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Muhyiddin: Need for ASEAN to mitigate cybercrime in advancing digital economy
KUALA LUMPUR: ASEAN has to find ways to collectively mitigate cross-border cybercrime as it prepares to emerge as a competitive digital economic bloc in the post-COVID-19 period, said Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. In his keynote address at the first
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Sabah Floods: Number of evacuees remains at 443 Thursday morning
KOTA KINABALU: The number of Sabah flood evacuees remains at 443 people from 134 families currently housed at six relief centres (PPS) as at 8 this morning. According to a statement from the Sabah Disaster Management Committee, the number of
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Saifuddin: Malaysia committed to helping ASEAN secure data flow and enhance cybersecurity
KUALA LUMPUR: In ensuring secure cross-border data flows and enhancing cybersecurity in creating a trusted ecosystem for e-commerce within ASEAN, Malaysia affirms its support in implementing the initiatives under ASEAN’s Digital Data Governance Framework. Communications and Multimedia Minister Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah said apart from the framework, Malaysia will
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Muhyiddin: COVID-19 accelerates growth of digital economy
KUALA LUMPUR: The COVID-19 pandemic, which has affected the world since early last year, has accelerated the growth of the digital economy in Malaysia. According to Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, since the pandemic began, things have changed drastically
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PAS wants UMNO, Bersatu to join forces in GE15
KUALA LUMPUR: PAS wants UMNO, which leads the Muafakat Nasional, and Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu), which leads the Perikatan Nasional, to join forces in facing the 15th General Election (GE15), said its president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang. Abdul
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KPDNHEP to implement 29 initiatives to assist business community
KUALA LUMPUR: The Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry (KPDNHEP) will be implementing 29 targeted initiatives to assist the business community through the COVID-19 Pandemic Caring Programme. Its Minister, Datuk Seri Alexander Nanta Linggi in a statement today said the initiatives cover two
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COVID-19: Sarawak allocates RM81 mln for Jan – Jun 2021
KUCHING: The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (JPBN) has received an allocation of RM81 million from the state government to manage the COVID-19 pandemic situation for the period of January to June this year, said its chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah
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Foreign Minister to participate in virtual AMM Retreat tomorrow – Wisma Putra
KUALA LUMPUR: Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein is participating at the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Retreat (AMM Retreat) via video conference tomorrow (Jan 21). Wisma Putra, in a statement today, said among issues that will be discussed by the foreign ministers
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Kuching division starts Sarawak’s journey of progress
KUCHING: Kuching division, with a land mass of 4,560 sq km, which is bigger than the states of Perlis, Melaka and Penang combined, provides a tremendous challenge, as well as opportunities for development initiatives in a big way. Yet, since Sarawak
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MCMC denies issuing warning poster
PUTRAJAYA: The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has denied issuing a poster warning the public not to use the hashtag #SiBodohKauDengarSini on Twitter. MCMC in a statement today said the poster which has gone viral on social media, contained misleading information
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