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LTTE: Case against CEO transferred to KL High Court

ALOR GAJAH: Sessions Court today transferred the case of chief executive officer, S Chandru, 38, charged with possession of items with elements of terrorism or related to terrorist group, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), to the High Court

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Keqiang: Hong Kong not yet out of its ‘dilemma’

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang met with Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam in Beijing yesterday, saying the Asian financial hub was not yet out of its “dilemma” with the city’s economy facing an unprecedented and challenging situation. Li met with Lam

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Health Ministry: No new polio infection so far

PUCHONG: Health Ministry said no new case of polio infection was detected after a three months old baby boy in Tuaran, Sabah was confirmed infected with the disease recently. Its director general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said no new

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HOMETOWN Exhibition Staged Debut in Tokyo

TOKYO, Dec. 16, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — HOMETOWN Photo & Art Exhibition, co-hosted by Branding Shanghai and Tokyo Biennial,  kicked off its first edition at Tokyo Biennial in Tokyo on 15 December 2019 as part of the “Shanghai. Let’s Meet” city campaign in

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Sales of SUPER JUNIOR’s 9th album quickly soar past 10,000 on KuGou, achieving double gold record status

GUANGZHOU, China, Dec. 16, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — K-pop boy group SUPER JUNIOR returned to the spotlight on October 14 with the first release of their 9th full length album “Time_Slip” on KuGou. With “Time Slip” as the theme, the new album brings the

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Sales of Taeyeon’s 2nd album “Purpose” soar instantly upon release on KuGou Music

GUANGZHOU, China, Dec. 16, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Popular South Korean singer and dancer Taeyeon has always delivered a lot of surprises to audiences every time she has returned as a solo act. On October 28, 2019, her 2nd album Purpose went for

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Thousands protest against the crackdown in Lebanon’s capital

Thousands of Lebanese people took to the streets in Beirut yesterday to protest against the potential nomination of Saad Hariri as prime minister and in defiance of the violent crackdown on demonstrators by security forces the previous night. Riot police had used tear gas

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Tax revenue remains a ‘catch-up’ game in boosting govt coffers

KUALA LUMPUR: More than a year after Malaysia shifted its consumption tax system back to the Sales and Services Tax (SST), a lot more needs to be done in order to boost government revenue by other means and further reduce

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Amazon Singapore Collaborates With Non-profit Organisation Blessings in a Bag to Deliver Smiles to Less Privileged Children

SINGAPORE, Dec. 16, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — – (NASDAQ:AMZN) – This holiday season, Amazon Singapore collaborates with Blessings in a Bag (BIAB), a volunteer-driven non-profit organisation that focuses on bridging the gap between communities that have and those that don’t, to deliver smiles

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SW China’s Chengdu to set up 11 industrial sub-funds, expecting to raise $1 billion

CHENGDU, China, Dec. 16, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — On Thursday, the 2019 Western China Capital Innovation Summit, guided by Chengdu Municipal Financial Regulatory Bureau and hosted by Chengdu Media Group and organized by National Business Daily, was held at Tianfu International

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