajaya for a working visit, announced this on his Facebook page after meeting with his Malaysian counterpart Khairy Jamaluddin and Director-General […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has maintained its April export tax for crude palm oil at 8%, a circular on the Malaysian Palm Oil Board website showed on Monday. The world’s second-largest palm exporter calculated a reference price of 5,925.33 ringgit per tonne for April. The export tax structure starts at 3% for crude palm oil in […]
Read MoreMalaysia should adopt Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies as legal tender, the deputy minister of the Communications and Multimedia Ministry said. “We hope the government can allow this,” Zahidi Zainul Abidin said in Parliament on Monday, responding to a question from an opposition member of the legislature. So far, El Salvador is the only country to […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR, March 21 — The ringgit opened lower against the US dollar on Monday despite the firmer oil prices as the Russia-Ukraine conflict caused a meteoric rise in oil and other commodity prices, said an analyst. At 9.00am, the local currency declined further to 4.1960/1990 versus the greenback from 4.1930/1975 at Friday’s close. At […]
Read MoreIn Vietnam, the Government and National Assembly have issued preferential policies for electric vehicles. The Thai government has officially approved an incentive package to promote the production and use of electric vehicles in this country. The program will last until 2025, with the goal that by 2030 electric vehicle production will account for 30% of […]
Read MoreKUCHING (CNA) – Malaysia’s Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture (MOTAC) is confident that tourism industry players are ready to receive foreign tourists when the country’s borders re-open on April 1. Its minister Nancy Shukri said that her ministry had held meetings with tourism industry players before the decision to re-open the borders was made. […]
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