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Hong Kong’s airport reopens, more than 200 flights canceled
HONG KONG: Hong Kong’s airport reopened on Tuesday but its administrator warned that flight movements would still be affected, after China said protests that have swept the city over the past two months had begun to show “sprouts of terrorism”.
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KLCI loses 0.82% in line with regional markets drop
KUALA LUMPUR: The FBM KLCI lost 0.82% in early trade this morning, in tandem with the decline at regional markets. At 9.10am, the FBM KLCI fell 13.11 points to 1,601.94. The early decliners included Public Bank Bhd, Petronas Dagangan Bhd,
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Wall Street falls on geopolitical tensions, recession fears
NEW YORK: U.S. stocks dropped in a broad sell-off on Monday as simmering geopolitical tensions spooked equity investors and drove a bond market rally while the protracted U.S.-China trade war stoked fears of impending recession. All three major U.S. stock
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Both Dr Mahathir and Dong Zong are wrong
Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohammad was wrong to brand Dong Zong as “racist”, but Dong Zong was not right to claim that the khat lesson for Chinese/Tamil primary schools’ Standard Four Bahasa Malaysia subject from 2020 was the beginning of
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Engage and rationalize with Dong Zong, Dr Mahathir
PUCHONG: Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad was taken to task for labelling Chinese educationist group, Dong Zong as racist instead of engaging them as stakeholders, on the issue of khat. “Instead of allaying the cconcerns of Dong Zong, on
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PH presidential council should vet through language, religion, education policies
PUCHONG: PSM chairman Dr D Michael Jeyakumar has called upon Pakatan Harapan (PH) presidential council to set up a high level committee to look through all new policies related to language, religion and education prior to allowing the concerned ministers
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‘Support or participate in protest, and you’ll get fired’
HONG KONG: Hong Kong carrier Cathay Pacific warned its staff on Monday that they could be fired if they “support or participate in illegal protests”, as the airline comes under pressure from Beijing. The warning follows new regulations imposed by
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Dark global economic outlook despite trade war
BERLIN: The economic outlook has deteriorated in all parts of the world over the summer due to an escalating trade dispute between the United States and China, a survey showed. Germany’s Ifo economic institute said its quarterly survey among nearly
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MB: Selangor Ruler reviewing controversial unilateral conversion bill
SHAH ALAM: Selangor Ruler, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah is reviewing the controversial bill that favored unilateral conversion, revealed Menteri Besar Amirudin Shari. He also added that no decision has been made on whether the bill would be tabled or not.
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PH presidential council, decide policy decisions first, not Dr M’s solo say
This has been happening at a troubling frequency: the Pakatan Harapan chairperson and Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad making unilateral decisions for the people. Or that’s the pretty picture that Mahathir is sending – that he calls the shots despite
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