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Home minister: Children of Malay-foreign marriages may be registered as Malay, but foreign spouses won't automatically gain Bumiputera status

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 13 -- Foreign nationals who marry Muslim Malay citizens in Malaysia will not automatically see their ethnicity altered or qualify for special Bumiputera privileges, Home Minister Da... Read More


Putrajaya 'not discounting' letting refugees work in sectors with critical labour shortages, says home minister

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 13 -- Putrajaya is "not discounting" proposals to legalise work for refugees in sectors with a critical labour shortage, Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution told Parliament'... Read More


Pasir Gudang logs country's worst air quality at 181 API, 20 stations remain unhealthy

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 13 -- Air quality across Malaysia showed modest improvement this morning, with 20 of the country's 68 monitoring stations recording unhealthy Air Pollutant Index (API) readings as o... Read More


Forget the cinema - this Singapore driver has a whole HDB block for a screen (VIDEO)

SINGAPORE, Oct. 13 -- An owner of a portable projector staged his own backyard movie night by cleverly using the exterior wall of a Jurong West HDB block as a screen. The ingenious concept was notice... Read More


A national entity on REE must not be seen as an attempt to nationalise state-owned mineral resources - Hafiz Hassan

Kuala Lampur, Oct. 13 -- Rare Earth Elements (REEs) are a group of 17 metallic elements which are found beneath the Earth's surface in the Earth's crust. Accordingly, RREs constitute "land". By defin... Read More


Sharing some insights into caring for a loved one with mental health issues

Kuala Lampur, Oct. 13 -- In various news reports, we are told the number of people suffering from mental health issues in Malaysia rises every year. For schizophrenia alone, the Health Ministry repor... Read More


Budget 2027: Policy effectiveness cannot be measured by numbers alone - Mohamad Amirul Asraff Ismail

Kuala Lampur, Oct. 13 -- Budget 2027, tabled on October 9, sets out substantial financial commitments to Malaysia's economic and social priorities. The Finance Ministry's Fiscal Outlook estimates fed... Read More


Singapore police nab rider after assault on transport officials in Ang Mo Kio

SINGAPORE, Oct. 13 -- A 52-year-old man was arrested by the police after he assaulted two Land Transport Authority's (LTA) active mobility enforcement officers (AMEOs) during a recent enforcement oper... Read More


Film exhibitors welcome entertainment duty exemption for local films, theatre in Federal Territories

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 13 -- The Malaysian Association of Film Exhibitors (MAFE) has welcomed the exemption of entertainment duty for local film screenings and theatre performances in the Federal Territor... Read More


Houthis' deadly attack on Riyadh further undermines Iran-GCC relations - Phar Kim Beng

Kuala Lampur, Oct. 13 -- The deadly Houthi attack on Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport on October 10, 2026, followed by another attack the next day, marks a dangerous turning point in the fra... Read More