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0ASEAN NewsA Tale of Two Countries: Different Journeys, Same Destination
Neighbouring countries Malaysia and Singapore have had wildly divergent experiences with the Covid-19 pandemic, and have reacted in ways almost as different....
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0Local NewsAt Long Last, Interstate Travel in Malaysia Resumes for Fully Vaccinated Residents
With more than 90% of Malaysia’s adult population now fully vaccinated, the government has taken a big step towards reclaiming a bit...
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0ASEAN NewsSingapore Appears Increasingly Confused in Its Covid Approach
Singaporeans, long accustomed to decisive, orderly government, have been lashing out on social media at the apparent dithering and reversals by officials...
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0ASEAN NewsAs Malaysia and Singapore Discuss Opening Border, a Clear Data Reporting Gap Emerges
The difference in the way information is reported in the two countries — and the depth and quality of that information —...
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0Local NewsWalk-in Vaccinations for Foreign Workers in the Klang Valley Beginning Sept 27 to Be Charged a RM90 Fee
CITF announced that although walk-ins and payment on arrival at the corresponding PPV is allowed, it is on a first-come, first-serve basis....
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0Local NewsWell That Didn’t Take Long: Langkawi Tourism Bubble Already Branded a ‘Success’
Four days in, Tourism Minister Nancy Shukri wasted no time in declaring the initial travel pilot programme in Langkawi a successful effort....
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0Local NewsCovid Realities: Look Beyond the Numbers
For better or worse, many people methodically follow Malaysia’s daily Covid numbers, but a deeper dive into the data reveals that not...
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0Local NewsVaccinated Abroad? You’ll Need to Obtain New Digital Cert on MySejahtera
With many eager to travel in the coming weeks, the government has issued new SOPs for vaccinated individuals who have received their...
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0Local NewsU-Turn: Grace Period for Road Tax, Licence Renewal Extended Yet Again
Now you have until December 31 to get your 2021 renewals for road tax or driving licences sorted. The Ministry of Transportation...
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0NewsMalaysia Falls to the Bottom of Bloomberg’s International Covid Ranking
Following months of plunging rankings, Malaysia finally sinks all the way to dead-last place in Bloomberg’s monthly Covid Resilience Ranking. The Covid...
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0Local NewsGovt Combats Influx of Fake Vaccination Certs with New Verifier App
What’s interesting is the hoops anti-vaxxers will jump through to obtain a certificate instead of just getting vaccinated. With the recent announcement...
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0NewsUnited States FDA Grants Full Approval to Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 Vaccine
The move is expected to lend considerable authority to vaccine mandates in the US; other countries may soon follow suit. Eight months...
