Some of Malaysia and Singapore’s previously shelved rail projects may be given a new lease of life or resume progress as more optimistic news seem to be on the horizon, a Malaysia minister announced.
Malaysia has stopped selling sea sand to Singapore, cutting off the tiny island nation’s main source of one of the key materials it needs for extensive expansion plans.
The progressive efforts of the Malaysian government in uplifting the country’s telecommunications sector have been recognised by the World Bank in its latest report on Malaysia Economic Monitor: Re-energising the Public Service, which was published on June 30 2019.
Former Miss Moscow Oksana Voevodina has gone public on Instagram about her life as the Sultan of Kelantan’s royal consort, confirming speculation last year that the then King of Malaysia had taken a Russian wife.
A 12-year-old boy in the Malaysian state of Kelantan was killed on Thursday (Jul 4) when the rotting floorboard of the bus he was in gave way.
American pop singer Maggie Lindemann has revealed that she was arrested midway through her performance in Kuala Lumpur on June 21.
The Cabinet minister dismissed claims in a news story that the ban was introduced because Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad was upset that Malaysia’s land was being used to increase the size of Singapore.
Brunei’s Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Indonesian President Joko Widodo and Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad will attend Singapore’s National Day Parade this year.
RedONE, a budget virtual telco from Malaysia, launched in Singapore on Monday (July 1) – and is promising that customers will be able to use their data in both countries without extra costs.
The Malaysian passport has been ranked the 13th most powerful travel document in the world in the Henley Passport Index for the third quarter of 2019.
The bodies of two girls were found in a canal in the northern state of Perak, authorities in Malaysia said on Tuesday (Jul 2).
Malaysia, Singapore’s biggest source for sea sand, has banned the export of the commodity, according to officials in Kuala Lumpur, a move that traders said could complicate the island-state’s ambitious expansion plans on reclaimed land.
The macroeconomic challenges faced by Malaysia are expected to continue, but the World Bank has reaffirmed its confidence that Malaysia’s aspiration to become a high-income nation by 2024 remains possible, as long as the country’s gross national income (GNI) per capita continues to grow at a range of 4% to 4.5%.
Singapore Airlines and Malaysia Airlines have signed a preliminary agreement to explore a wide-ranging strategic partnership that could include more codeshares as well as cargo and aircraft maintenance, the companies said on Thursday (June 27).
The Malaysian company in charge of developing the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High-Speed Rail (HSR) on Friday (June 28) appointed Minconsult and Ernst & Young as its technical advisory consultant (TAC) and commercial advisory consultant (CAC), respectively.
National carriers Singapore Airlines (SIA) and Malaysia Airlines (MAS) on Thursday (Jun 27) signed a preliminary agreement that could see them “significantly” expand codeshare flights.
Another consignment of bottled drinking water imported from Malaysia has been found with Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a common environmental bacteria, here.
