Congestion in the city was also found to be due to a 45 per cent increase in the number of vehicles after the easing of the movement control order since August last year, with 46.76 million recorded in December 2021 compared to 26.51 million in December 2019. —...
PETALING JAYA: It will be back to driving school for motorists nabbed with expired driving licences after June 30, says the Malaysian Association of Driving Institutes (Pima). The move came following a reminder by the Road Transport Department (JPJ) for motorists with...
SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): Traffic through Woodlands and Tuas checkpoints has been consistently heavy since the start of the June school holiday period, with traveller volume over the past weekend rising to 267,000 people per day compared with...
By NELSON BENJAMIN and VENESA DEVI JOHOR BARU: It has been two months since the border crossing with Singapore was fully reopened but issues persist on both sides of the Johor Causeway. On the Malaysian side, there have been issues with faulty...
KOTA KINABALU: The goods and services tax (GST) is better than the sales and service tax (SST) because the GST widens a country’s tax base and brings in more revenue, says the World Bank Group lead economist Apurva Sanghi. More than 170 countries around the world have...
KUALA LUMPUR, June 4 — Some workers in Malaysia have complained that their benefits have been or would be reduced by employers in response to the new RM1,500 minimum wage implemented since May 1. Singaporean newspaper The Straits Times (ST) spoke to office...
