Travellers from Singapore among those who can use autogate facilities at Malaysia’s KLIA

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KUALA LUMPUR: The use of the automated entry system (autogate) at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) will be expanded to include travellers from “low-risk” countries such as those from Singapore and Brunei, Malaysia’s Home Minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said on Monday (Feb 27).  The autogate facilities were previously only usedContinue Reading

Big spender Anwar buying political staying power

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SINGAPORE – Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has unveiled the largest budget in his nation’s history replete with measures aimed at lowering the cost of living through subsidies and direct cash payments, even as his three-month-old administration claims to be trying to narrow the fiscal deficit. The record 388.1 billion ringgit (US$87.5 billion) spending plan […]Continue Reading

US Navy laments China’s shipbuilding supremacy

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The US is seemingly at a loss to match China’s ascendant naval shipbuilding capacity as US Navy leaders engage in a blame game rather than addressing past failures and mismanagement. CNN reported this month that US Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro said the US cannot match China in terms of fleet numbers, an admission that […]Continue Reading