Day: September 18, 2024

KOTA KINABALU, The Immigration Department (JIM) in Sabah has assured that it will work towards improving its counter services after being reprimanded by the Chief Secretary to the Government Tan Sri Shamsul Azri Abu Bakar. JIM Sabah director Datuk Sh Sitti Saleha Habib Yusof said the department is committed to complying with the instructions from its headquarters to ensure that every counter is operational at the stipulated time and there is no congestion involving the public. “We accept the reprimand. I have also received instructions from the top management of KDN (Home Affairs Ministry), namely the secretary-general, who informed that

KUCHING, Athletes competing in the 2024 Malaysia Para Games (Para SUKMA) in Sarawak from Sept 22 to 28 will be housed in 19 hotels in the city centre, said state Women, Childhood and Community Wellbeing Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah. She said they would be placed in hotels that are near the sports events that they will be competing in to facilitate transporting them to the venues. “This way, we hope there will be more interaction between the para-athletes from the 15 contingents. Not only do we want to see the para-athletes competing in the 10 sports, but we

IPOH, Prolonged heavy rain for more than two hours caused severe damage to a restaurant and a fish landing jetty in Bagan Sungai Burung, Bagan Datuk, early this morning. Bagan Datuk District Civil Defense Force (APM) officer, Mohd Fazly Mohamad Zawawi, said that based on information received, there were strong winds, rain, and thunderstorms in the area at 4 am. He said a team of APM personnel was sent to the scene to monitor the situation and check the water level after a report was received around 9.45 am. ‘A restaurant and a fish landing jetty suffered severe damage due

KUALA PERLIS, Passengers taking the ferry to Langkawi from Kuala Kedah, Alor Setar in Kedah were forced to board the ferry to the tourist island from Kuala Perlis jetty this afternoon. Shafinaz Ibrahim, 38, along with her husband and children were supposed to board the ferry from Kuala Kedah at 12.30 pm this afternoon but it was cancelled leaving the family with no choice but to move to Kuala Perlis to board the ferry at 4pm today. “I am grateful to be able to return to Langkawi after being in the village in Kedah via Kuala Perlis Jetty… fortunately the

KUALA LUMPUR, Crude palm oil (CPO) futures on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives snapped a three-day losing streak to end higher on Wednesday as the market expects a resumption of vegetable oil demand from India for the upcoming festive season, said a trader. Mumbai-based Sunvin Group commodity research head Anilkumar Bagani said the steady recovery in ultra-low sulfur diesel (ULSD) and energy prices also lifted market sentiments. ‘The bullish momentum in soybean oil futures on the Chicago Board of Trade and Chinese vegetable oil futures further fuelled the market,’ he told Bernama. Palm oil trader David Ng said CPO futures rallied above