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Matta: Cap airfare for flights between peninsula, East Malaysia at lowest acceptable level
Matta president Datuk Tan Kok Liang blamed the Transport Ministry for failing to address the high airfares issue. — Borneo Post pic KOTA KINABALU (April 17): The Malaysian Association of Tour And Travel Agents (Matta) has suggested that airfares for domestic flights...
Private jet experience: A resort in Malaysia offers vacation of a different kind
Twin Jets Resort in Broga, Negeri Sembilan, features two cargo planes that have been converted into suites. (Photo: Facebook/Twin Jets Resort) Tho Xin Yi @thoxinyiCNA16 Apr 2022 06:05AM(Updated: 16 Apr 2022 11:33AM)BookmarkWhatsAppTelegramFacebookTwitterEmailLinkedIn...
All vaccinated travellers can enter Singapore without quarantine from April 1, no need for VTL flights
SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): All travellers vaccinated against Covid-19 and children aged 12 and below will be able to enter Singapore with just a pre-departure Covid-19 test from 11.59pm on March 31. In Singapore's most significant move to reopen...
All systems go for April 1 switch to endemicity? Not quite, as Malaysian industry players complain of manpower shortage
KUALA LUMPUR, March 21 — Malaysia’s industry players are counting down to April 1, hoping for an economic reset when the government officially announces the country’s start of its transition to Covid-19 endemicity. However, representatives of some of the biggest...
Malaysia on track to achieve 2022 economic targets, says PM Ismail Sabri
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said Malaysia’s positive economic performance in 2021 shows that the country was projected to achieve targets set for this year. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa HANOI, March 20 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob...
MALAYSIA SHIPOWNERS’ ASSOCIATION (MASA) COURTESY VISIT TO MARINE HEADQUARTERS, MARINE DEPARTMENT MALAYSIA
PORT KLANG, 26th January 2022 (Wednesday) – The newly-appointed Malaysia Shipowners’ Association (MASA) Chairman, Mr Mohamed Safwan Othman together with Executive Committee (EXCO) members paid a courtesy visit to the Director-General of Marine, YBhg. Dato’ Hj. Baharin...
Malaysia denies entry to Russian-flagged Aframax, ‘strictly’ observes UN sanctions: official
Malaysia will not permit a Russia-flagged Aframax tanker that was reported to be nearing its waters to call at one of its ports, and will strictly observe sanctions imposed by the UN, a senior government official said March 2. However a Marine Department of Malaysia...
Malaysia scraps mega port project off Melaka
Malaysia’s state government has reportedly scrapped a MYR43bn ($10.5bn) port project off the coast of Melaka due to delays in reclamation works. Lee Hong Liang | Nov 23, 2020 In a letter by the Melaka government dated 16 November and seen by Singapore’s The...
Port of Tanjung Pepelas box volumes up 8% to record high of 9.8m teu in 2020
Malaysia’s Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP) has posted a record throughput of 9.8m teu in 2020, despite the global economic turmoil caused by the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. Lee Hong Liang | Jan 26, 2021 The figure represents an increase of more than 8% from...
Port of Tanjung Pelepas to invest RM750m for expansion in 2022
ISKANDAR PUTERI (Jan 7): Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP) will invest RM750 million to expand its capacity this year, its chief executive officer Marco Neelsen said. Spurred by the double-digit growth last year, he said the port, currently with a capacity of 11.5 million...