KUALA LUMPUR — It is now against the law to waste food in China following the passing of the Anti-Food Waste law recently. Chinese portal Xinhua reported that the law was aimed at safeguarding the country’s food security. The law states that catering service providers can charge a disposal fee on customers who leave excessive […]
GEORGE TOWN — Usually, in the days leading up to Hari Raya Aidilfitri, business is brisk at the Chowrasta Market in George Town, but this year, it has dropped by almost half. One of the traders at the market, Mohd Faizal Ismail, blamed this year’s slow Raya season sales on the movement control order (MCO). […]
PARIS — The Covid-19 pandemic provided a boost for e-commerce last year, but the digital windfall was not enjoyed equally across the board, a UN study found yesterday. “Although it will take some time to get the full picture of the impact of Covid-19 on e-commerce… a number of developments point to the strong rise […]
PETALING JAYA — Singaporean social club 1880 has apologised for featuring a question about African American man George Floyd in one of its pub quizzes. The members-only joint posted a statement signed by its chief executive officer Jean Low yesterday acknowledging the Sunday evening incident. “At our pub quiz, a question was asked about the […]
KUALA LUMPUR — An overwhelming majority of Malaysian respondents who registered for Covid-19 immunisation told a survey last week that they were motivated by the desire to protect both themselves and their family. In the survey by market research firm Vase.ai, a total of 1,150 Malaysians nationwide of various ethnicities and ages were polled on […]
PETALING JAYA — A Foodpanda Walker received a kind gesture from a customer who asked him to break his fast first before delivering her food. Dinnie Norman Othman, who has been on the job for five months, told Malay Mail that he had received an order from a customer at about 7.12pm last Sunday. “I […]
PETALING JAYA — A Japanese man was arrested after swindling gifts and cash from 35 women. Takashi Miyagawa, 39, pretended to be in a serious relationship with all of his 35 “girlfriends” by constantly changing his birthday dates to defraud them so he could get presents from them. His plan was exposed when the women […]
PETALING JAYA — While the simple comfort of a hot meal may not seem significant for most of us, it can mean everything to a person living on the streets with nowhere else to turn to. As Malaysia goes through a second Ramadan under the Covid-19 pandemic, soup kitchens, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), and even a […]
KUALA LUMPUR — Strong and decisive leadership decisions, and calls for an immediate cessation of violence must be top priorities for Asean leaders meeting in Jakarta this weekend, or they risk seeing Myanmar relegated to the region’s first failed state, said the Malaysian Advisory Group on Myanmar. The Advisory’s chairman, Tan Sri Syed Hamid Albar, […]
