Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR, July 2 (NNN-Bernama) — Malaysia will not be affected by the current heatwave in Canada and the Pacific Northwest of the United States, according to the Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia).

Its director-general Jailan Simon said, therefore, the people should not worry about the hot weather phenomenon being experienced by the two countries which recorded temperatures up to 47.9 and 56.6 degrees Celcius.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 2 (NNN-Bernama) — The Malaysia-Singapore Business Council (MSBC) has established a Malaysia-Singapore private sector task force in an effort to boost economic recovery post-pandemic.

In a joint statement Friday, it said the task force, headed by co-chairs of MSBC, was to compile business inputs from both Malaysian and Singaporean businesses for submission to the governments.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 2 (NNN-Bernama) — Parliament sitting will be called as soon as possible before Aug 1 as decided by Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin as the Leader of the House.

Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Parliament and Law) Takiyuddin Hassan said the matter will be finalised in the Cabinet meeting on July 7.

“The federal government has always been consistent in upholding the Malaysian King Yang di-Pertuan Agong’s decree in all matters concerning the country’s administration, including those related to parliamentary proceedings.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 2 (NNN-Bernama) — Malaysian King Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah, today expressed his appreciation to the Japanese government for donating one million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine to help intensify the vaccination process under the National COVID-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK).

PUTRAJAYA, June 30 (NNN-Bernama) — The government will reconsider its previous decision to administer the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to adolescents, following reports of incidents of side effects relating to heart inflammation, especially among male recipients.

National COVID-19 Immunisation Programme Coordinating Minister, Khairy Jamaluddin, said that his party, together with the Ministry of Health (MOH) and the Ministry of Education (MOE), would hold a meeting to discuss the issue.

29 June 2021; MEMO: A Malaysian organisation calling itself DragonForce has said that it hacked into the database of an Israeli recruitment company, giving access to the details of hundreds of thousands of university students, local media outlets have reported.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 28 (NNN-Bernama) — The government is ready to consider allowing companies to resume full operations if all the workers have been fully vaccinated, said Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin.

He said the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) is coordinating the Public-Private Partnership COVID-19 Industry Immunisation Programme (PIKAS) as an incentive to companies and industries to use their premises as Vaccination Centres (PPVs) and conduct immunisation programmes for employees.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 17 (Reuters) - Israel is willing to work towards establishing ties with Southeast Asia's Muslim majority nations, its ambassador to Singapore said on Thursday, despite their condemnation in May of Israeli air strikes on Gaza.

The region's three Muslim-majority states - Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei - sharply criticised the Israeli attacks during 11 days of hostilities in which medics said over 250 Palestinians were killed and 13 people killed in Israel by rockets fired by Hamas and other Islamist militant groups.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 12 (Xinhua) -- Continued high daily COVID-19 infections and a healthcare system under strain are among Malaysia's challenges in containing the pandemic within its borders, when the government is looking for an exit plan by speeding up vaccination.

The country extended its nationwide lockdown restrictions on Friday after authorities declared that the number of cases remained high despite the lockdown since June 1.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 8 (NNN-Bernama) — The Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) will write to the International Olympic Council (IOC) and Japan to seek clarification on a report that athletes from 10 countries, including Malaysia, will be barred from the Tokyo Olympics.

OCM president Mohamad Norza Zakaria said a written confirmation was vital to quash speculations, especially with the postponed Olympic Games all set to be held from July 23-Aug 8.