SHANGHAI/BEIJING: China will reduce restrictions on foreign investment and address difficulties facing foreign companies investing in the country, the commerce minister said, according to a transcript of an interview he gave to state media. Commerce Minister Zhong Shan said China would allow full foreign ownership of companies in more areas
PARIS: French automaker Renault has decried a “campaign of destabilisation” embroiling its alliance with Japan’s Nissan, as new allegations surfaced over pay arrangements overseen by arrested boss Carlos Ghosn. The allegations centred on Renault executive Mouna Sepehri, who is close to Ghosn. They came after the auto tycoon’s detention in
KUCHING: Formosa Television emerged the winner of Terrestrial Broadcaster of the Year, while JTBC emerged the winner of Cable & Satellite Network of the Year at the 23rd Asian Television Awards at Borneo Convention Centre Kuching (BCCK) last night. The winners for these two categories were presented by Chief Minister
KUCHING: Three hikers were stranded at Checkpoint F5 on Mount Santubong last Friday afternoon. One of them, a 26-year-old woman, sustained ankle injuries and had to be carried down the mountain on a stretcher. After receiving a distress call at 5.10pm, a team of 12 rescuers from the Fire and
MIRI: A motorcyclist was injured after the motorcycle he was riding collided with a car at Jalan Vista By-Pass here on Friday morning. The impact of the collision caused the motorcyclist to be thrown off his motorcycle. However, the car driver was not hurt in the 8.20am incident. Three Miri
MIRI: A man in his 20s was nabbed on suspicion of being involved in the theft of oil palm fruits at Suai near here in April last year. The man was caught by Batu Niah police around 9pm following a public tip-off. The suspect is being detained to facilitate police
MIRI: A woman was unconscious after her car rammed into a tree trunk at Tanjong-Luak Road on Friday night. It was believed that the woman had lost control of the car and veered off the road before it rammed into a tree by the roadside. The injured 27-year-old driver was
MIRI: The formation of Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) gives the four component parties a better platform to continue their fight to defend Sarawak’s rights, said Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) Youth Chief Michael Tiang. “For Sarawak, we can work with the federal government but we cannot let it interfere and
SIBU: The State Social Welfare Department (JKM) has allocated RM209,590,550 to 58,038 monthly beneficiaries in Sarawak in 2018. Community Welfare Assistant Minister Datuk Francis Harden Hollis said the amount involved various forms of assistance including those for senior citizens, the disabled and child support. “JKM Sibu has channelled RM30,141,450 to
Licensing of tourist guides in Malaysia was introduced in 1975 and I was among the pioneer batch to receive certificates from the Tourist Development Corporation (TDC), which was formed three years earlier. TDC must have modelled its name after Kuala Lumpur Tourist Association (KLTA) that was set up in 1963,
