creative industry

Budget 2023 has been described as a sincere effort to assist people in the post-pandemic especially those in the creative industry.

The government has allocated over RM100 million to drive the local creative industry next year through the DEKAN and the Digital Content Fund.

K-KOMM is working to restore lost heritage and culture in an effort to revive the country's heritage art and creative industry.

Ipoh has the potential to become an art and creative industry city and a centre for film companies like Mumbai in India, says Ipoh mayor Datuk Rumaizi Baharin.

Malaysia and Thailand should work together to tap the huge potential in the creative industry to boost economic growth of both countries.

K-KOMM will expedite the initiative to establish cooperation with ASEAN countries to expand telecommunications and creative industry markets, said its minister Tan Sri Annuar Musa.

Deputy Communications and Multimedia Minister Datuk Zahidi Zainul Abidin expressed his condolences over the death of comedian Abdul Hamid Ab Rahman who breathed his last today.

Malaysia has proposed to Japan that the MoC on Information and Communications between the two countries be renewed by expanding the scope of cooperation, including in filmmaking and creative industry.

Creative industry players should be brave to move out from being ordinary to enable the country's creative content to penetrate the global market.

Associations related to the creative industry need to be governed professionally to lift the industry's standing and to ensure its professional standards.

Creative industry players could also come forward to express any ideas or problems faced as they were also part of Keluarga Malaysia.

The cash grant of RM10 million for Cendana under the National Economic Recovery Plan (PENJANA) last year, has been approved to assist people in the creative industry.

Creative industry, internet access and digital economy are among the areas that were given appropriate attention in Budget 2022 tabled at the Dewan Rakyat today.

The development of the creative industry can be accelerated by firstly maximising the industry's potential, said Communications and Multimedia Minister Tan Sri Annuar Musa.

The creative industry contributed 1.9 per cent or RM29.4 billion to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2019 according to a report by the Department of Statistics Malaysia.

The lawsuit claims food companies knowingly made harmful, addictive products, engineered to keep consumers hooked.

The decision was made at the 4th Malaysia-Australia Joint Defence Programme High-Level Committee Meeting, says Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled.

In Terengganu, the number of victims in the state swelled to 5,853 people.

Presidential security official says, the raid widens investigation into the embattled leader's failed attempt to impose martial law.

Cho Ji-ho is accused of deploying police to block lawmakers from entering parliament after Yoon Suk-Yeol declared martial law on Dec. 3.

Mohammed al-Bashir says he would lead the interim authority until March 1.

Former South Korean Defence Minister Kim Yong-hyun, has tried to commit suicide inside a detention centre, a justice ministry official told.

The reduced import costs would lower production costs for smallholders while boosting their profit margins, it said.

The combination of mainstream television (TV) and broadcaster video-on-demand (BVOD) is emerging as a key strategy.

Also among today's highlights are questions about plans to enact Religious Harmony Act to address issues of religious polemics in Malaysia.