Finance and Economy
Barisan Nasional (BN) has won big in the Melaka state election, grabbing 21 seats from a total 28. Effectively, the coalition is back – stronger with two-thirds majority. It also means the coalition has managed to win back all the 8 seats that it lost in the 2018 General Election, which led to the loss […]
... written on Nov 21 2021Do you know that the UAE (United Arab Emirates) is the third-richest country in the world, behind Qatar and Luxembourg? Contrary to popular belief that Saudi Arabia was the richest Gulf state in the Middle East, it’s actually Qatar and the UAE that is wealthier. While Saudi has tonnes of oil, Qatar is the world’s […]
... written on Nov 18 2021Coronavirus cases are declining everywhere – except Europe. The WHO (World Health Organization) reported last week that Covid-19 death jumped by 10% in Europe, making it the only place on the planet where infections and deaths are steadily increasing. In fact, it has been the sixth consecutive week that Covid has risen in the continent. […]
... written on Nov 15 2021Melaka received 18.7 million tourists and attracted RM21.3 billion revenue in 2019. About 67% were domestic tourists while the remaining 37% were foreign visitors. That’s about 6.9 million foreign tourists. It may not sound a lot, but based on total 26.1 million tourist arrivals in Malaysia in the same year, Melaka (Malacca) actually grabbed a […]
... written on Nov 13 2021When your child first came to this world, you had a lot of things to think about, but you probably haven’t thought about college. After all, there is no point in thinking about a baby’s education, as you still had a long, long way to go until it grows up. Well, not that the child […]
... written on Nov 12 2021Have you reached all of your business career goals so far and are now thinking about taking it even further? Whether you want to get higher up into the top level of management in your current place of employment or hope to start your own successful business in the future, one of the best ways […]
... written on Nov 09 2021Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has made a fruitful visit to the UAE (United Arab Emirates), securing a whopping US$32.7 billion (RM136 billion) worth of investments from the Gulf state, including vaccine manufacturing and distribution. The investments, announced last Thursday (Nov 4), came after Jokowi visited Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al […]
... written on Nov 08 2021Based on complaints from the Opposition, especially the Democratic Action Party (DAP), one of four components of the Pakatan Harapan coalition, it’s crystal clear that they have again been scammed and tricked by the cunning government of Ismail Sabri into signing the MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) to support the highly corrupt and racist regime. Told […]
... written on Nov 05 2021Najib Razak, the disgraced former Malaysian prime minister who has been sentenced to 12 years in prison and fined RM210 million after he was found guilty of all charges of abuse of power, criminal breach of trust (CBT), and money laundering in the 1MDB scandal, had infamously pledged to bathe the “Keris (Malay dagger)” with Chinese blood. […]
... written on Oct 27 2021Britain rolled out its vaccination program much earlier than other countries in the Europe. Yet, Covid-19 infections in the country have been rising in recent weeks, so much so it hit more than 50,000 cases on Thursday (Oct 21). Something is terribly wrong in the U.K. as it was only on July 19 that Britons […]
... written on Oct 24 2021