PETALING JAYA: Two airlines are offering attractive deals in conjunction with the annual Matta Travel Fair.
Firefly Airline is giving away to its high spenders some RM200,000 worth of Malaysia Airlines return tickets in its Fly Long Haul Promotion beginning tomorrow.
Firefly will also be promoting holiday packages at its booth at the fair, said the airline’s head of marketing & communications, Angelina Fernandez, in a press statement.
KUALA LUMPUR: Millions of traffic offenders may soon have the option to pay traffic summonses issued by three agencies at the nearest post offices or one-stop centres.
Transport Minister Datuk Seri Kong Cho Ha said the Cabinet was mulling over the proposal.
He said the Cabinet was thinking of ways to resolve the backlog of unpaid summonses and how they could ease the payment process.
“We want to encourage traffic offenders to pay up summonses immediately,” he added.
PETALING JAYA: Although the economy expanded by 8.9% in the second quarter (Q2) ended June 30 from a year ago, which then produced a first-half (H1) growth of 9.5%, going forward the pace of expansion is likely to slow.
The economy’s leading indicators have been growing at a slower pace with the industrial production index showing a downward trend since May on a y...
PUTRAJAYA: The visa-on-arrival (VOA) facility offered to visitors from eight countries has been scrapped permanently because it is open to abuse, said Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.
He said despite calls by several quarters for the facility to be continued, the Cabinet Committee on Foreign Workers and Illegal Immigrants felt that it needed to be revoked as it brought certain problems for the country.
“In the past, we gave flexibility to several nations. I...
PETALING JAYA: EPF members will be able to use their future and current savings to apply for a larger housing loan beginning Sunday.
EPF chief executive officer Tan Sri Azlan Zainol said the Flexible Housing Withdrawal facility is designed to give those who qualified greater purchasing power.
“Members will now have a chance to realise their dream of a better home for their families via increased home loan eligibility.
“What’s more, Flexible Housing Withdrawal does not in a...
SEOUL: Malaysia wants South Korea to take advantage of policy initiatives in the New Economic Policy and the 10th Malaysia Plan to explore opportunities and expand its business in the country.
In making the invitation, Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said Malaysia was committed to a sustained and robust economic growth and was poised to undertake the major struc...
KUALA LUMPUR: The Government’s bold move to cut subsidies for sugar, petrol, diesel and liquefied petroleum gas will have minimal impact on individuals and families.
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said the Government will adopt an approach that will not burden the people when implementing the subsidy rationalising plan.
“The rationalisation move is necessary to reduc...
KUALA LUMPUR: Tourism Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ng Yen Yen has gone another step to aggressively put Malaysia on the map by promoting “art tourism”.
“We are positioning Malaysian art as a tourism product. We encourage tourists to visit the country not only because of food, beaches or shopping but admire homegrown art pieces,” said Ng during an exclusive interview with BBC World Ne...
KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 870,630 taxpayers overpaid their taxes by RM10bil in 2009, said Deputy Finance Minister Datuk Dr Awang Adek Hussein.
He told Pendang Member of Parliement Datuk Dr Mohd Hayati Othman at the Dewan Rakyat that 838,644 taxpayers overpaid by RM8.6bil in 2008 while 654,606 taxpayers overpaid by RM5.4bil in 2007. Some 291,315 taxpayers overpaid by RM4.3bil in 2006.
He said as of last year, the Inland Revenue Board had yet to refund 150,757 taxpayers.
KUALA LUMPUR: Innovation within the Malaysian tourism industry will be the key to attracting more tourists to the country, said Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.
Muhyiddin said that the creation of meaningful and high-value tourism-related product was needed.
He added that Malaysia must look into arts and cultural offerings.
“The global traveller today is not looking for destinations, but experiences, and arts-related tourism will enhance our global appeal. ...
KUALA LUMPUR: The decision on whether to do away with the Ujian Pencapaian Sekolah Rendah (UPSR) and Penilaian Menengah Rendah (PMR) will be made this year.
Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said roundtable discussions on the matter would begin “as soon as possible” and all relevant parties would be invited to give their input.
Muhyiddin, who is also Education Minister, said the discussions were important as detailed input was needed to obtain an accurate picture ...
KUALA LUMPUR: The tourism industry aims to contribute RM115bil in revenue and provide two million jobs in 2015, said minister Datuk Seri Dr Ng Yen Yen.
“To achieve our 2015 target, our focus would be on attracting a larger share of high end travellers, capturing a bigger share of high growth segments and increasing the number of tourist arrivals,” said the Tourism Minister.
The segments identified were from Russia, India, China and Middle East.
PETALING JAYA: AirAsia will be offering “extra low fares” to eight destinations in India from as low as RM169 (all-in fares) one way from today to next Wednesday.
The travel period for the promotion is from July 1 to Sept 24 this year.
The routes are from Kuala Lumpur to Tiruchirappalli, Kochi, Kolkata, Trivandrum, Bangalore, Mumbai, New Delhi, and Penang to Chennai.
AirAsia regional commercial head Kathleen Tan said that with the offer, the airline hoped to promote Mal...
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