Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR, March 28 (NNN-Bernama) — The ‘Saudi Visa Bio’ biometric app launched in Malaysia Monday will facilitate the registration of Hajj and Umrah pilgrims from Malaysia, besides shortening the period of entry procedures into the Holy Land.

According to Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador to Malaysia Dr Mahmoud Hussein Saeed Qattan, Saudi Arabia’s move to launch the smartphone app in Malaysia reflects the strength of the relationship between the two countries.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 28 (Xinhua) -- Defense Services Asia 2022, a biennial defense and weaponry show, opened Monday in the Malaysian capital city Kuala Lumpur.

The 2020 edition of the show had been canceled following the pandemic and this year's edition marks the first large-scale event in the country since the pandemic began, with more than 25,000 visitors from more than 50 countries and regions participating in the event from March 28-31.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 21 (NNN-Bernama) — The Malaysian government through the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) is committed to ensuring that its business ecosystem will grow from strength to strength, augmenting even deeper the current robust trade and investment ties between Malaysia and Vietnam.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 20 (NNN-Bernama) — The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) needs to intensify assistance to the Afghan people whose lives are seen to be getting more and more stressful every day, said Geostrategy expert Prof Dr Azmi Hassan.

He said the assistance was necessary to prevent the people in Afghanistan from continuing to face the threat of starvation.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 19 (NNN-Bernama) — Former Malaysian Human Rights Commissioner, Prof Dr Aishah Bidin has been appointed as the new Representative of Malaysia to the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) for the term 2022-2024.

Malaysian Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah in a statement here said she would succeed Eric Paulsen who served for a three-year term of 2019-2021.

PUTRAJAYA (Malaysia), March 16 (NNN-Bernama) — Malaysia will participate in the deliberations by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) in accordance with the Chicago Convention following the legal proceedings initiated by Australia and the Netherlands in ICAO over the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17.

Malaysia’s Transport Ministry (MOT) in a statement said the government of Malaysia reiterated its commitment to a judicial process that is conducted transparently under international laws against the parties responsible for the MH17 tragedy in 2014.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 12 (Reuters) - A coalition led by Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob on Saturday scored a landslide victory in a state election seen as a key test for national polls, after voting reforms that saw a large influx of young and first-time voters.

The convincing win in southern Johor state for a coalition led by Ismail Sabri's party, the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) came ahead of a general election that could be called as early as July.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 11 (NNN-Bernama) — Foreign missions of Turkiye and Japan in Malaysia are optimistic that the reopening of Malaysia’s international borders come April 1 will also help boost the shared diplomatic and bilateral relations.

Malaysia’s plans to enter the ‘Transition to Endemic’ phase was announced by Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob recently and it is deemed as a long awaited move.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 9 (NNN-Bernama) — Egypt’s New Administrative Capital and the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone) projects offer various opportunities for Malaysian businessmen to explore, said Egypt’s ambassador to Malaysia Ragai Nasr.

He said the big potential for the Malaysian companies in the new capital city will be in sectors such as construction, advanced technologies, business parks, smart cities, and renewable energy.

Nasr said Egypt considers these two mega projects as among the great landmarks in the development of the Egyptian economy in modern history.

KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 6 (NNN-BERNAMA) – Malaysia reported 33,406 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight, the highest daily spike since the outbreak, bringing the national total to 3,595,172, according to the health ministry.

There are 342 new imported cases and 33,064 local transmissions, data released on the ministry’s website showed. A further 67 deaths have been reported, bringing the death toll to 33,173.

The ministry reported 27,143 new recoveries, bringing the total number of cured and discharged to 3,250,793.