JAKARTA – Indonesia will provide free coronavirus vaccines to its citizens when the world’s fourth most populous nation starts its inoculation programme, President Joko Widodo said on Wednesday, adding he would get the first shot
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CHAN CREATIVE – BUSINESS FRIEND OR FOE?
In the last two years, Your Voice Asia has received numerous enquiries from both the business and public sector regarding the Chinese Advertising Agency, Chan Creative. Registered in both the Chinese mainland and the Republic
Read moreCOVID-19: Malaysian government opens investigations into Top Glove over workers’ housing
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian government has opened 19 investigation papers into six subsidiaries of the world’s largest glove-maker Top Glove over offences involving workers’ dormitories. This followed simultaneous enforcement operations carried out by the Peninsular Malaysia Labour
Read moreCompany in Selangor keeping factories open despite spike in Covid-19 cases
November 27, 2020 7:51 AM PETALING JAYA: A company has allegedly left at least one of its factories in Selangor open despite a rise in Covid-19 cases linked to its workers. At about 7pm yesterday,
Read moreDonald Trump or Joe Biden? What will change for ASEAN after the US election?
There is growing consensus in Southeast Asia that US-China and South China Sea tensions and the impact of the trade war will not go away after November Trump’s failure to appoint an ASEAN envoy is
Read moreJanuary or March 2021 not right time for Sarawak state election, state PKR Women tells Wan Junaidi
KUCHING, Nov 3 — Sarawak PKR Women today slammed Entrepreneur Development and Co-operatives Minister Datuk Seri Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar for saying that the best time to hold the Sarawak election would be January or
Read moreMPs told to put aside political differences, unite to curb COVID-19
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 2 — The first day of the Third Meeting of the Third Session of the 14th Parliament sitting begins today with Dewan Rakyat Speaker Datuk Azhar Azizan Harun advising all members of Parliament (MP) to
Read moreWhat’s open and what’s closed during Klang Valley CMCO
PETALING JAYA: A shutdown of public activities has been ordered under the conditional MCO which comes into force from Oct 14-27. This is a partial list of what activities are permitted and what is not.
Read moreConditional Movement Control Order (CMCO) in Selangor, KL and Putrajaya from Oct 14-27
KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 12): The government has agreed to enforce Conditional Movement Control Order (CMCO) in Selangor, Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya effective from 12.01am on Oct 14 to Oct 27, said Senior Minister (Security Cluster)
Read moreMalaysia’s Covid-19 cases breach 11,000 mark after 115 new infections reported
KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 28): The health ministry reported 115 new Covid-19 infections in Malaysia as of noon today, raising the total number of cases to 11,034. The number of active cases increased to 1,011, breaching
Read moreSingapore records 313 new Covid-19 cases in 24 hours
The remaining case is a student’s pass holder who arrived from Indonesia on July 19. The one community case is linked to a previous case. She is a family member of a 13-year-old boy who
Read moreSouth Asian nations caught in China-India crossfire
THE border stand-off between China and India has put their neighbours in South Asia in a spot as they are caught in a crossfire between the nuclear-armed powers. Smaller countries in South Asia – such
Read moreMahathir pledges to step down for Anwar, but not before November 2020
KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia’s Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, the world’s oldest prime minister, promised on Tuesday (Dec 10) to hand over power to anointed successor Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim in spite of new sexual assault
Read moreSex change prompts Singapore to annul marriage
KUALA LUMPUR — Singapore has annulled the marriage of a transgender woman and her partner, in a case that has sparked accusations of discrimination against the LGBT community. The unidentified couple were married as man
Read moreSingapore, China enjoy strong bilateral ties that have adapted to changes: DPM Teo
Singapore and China have built a strong bilateral relationship that has adapted with the changing needs of both countries over the years, said Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean on Thursday (Jul 13) at the
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