Crucial to retain skilled healthcare workers
KUCHING: The significant increase in allocation for health under the Federal Budget 2024 reflects the rapid increase in health care expenditure and the rising demands on Malaysia’s healthcare system. Galen Centre for Health & Social Policy CEO Azrul Mohd Khalib in a statement yesterday said the increase is the largest in the last decade. “The […]
Traditional Chinese medicine enjoys good demand
SIBU: In the long flow of history, traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has always adapted with the changing times, thanks to the efforts of experts and scholars from different eras conducting in-depth research. Pointing out this, president of Sarawak Traditional Chinese Physicians Association (STCPA) Dr Tony Kong Choon Hing said he believed that, especially with the […]
Tomei optimistic on gold demand, profitability
KUALA LUMPUR: Tomei Consolidated Bhd is optimistic that the demand for gold would remain steady despite the current higher prices, thus, ensuring that the manufacturer and retailer of jewellery to stay profitable in the financial year 2023 (FY2023). Managing director Datuk Ng Yih Pyng said spending on gold for cultural and investment purposes would continue […]
Oil palm lures farmers; over reliance worries ministry
A CONSISTENT demand and lucrative prices in the market is making farmers turn their attention to cultivating oil palm. The Modernisation of Agriculture and Regional Development Ministry which is aware of this farming shift said this had resulted in a significant reduction in the planted area for other crops. To address the issue Minister Datuk […]
Plant 5 aims to meet growing water demand
KUCHING: Plans are underway to ensure treated water keeps flowing in taps even as demand grows here. A new water treatment plant, known as Plant 5, will have an initial capacity to provide an additional 200 million litres a day (MLD) to complement the existing production capacity of 760MLD. In the long run Plant 5 […]
Demand for used cars stays brisk in Q3
KUALA LUMPUR: A surge in demand for used vehicles has accelerated into the third quarter (Q3) this year with dealers continuing to register a strong sales recovery, driven by the moratorium and government’s tax incentives. Federation of Motor and Credit Companies Association of Malaysia (FMCCAM) president Datuk Tony Khor said year-on-year (y-o-y) July sales spiked […]
Demand for laptops on the rise
MUKAH: Demand for laptop computers here has increased lately and stocks are also running out fast. A computer dealer identified only as Sim claimed that one of reasons for a high demand could be due to e-learning, which has become part of a new normal following the movement restrictions due to Covid-19 pandemic. He said […]
Higher demand for residential properties
KUCHING: The movement control order (MCO) seems to have prompted a higher demand for residential properties, said IQI real estate negotiator Brandon Chew Wui Pin. He said IQI had sold 531 new properties throughout the country during the MCO period – the majority being residential – and the number was still growing. “Especially during and […]
Rubber price, rubber gloves demand to go up
KUALA LUMPUR: The Covid-19 pandemic will drive up the rubber price in the market to a higher level as well as increase the demand for Malaysian rubber gloves this year, said the Malaysian Rubber Board (MRB). Director-general Datuk Dr Zairossani Mohd Nor said economic experts had projected that Malaysia would control 65 per cent of the […]
Telcos working hard to boost connectivity in current surge
KUALA LUMPUR: Telecommunications companies and Internet Service Providers (ISPs) are working hard to reduce the strain that residential connections are experiencing, which was caused by the surge in internet demand from households due to the movement control order (MCO). The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) said among measures that telco players have taken include releasing additional […]
