KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 2 – With over 1,200 merchants offering products and services in more than 20 categories – and some 600 ready to ship orders overseas — you won’t want to miss #MYCYBERSALE 2018 from Sept 3-7. The regional and international brands taking part in this online sale event include Lazada,
GEORGE TOWN, Aug 30 – Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow today advised non-governmental organisations (NGO) in the state not to scare the people with their false information and negativity concerning the Penang Transport Master Plan. Chow said he had explained many times that the project was necessary to address the
GEORGE TOWN, Aug 30 – The Penang government plans to introduce a happiness index to measure the collective happiness of the people and their level of satisfaction towards the state government’s programmes and policies. Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow said via the happiness index, the state government would conduct a survey
PUTRAJAYA, Aug 27 – The price of sugar will be lower by 10 sen per kg effective Sept 1 in line with the fall in sugar prices in the world market, Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Datuk Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said today. The new retail price of coarse sugar will
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 27 – Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak, who was also finance minister, should have been aware of the movement of the money in the Consolidated Fund meant for the GST refunds, said Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. “Yes … he should have known where
KUALA LUMPU, Aug 27 – Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng today said that former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak had the power to approve the decision not to transfer RM19.25 billion to the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Refunds Trust Account. He said if Najib, who was the then
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 26 – Pakatan Harapan (PH) is reminded not to make mistakes on the Bantuan Sara Hidup (BSH), formerly known as 1Malaysia People’s Aid (BR1M). PH Youth leader Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad said any reform should only be done with the consensus of all PH parties and the Cabinet
IPOH, Aug 26 – The disbursement of the 1Malaysia People’s Aid (BR1M) initiated by the previous Barisan Nasional should be discontinued as it has elements of corruption to get the support of the people, said Economic Affairs Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali. He, however, said the government under the leadership
PUTRAJAYA, Aug 25 – Wooden caskets and baby foods are exempted from sales tax, said Customs director-general Datuk Seri Subromaniam Tholasy. In a statement issued today, he said the Royal Malaysian Customs Department had uploaded the revised list of proposed items which would be exempted from sales tax, as of Aug
LANGKAWI, Aug 25 – The government will provide an allocation to rebuild the homes of Langkawi residents who were hit by flash floods on Thursday, said Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. He said the work would be carried out as soon as possible so that they could go back to their
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 25 – Several main roads in Putrajaya will be closed and diverted in stages from Sunday until Aug 31 with conjunction with the rehearsal and celebration of the National Day 2018. Kuala Lumpur Police chief Datuk Seri Mazlan Lazim said the road diversion and closure would start from 6am
SEREMBAN, Aug 25 – Pertubuhan Kebangsaan Sumber Manusia Malaysia (Pusma) wants the government to exempt Sales and Service Tax (SST) for the recruitment of local workers. Pusma president Zarina Ismail said this is to encourage more employers to hire local workers instead of foreign workers. “It has been reported in the recent
HONG KONG, Aug 24 – CENTRESTAGE, Asia’s premier fashion event, is returning in just two weeks’ time for its third edition running from 5-8 Sept at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. Organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), the event has rapidly gained momentum since its
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 24 – Eastspring Investments Berhad today announced the gross income distribution for Eastspring Investments Target Income Fund 6 (“Fund”): Fund Name Financial Year End Gross Distribution (RM/Unit) Dividend Yield as at 10 August 2018 Type of Distribution Eastspring Investments Target Income Fund 6 31 May 0.0206 2.00%
GEORGE TOWN, Aug 21 – The Penang state government will meet its 14th General Election pledge to build 75,000 units of low-cost, low-medium cost and affordable houses in the state by 2020. State Housing, Local Government and Urban and Rural Development Committee chairman Jagdeep Singh Deo said the state government was
BEIJING, Aug 21 – “I do not know whether Jho Low is in China,” said Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. The Malaysian prime minister said he really did not know of Jho Low’s whereabouts as information indicating that he was hiding in this country was just a rumour. Recent international news reports hinted
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 21 – The government is committed to long-term fiscal consolidation and aims to cut the fiscal deficit to 2.8% of GDP this year, according to Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng. He said the target would be met through various measures, including cancelling and postponing unimportant low-multiplier government expenditures by
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 21 – The police have recorded Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng’s statement over the alleged missing RM19.25 billion from the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Refund Trust Account, which affected 121,429 companies and individuals. In a statement today, Lim said under the GST Act 2014, input tax refunds
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 21 – The abolition of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) by the new government did not cause the country to go bankrupt but has in fact been able to survive so far, said Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng. He said although GST was idolised by certain parties
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 21 – Barisan Nasional (BN) senators in the Dewan Negara did not reject the Sales Tax Bill 2018 and the Service Tax Bill 2018 from being passed today, to honour the mandate given by the people to the Pakatan Harapan (PH) government. Senator Khairul Azwan Harun said there
