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Of late, Indonesia’s President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has been hard at work promoting foreign investment in Indonesia’s future new capital, Nusantara, slated to replace Jakarta as the center of administration by 2024. The President’s whirlwind visits in June 2023 to...

KLUANG, July 21 — The Johor government plans to build a logistics hub in the Simpang Renggam area because of its strategic location, which is in the centre of the state. Menteri Besar Datuk Onn Hafiz Ghazi said the Simpang Renggam area also has close access to three...

LABUAN (July 21): The e-ATTENDANCE digital system, developed by the Royal Malaysian Customs Department (Customs) in Labuan has benefitted the freight forwarding and shipping agents on the duty-free island since its trial-run on April 1. The system, which is used for...

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia―Teleport, the logistics venture seeded by Capital A Berhad (AirAsia), is acquiring more aircraft to strengthen its position as the market leader in Southeast Asia, including the Philippines. Pete Chareonwongsak, chief executive of Teleport, said...

PETALING JAYA: Environmentally-conscious Malaysian car lovers will soon get to cruise the highway in a Tesla.The all-electric vehicle manufacturer has just launched its Model Y in Malaysia and the first car will likely be delivered early next year, the company said in...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia’s palm oil inventories rose at the end of June but at a much slower than expected pace, as production declined and exports jumped, data by the country’s palm oil board showed on Monday. Stockpiles at the world’s second largest producer gained...

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has become a global leader in 5G connectivity with fast and reliable networks, according to the most recent benchmarking study “Benchmarking the Global 5G Experience - June 2023” by Opensignal, a website specialising in mobile network...

Malaysia is an attractive investment destination for multinational companies (MNCs) because of its outstanding advantages in the global manufacturing supply chain, said the Malaysian Investment Development Authority (Mida). Picture by Farhan Najib GEORGE TOWN, July 9...

KOTA KINABALU: Sapangar Bay Container Port (SBCP) marked the launch of logistics firm SITC’s new China-Vietnam-Malaysia (CVM) container shipping service welcoming the “MV. HF Spirit” (pic).Under the CVM route, SITC would provide weekly direct services calling Nansha,...

THE Johor government has allocated RM300,000 for the Pasir Gudang City Council (MBPG) to upgrade the FT17 Pasir Gudang Highway and the FT35 Johor Baru East Coast Highway (Coastal Road). Pasir Gudang mayor Datuk Asman Shah Abd Rahman said upgrading works would take...