PUTRAJAYA: Calls by employees for employers to contribute 20% towards the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) will be discussed, said Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. “We have received such a request but have yet to discuss it. “It will be brought to the Cabinet for discussion,”...

DURING the Shah Alam City Council full board meeting on April 19, Shah Alam mayor Dr Nor Fuad Abdul Hamid was reported to have said, “In the near future, the Klang River will be a maritime attraction, like a waterfront.” He added that “in addition to a beautiful...

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia was ranked the second best-performing Asean country in the World Bank Logistics Performance Index (LPI) 2023, behind Singapore. According to The World Bank's website, the LPI serves as a benchmarking tool to help countries identify the...

PETALING JAYA: Whether it’s for haze or Covid-19, Malaysians are continuing to mask up to protect themselves and their loved ones. Design engineer Lee Jiunn Aun said masking up had become a norm for him and his family since the start of the pandemic. “Especially...

MYAirline to offer cargo services on all flights by May SUBANG JAYA: MYAirline Sdn Bhd will offer cargo services via belly space for all its routes by May, following recent approval from the relevant authorities. According to CEO Rayner Teo, the low-cost carrier...

OVER the last few months, a national Planetary Health Action Plan has been hatched by the Academy of Sciences Malaysia. While other nations are also looking at the development of plans, policies and programmes that focus on the relationship between the health of the...

KUALA LUMPUR: The Transport Ministry (MOT) will enforce a road ban on goods vehicles in conjunction with the Hari Raya Aidilfitri celebrations to reduce traffic congestion and the risk of traffic accidents. The ban will take effect on April 20 and 21 (before Raya) as...

KUALA LUMPUR – The Malaysian government has confirmed it is going ahead with the plan to build a RM28 billion (S$8.5 billion) port to significantly boost the handling capacity for both container and conventional cargo at the main shipping hub of Port Klang....

PUTRAJAYA, April 11 — Malaysia’s central database of Maritime Single Window (MMSW) will be ready by the third quarter of this year, Transport Minister Anthony Loke said today. He said by the end of the year, the MMSW system would be implemented first at the Klang and...

Tesla gained approval to launch its electric vehicle (EV) sales in Malaysia last month, and now the U.S. automaker appears to be starting its workforce in the country ahead of launch. This week, Tesla has shared a number of job listings for roles in the Malaysian...

KUALA LUMPUR, April 8 (Xinhua) -- The Malaysia-China Kuantan Industrial Park (MCKIP) has remained a key economic driver along Malaysia's east coast a decade after its launch, boosting industrial output and job creation, said an official overseeing the region's...

KUANTAN, April 7 — The Ministry of Transport (MoT) is encouraging the cargo handling segment from the east coast to the Klang Valley to use the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) service instead of the highway, once it starts operating in early 2027. Its Minister Anthony...

KUALA LUMPUR, April 1 — Malaysian exporters are set to benefit from additional preferential access into United Kingdom’s market with the latter's eventual accession into the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), minister Datuk...

KUALA LUMPUR: The International Trade and Industry Ministry's trade and investment mission to China has generated RM2.44bil worth of potential exports to the republic on top of the RM170bil of potential foreign direct investment (FDI) from China. The mission, which...

Closer cooperation between China and Malaysia could help boost the revival of Kuala Lumpur-Singapore high-speed rail project, Chinese experts said on Tuesday, after a senior Malaysian official said there could be further discussion with China on the project. Xu...

THERE are plenty of skyscrapers in Malaysia, and Kuala Lumpur was home to the tallest building in the world - the PETRONAS Twin Towers, the tallest building in the world until it was overtaken by Taiwan's Taipei 101 in 2004. With that said, many have claimed that...

KUALA LUMPUR: The cost of rebranding the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) and KLIA2 terminals does not involve any allocation from the Transport Ministry. Its Minister, Anthony Loke said the rebranding costs, which include marketing and signages, would be...

SENAI, March 22 — Senai Airport City Sdn Bhd (SACSB) expects to attract new foreign direct investment (FDI) worth RM250 million from three international investors by the end of this year The international investors, involved in the electrical and electronics sector,...

PORT KLANG: Port Klang Authority (PKA) plans to construct a cargo port estimated to cost RM28 billion on Carey Island, Klang, scheduled to be completed by 2060, said PKA general manager Capt. K. Subramaniam. Additionally, PKA is looking into developing a back-up...

PUTRAJAYA: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) needs to fill over 700 vacancies to strengthen its services in safeguarding the security of the country’s waters, said its director-general Maritime Admiral Datuk Mohd Zubil Mat Som. “Currently, we are still...