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Celebrate CNY With 50% Toll Discount!

Jan 24, 2025

There will be a 50 percent toll discount along highways in conjunction with Chinese New Year.

The Works Ministry says this will be applicable for private vehicles next Monday and Tuesday.

The discount will cost the government nearly 21 million ringgit in compensation to the concessionaires.

This comes after a Cabinet meeting on the matter today, following the earlier announcement that there will be no more free tolls starting this year.

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The Immigration Department will keep 20 selected passport offices nationwide open on Saturdays and Sundays, to address congestion at counters.

The Home Ministry is advising those who wish to apply for passports on weekends to head directly to the counter, while those planning to apply on weekdays are advised to do so online.

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The managing director of an F&B supplier has claimed trial to charges of misusing the halal logo on sandwiches that it supplied to a local convenience store chain...at the center of the ham and cheese controversy.

The 65-year-old faces a maximum 100 thousand ringgit fine, up to 3 years in jail, or both if convicted.

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Police are ready to maintain security and public order for the various programs and meetings in conjunction with Malaysia’s chairmanship of ASEAN this year.

The KL Police Chief says more than nine thousand officers will be deployed for the various events in and around KL this April, May and October.

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The Met Department has issued a yellow-level continuous rain alert for eleven divisions in Sarawak from this coming Monday until Thursday.

A similar alert is in place for four divisions in Sabah from Monday to Wednesday.

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Malaysia Airports says KLIA’s aerotrain service should be back in operation in the second quarter of this year, after undergoing repairs and upgrades costing over 450 million ringgit.

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And US president Donald Trump says he plans to reach out to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un again during his second term in the White House.

Trump met with Kim three times during his first stint, and was also the first sitting US president to set foot in North Korea.