Mobile salary disbursement, coming soon to a treasury near you
2022-09-05
Mobile business-to-business or consumer payments could hit $16.5 trillion by 2012, says Celent senior analyst Red Gillen.Continue Reading
End of the honeymoon? Hong Kong leader John Lee’s Weibo account drew 1.5 million followers, now some are raising a stink over dump site
2022-09-05
Phoenix TV quoted Weibo comments after a whole crowd turned up complaining about landfill stench. John Lee went on social media to reach out to mainland Chinese, now he has to deal with online storm. Read full storyContinue Reading
Najib still Pekan MP until pardon petition finalised, says Speaker
2022-09-05
PETALING JAYA: Datuk Seri Najib Razak will remain Pekan MP until his appeal petition is finalised, says Tan Sri Azhar Azizan Harun. Read full storyContinue Reading
Najib still Pekan MP until appeal petition finalised: Speaker
2022-09-05
PETALING JAYA: Datuk Seri Najib Razak will remain Pekan MP until his appeal petition is finalised, says Tan Sri Azhar Azizan Harun. Read full storyContinue Reading
‘Pay up or I sell dog to meat shop’: man in China adopts woman’s dog then threatens to have it killed unless she gives him RM3,236
2022-09-05
The owner decided to give up her dog because she couldn’t spend enough time with him and found a man to adopt him on a trading website. After the man took the dog he demanded the former owner pay him US$725 and threatened to sell the dog to meat traders if she did not agree. Read full storyContinue Reading
Market remains volatile amid uncertainty
2022-09-05
KUALA LUMPUR: The volatility on the domestic market continued over the morning session with the FBM KLCI bouncing back into positive territory at midday. Read full storyContinue Reading
Heavy rain erodes Pattaya’s new beach
2022-09-05
PATTAYA: Runoff into the sea from the downpour and strong wind that pounded Pattaya City for over an hour on Sunday night has eroded the city’s recently rebuilt beach.Continue Reading
Man gets jail, caning for sexually assaulting 11-year-old girl he found on Instagram and giving her drugs
2022-09-05
SINGAPORE: A 34-year-old man was sentenced on Monday (Sep 5) to 20 years’ jail and 24 strokes of the cane after sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl and giving her drugs. Muhammad Hisham Abdul Karim “trawled the Internet” before zeroing in on a primary school student and befriending her via Instagram,Continue Reading
21-year-old scam victim who became money mule says loansharks still harass her
2022-09-05
Lisa wanted to borrow S$30,000 from a moneylender. She ended up being harassed by loansharks and investigated by police, all while never getting a single cent.Continue Reading
230,000 children to receive S$200 Child Development Account top-ups
2022-09-05
The CDA top-up will be credited in batches to all Singaporean children aged 6 and below from Sep 8.Continue Reading