Malaysia Morning News For September 28

Malaysia Airlines to buy 35 wide-bodied planes Malaysia Airlines plans to buy 35 wide-bodied planes over the next year as part of a fleet restructuring to rebuild its premium business as it seeks to return […]

Malaysia Airlines to buy 35 wide-bodied planes Malaysia Airlines plans to buy 35 wide-bodied planes over the next year as part of a fleet restructuring to rebuild its premium business as it seeks to return […]

Aviation a lynchpin for growth A new report by the world’s most prominent aviation industry organisations underscores the far-reaching economic benefits of aviation and the symbiotic links between air connectivity and tourism, estimating that aviation […]

MALAYSIA NOW 23RD IN LIST OF WORLD’S MOST COMPETITIVE ECONOMIES Malaysia has advanced two spots to 23th place out of 137 economies, consolidating its position among the world’s top 30 most competitive economies. —Malaysia Chronicle […]

Chinese-built biggest dam in Cambodia to start operation in November The 400-megawatt Lower Sesan II Hydropower Plant, which is Cambodia’s biggest hydropower dam so far, will start operation in November after almost four years of […]

UK export credit agency support for trade with Malaysia doubles to over RM28b UK’s export credit agency, UK Export Finance (UKEF), has increased the support for bilateral trade with Malaysia by more than double to […]

Visitor numbers grow over holiday fest Tourism numbers swelled by nearly 16 percent during this year’s Pchum Ben festival, according to the Ministry of Tourism, with officials crediting efforts to improve tourism infrastructure and the […]

Malaysia disassociates itself from ASEAN statement on Myanmar’s Rakhine state Malaysia on Sunday (Sep 24) said it “would like to disassociate itself” from a statement issued by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on […]

Russia, Cambodia ink nuclear cooperation deal Russia’s Rosatom and Cambodia signed an intergovernmental cooperation agreement on nuclear energy for peaceful purposes in Vienna on Tuesday, on the sidelines of the 61st International Atomic Energy Agency […]

DPM: Asean leaders support Malaysia’s stand Malaysia has strongly questioned the manner in which Myanmar is addressing the Rohingya issue, saying that the country had denied permission for the international community to provide humanitarian aid […]

Prayers and buffalo races at Cambodia’s Festival of the Dead Hundreds gathered on Wednesday to watch horse and buffalo races at Vihear Sour Pagoda, northeast of the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh, on the last day […]

Malaysia takes firm stand for nuclear disarmament at the UN Malaysia joins the chorus of call for global elimination of nuclear weapons by signing a treaty in the on going 72nd United Nations General Assembly […]

Children’s Education: Singaporeans Biggest Spenders, But More Indonesians Paying When it comes to spending on their children’s education Singaporeans are the biggest spenders in Asean according to a recent survey by HSBC, but Indonesia has […]