Scoot Tigerair’s Singapore-Miri direct flights will begin Feb 23 – Lee

KUCHING, Feb 5 — Scoot Tigerair Pte. Ltd (Scoot) will start its twice-a-week direct passenger air service between Singapore and Miri on Feb 23, says State Transport Minister Datuk Seri Lee Kim Shin.He said his ministry had received an official letter …

Proposed logging, mining project at Kenderong Forest won’t be approved if it has negative impact

IPOH, Feb 5 — The Perak government will not approve the proposed logging and tin mining project at the Kenderong forest reserve in Mukim Kerunai, Gerik if it has a negative impact.Perak Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Saarani Mohamad he would obtain a full r…

Heavy traffic on main highways towards Klang Valley – LLM

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 5 — Heavy and slow traffic flow on the main highways heading to the Klang Valley is expected to continue until midnight or early tomorrow morning as city folks began their return home after the Chinese New Year holidays.A spokesman …

Selangor govt sets ceiling price for chicken at RM8 per kg

SHAH ALAM, Feb 5 — The Selangor government has fixed the maximum retail price for standard chicken at RM8 per kilogramme through the Ehsan Food Prices Intervention Programme which will be implemented for two weeks starting Monday.Menteri Besar Datuk A…

COVID: Malaysia reports 9,117 new cases Saturday

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 5 — The number of new COVID-19 infections in Malaysia has once again exceeded the 9,000 mark when 9,117 cases were reported today, compared to 7,234 cases yesterday.Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said this b…