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KUCHING: It was all quiet in the city centre here on the first day of the movement control order in Sarawak. At the India Street pedestrian mall, nearly all shops were closed apart from a pharmacy and a couple of eateries. Similarly, shops along Carpenter Street, Gambier Street and Main Bazaar were shuttered except grocery stores and other essential businesses. Police personnel from the central police station and tourist police unit were seen monitoring the situation, advising shops which were ...

KUCHING: People in Sarawak will not be allowed in public spaces from 10pm to 5am without a good reason during the statewide movement control order which comes into effect on Saturday (May 29). According to an infographic of standard operating procedures (SOPs) released by the state Public Communications Unit on Friday (May 28), people may go out for medical treatment and to get food supplies, daily necessities, medication and dietary supplements. They can also go out to get their Covid-19 vacci...

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar has had a hectic day and a half in Washington DC, where he met government officials, including National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) ambassador Katherine Tai, lawmakers, and the private sector. The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Thursday repeated the guidelines (under the Disaster Management Act, 2005) issued on April 29 to implement containment measures in districts where either the test positivity is more th...

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KUANTAN: Essential services in Kuantan will need to register with the Kuantan City Council (MBK) as the entire district is placed under the enhanced movement control order (MCO). Pahang National Security Council director Mohd Zairasyahli Syah Zakaria said the registration had to be submitted for approval by May 27. The URL that had been issued for this purpose was essential.pahang.gov.my "Each premises that feel it is essential will have to register through the link and we will see whether they...