Soniia getting quality sparring sessions from indie men’s shuttlers
PETALING JAYA: A training plan with Zhang Beiwen had to be shelved with the postponement of the Malaysian Open but Soniia Cheah is not disheartened. She’s now sparring with independent men’s singles players and is happy with her training plans. “Now I get good and quality sparring sessions by playing against several independent men’s singles training mates, ” said Soniia. “It’s a great honour to play for the country at the Olympics, and I’m going do everything possible to make Malaysia proud, ” said Soniia. But Soniia can take heart in the fact that there had always been surprises in the Olympics.
Source:The Star
May 20, 2021 23:15 UTC
KJ: Show us the proof
PETALING JAYA: Yong Chee Kong, the man claiming to have offered two million doses of Sinovac vaccine to Penang, has been tracked down and told to show proof of his donation, says Khairy Jamaluddin (pic). She asked him if he had proof of the donation so we can facilitate it (eg order with Sinovac). He said he has money in an account in Hong Kong, ” Khairy said in a tweet yesterday. The man claiming to be Yong is said to be living in Sabah and was contacted by the media yesterday. On Wednesday, Khairy said the offer by a “private company” to sponsor two million doses of Sinovac vaccine to the Penang government was bogus.
Source:The Star
May 20, 2021 22:30 UTC
Malaysians ready to bite the bullet
Mydin managing director Datuk Ameer Ali Mydin said he would have supported a call not to implement a full lockdown six days ago. Universiti Malaya expert virologist Prof Dr Sazaly Abu Bakar also agreed that the country needed a total lockdown due to the rising cases. The Federation of Malaysian Business Associations said the call for a total lockdown was not unwarranted as previous calls for compliance for strict SOP were ineffective. “We are calling for the government to issue stricter nationwide lockdown to ensure we break the chain of infection. We are ready to bite the bullet for the sake of the nation and the people but simultaneously implement an urgent economic recovery stimulus package, ” it said.
Source:The Star
May 20, 2021 22:04 UTC
Controversial donor claims vaccine offer is genuine
KOTA KINABALU: The mysterious donor Yong Chee Kong has claimed that the Penang government came forward to take up his offer to donate two million doses of Sinovac vaccines. He said that he had initially made the offer to the Sabah government earlier this year but was turned down. And they were, and they helped me draft the letter to be submitted to the Chief Minister," claimed Yong. "It is a genuine offer by my boss' company based in Hong Kong," said Yong, who did not want to name his "boss." "It was not from me, I was just helping and facilitating to get it done at personal level for my Hong Kong boss," he added.
Source:The Star
May 20, 2021 12:58 UTC
Soccer-Kane wants meeting with Levy over his future
MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - England and Tottenham Hotspur striker Harry Kane says he wants a meeting with chairman Daniel Levy and made the strongest hints yet that he wants to leave the club. "So for sure, it’s a moment in my career where I have to kind of reflect and see where I’m at and have a good, honest conversation with the chairman. "He’s been great with me if I’m totally honest .I mean, he’s always rewarded me with contracts. I’ve given the club... well, I’ve been there 16, 16 years of my life. So, I hope that we can have a good honest conversation and see where we are at in that aspect."
Source:The Star
May 20, 2021 11:48 UTC
Microsoft and Apple wage war on gadget right-to-repair laws
While tech companies face high-profile scrutiny in Washington, they quietly wield power in statehouses to shape public policy and stamp out unwelcome laws. Tech companies argue that right-to-repair laws would let pirates rip off intellectual property and expose consumers to security risks. Unlike Microsoft, Apple often lets hired guns or trade groups do its advocacy. Additionally, the document said these laws would mandate tech companies to hand over sensitive trade secrets. In Colorado, two lobbyists from Capstone Group registered on behalf of Apple to oppose a repair bill this year, state records show.
Source:The Edge Markets
May 20, 2021 11:03 UTC
Alleycat David Arumugam still grooving despite being homebound
Alleycats' Datuk David Arumugam (left) in a Facebook interview with veteran journalist Datuk Seri Wong Chun Wai (right) on Wednesday (May 19). “The record company then suggested for us to try doing Malay songs, and for us, there was no harm in trying, ” he said. Before they made it big in Malaysia, the band were performing and recording their tunes in an unlikely place - Hong Kong. “For us, we were just doing our own thing in Hong Kong, playing in clubs and doing cover versions. When we have Malaysians coming into the clubs, we would sing Malay songs.
Source:The Star
May 20, 2021 10:18 UTC
TikTok took on then US president Trump and won big
In the summer of 2020, US President Donald Trump developed a bizarre obsession with TikTok. Amid a pandemic, historic unemployment and racial unrest subsuming the country, the daily flood of headlines turned to the Chinese-owned social media app. In August 2020, in an attempt to deal another blow to Beijing, Trump issued a pair of executive orders banning TikTok unless the app’s US business was sold to an American technology company. Zhang Yiming, the founder of TikTok’s parent company ByteDance Ltd, openly negotiated for months to sell TikTok. However, an alternative strategy prevailed: ByteDance waited out President Trump until he was voted out of office.
Source:The Star
May 20, 2021 09:05 UTC
New Ukraine health minister vows to speed up COVID-19 vaccinations
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine's parliament named a new health minister on Thursday, who promised to speed up vaccinations against COVID-19, including by trying to make vaccines domestically. Viktor Lyashko, previously a deputy health minister, was promoted to replace Maksym Stepanov, who was fired this week after Prime Minister Denys Shmygal accused him of failing to supply vaccines quickly enough. We will do everything so that Ukrainians can be vaccinated, work and travel," Lyashko told the parliament. Shmygal said this week only 2.3 million doses of vaccine had been delivered to Ukraine so far. Ukraine has registered around 2.2 million infections and 48,899 deaths since the start of the pandemic last year.
Source:The Star
May 20, 2021 08:03 UTC
Hishammuddin: UN General Assembly has agreed to hold special session on Palestine
PETALING JAYA: The United Nations General Assembly has agreed to call for a special session to discuss the ongoing conflict between Palestinians and Israel, says Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein. The special session will be held on Thursday night (May 20), Malaysian time, and will discuss the "latest situation in the Middle East", the Foreign Minister said. This showed Malaysia’s efforts to highlight the plight of the Palestinians on the global stage are working, he added. Hishammuddin also said that Malaysia, along with other Muslim countries, will urgently call for the Human Rights Council to hold a special session on Israel’s inhumane acts against the Palestinians. Hishammuddin added that the Palestinian Culture Organisation Malaysia had acknowledged Malaysia's role in changing global sentiments towards Israel.
Source:The Star
May 20, 2021 07:52 UTC
Pandemic fatigue portends grim scenario if stubborn attitude prevails
KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): "It wasn't easy to tell my mother that she tested positive for Covid-19," says pensioner Nin Zairani Mohd Ali, 61. Nin Zairani and her family did not expect their healthy and strong mother to be infected with the virus and succumb to it. The key questions are how long the issue of SOP violation will drag on, and why many people are letting their guard down despite the surge in Covid-19 cases. On Wednesday (May 19), Malaysia recorded its highest-ever number of daily Covid-19 cases at 6,075, with the death toll increasing to 2,040 after 46 deaths were reported over a 24-hour period. However, if people are still ignorant or stubborn and continue to violate SOPs, daily cases may continue to spike, burdening the frontliners who are still struggling to fight the pandemic.
Source:The Star
May 20, 2021 07:18 UTC
Cover Story: Izham: Malaysia Airlines’ restructuring now a benchmark
MALAYSIA Aviation Group Bhd (MAG), parent of Malaysia Airlines Bhd (MAB), recently set a new benchmark for airlines undergoing debt restructuring after completing its own exercise in record time, says Captain Izham Ismail, group CEO of both companies. The restructuring saw MAG’s creditors being split into seven classes, including aircraft operating lessors, aircraft finance lessors, spare engine lessors and maintenance service providers. However, MAB took only 44 of the aircraft operating lessors to the UK court to approve a scheme of arrangement. The aircraft operating lessors, on the other hand, gave us an average 40% haircut on aircraft rentals. “Our restructuring is now a benchmark for lessors when they talk to other airlines.
Source:The Edge Markets
May 20, 2021 07:07 UTC
The Edge Court Judgments Report
COMPANY LAWFederal Court (‘FC’): Corporate representatives may requisition for a general meeting and the register of members that does not give effect to an order of rectification issued by the Court cannot be relied upon to establish ownership. It concerned the salary structure and service charge to be incorporated in a collective agreement, which involved the MWO 2012. Alternatively, if service charge was to be maintained, the Hotel proposed to implement a “top up structure” (‘Top up Structure’) whereby it could utilise service charge to pay the minimum statutory wage. The remedy is to prescribe a minimum wage … Justice Nallini PathmanathanMonies collected from service charge belong to the eligible employees. Out of the ten per cent (10%) service charge imposed on all bills, the Hotel keeps 1% as administrative charges and the balance is distributed according to the service charge points of the employees.
Source:The Edge Markets
May 20, 2021 07:07 UTC
Everyday Matters: Wanting it real bad is key to successful entrepreneurship
It does not contain the word “risk” because the good professor felt that entrepreneurs do not see themselves as risk-junkies. Stevenson’s definition also does not limit the practice of entrepreneurship to those who start and grow their company. Obama is not exactly someone whose image we would conjure when speaking about entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship, but he gave added meaning to the word. The dream of entrepreneurship, of becoming a multimillionaire through your own endeavour, is difficult to dismiss. Entrepreneurship allows individuals a shot at the even deeper pleasure of doing work that they cannot do while working for others.
Source:The Edge Markets
May 20, 2021 04:07 UTC
Remarks by Delhi chief minister on Singapore rooted in domestic politics
Wong told journalists the Singapore Government was ready to move forward following the strong Indian government response to the remarks by Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal. He said the Singapore Government was particularly "heartened" by external affairs minister S. Jaishankar's tweet. "Second, (Dr Jaishankar said) the Delhi chief minister doesn't speak for India and that the comments made were irresponsible." The Delhi chief minister caused a diplomatic stir with the claim that the "new strain" could potentially lead to a third Covid-19 wave in India. India and Singapore have close diplomatic ties and most analysts have dismissed this episode as an aberration in an otherwise smooth relationship.
Source:The Star
May 20, 2021 01:07 UTC