KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 2 — The implementation of the Hybrid Workday (HBH) Policy, which begins today for states observing a Friday-Saturday weekend, has been described as a positive step towards modernising and strengthening the digitalisation of public services without compromising service delivery to the people. In TERENGGANU, State Information Department information

KOTA BHARU, Aug 2 — The Kelantan police have requested the Thai authorities to provide any information or evidence if it is true that the suspects involved in the shooting incident that recently claimed the lives of five of their (Thai) security personnel have fled to Malaysia. Its police chief, Datuk

JOHOR BAHRU, Aug 1 — The Economy Ministry is identifying a pilot project to address challenges arising from Malaysia’s ageing population, with plans to roll it out next year. Economy Minister Akmal Nasrullah Mohd Nasir said the ageing agenda had been designated as a key pillar under the 13th Malaysia Plan. He

KOTA BHARU, Aug 1 — An 80-year-old woman was killed while four others, including two drivers, were seriously injured in a two-car collision near Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK) Kedai Piah, Ketereh, here this afternoon. Ketereh Fire and Rescue Station operations commander Mohd Nazri Taib said firefighters arrived at the scene four minutes

PUTRAJAYA, July 31 — A total of 2,001 factory fire cases with losses amounting to RM4.21 billion have been recorded over the past six years, said the Malaysian Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) director-general Datuk Seri Nor Hisham Mohammad. In a statement today, he said that 222 cases were recorded as

SEREMBAN, July 31 — The Election Commission (EC) has reminded voters in Negeri Sembilan to vote early or at their recommended voting times, while adhering to rules prohibiting mobile phone use and campaign materials at polling stations during tomorrow’s state election. EC secretary Datuk Khairul Shahril Idris said voters should follow

PUTRAJAYA, July 30 — The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has submitted several improvement recommendations to the Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia (CAAM) to strengthen the management of dangerous goods (DG), following a governance investigation related to the incident at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport. Through a post on MACC’s official Facebook

REMBAU, July 30 — The Ministry of Health (MOH) aims to finalise the workplace mental health policy draft by September or October, once engagement sessions with ministries, agencies and other stakeholders are completed. Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad said the engagement sessions would involve the Ministry of Human Resources

KUALA LUMPUR, July 29 — Consistent inflows into the National Trust Fund (KWAN), including accumulated investment returns, are expected to double the fund’s net assets in about 10 years, according to Deputy Finance Minister Liew Chin Tong. He said the annual inflows, estimated at nearly RM800 million, would include at least

PUTRAJAYA, July 29 — The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has busted a syndicate using a fake base transceiver station (BTS) to send fraudulent short message service (SMS) messages containing scam links to the public. In a statement, MCMC said that during an operation in Johor Bahru last Friday, a