Free Zones

The government's move to include laundromats in the list of smoke-free zones has been lauded by the operators and the public.

The Dewan Rakyat today passed the Free Zones (Amendment) Bill 2022 to amend the Free Zones Act 1990.

The amendments were also a continued effort in empowering the Customs Department to ensure tax compliance and reduce government tax leakage.

All the bills were tabled by Deputy Finance Minister II Mohd Shahar Abdullah.

Nor Azizah Ahmad Dahlan says the plan announced in July was to protect passive smokers especially children from the dangers of cigarette smoke which could cause chronic diseases.

The Health Ministry is in the midst of studying new areas to be made smoke-free zones before gazetting the areas.

According to JBPM, members of the public at the scene took initial action to rescue the victim before the fire brigade arrived.

Gordon Ramsay says about 477 Japanese cat models called maneki-neko were stolen from his Lucky Cat 22 Bishopsgate restaurant.

So far, 20 prosecution witnesses, including the two children, have been called for this trial, according to the Deputy Public Prosecutor.

Emmanuel Macron says showing any weakness to Russia's Vladimir Putin would make it harder to deal with China and Iran.

Netanyahu accuse Hamas of acting "in an unspeakably cynical manner" by placing body of a Gaza woman in the coffin instead of Shiri Bibas.

The US is a co-chair along with Malaysia of a working group on climate mitigation, or ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

The group hopes Tesla will invest strategically, believing it's interested in acquiring Nissan's US plants, the report says.

The children have been handed over to their families on bond with conditions by the court.

The move will eliminate roughly 6% of the agency's workforce in the midst of the busy tax-filing season.

This is the chainsaw for bureaucracy, says Elon Musk.