SINGER Layla Sania (pic), a former student of SMJK(C) Chong Hwa in Kuala Lumpur, sees her ability to communicate in Mandarin as an advantage, reported Harian Metro.
SOME 600 temporary teachers sent to serve at national and Chinese schools in 2020 have been selected to attend the one-year holiday teacher-training programme (Program Diploma Perguruan Malaysia-Kursus Dalam Cuti) next month, reports Sin Chew Daily.
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HONG Kong actor Louis Koo caused quite a stir online for his remarks about aliens visiting earth, Sin Chew Daily reported.
“I would say I’m a believer, ” he said, referring to alleged sightings of unidentified flying objects (UFOs) in Polynesia.
Koo, 50, said people would question why there were no photographs of the UFOs.
“It is not uncommon for a person not to hold their phone up (to take a picture) when they are frightened. If one day an alien were to appear in front of me, I believe I would be terrified. Otherwise, I would definitely take a photo, ” he wrote on Weibo, the Chinese equivalent of Twitter.
DESPITE the less than favourable headlines about her of late, TV host Neelofa (
pic) reigns on Instagram, Kosmo! reported. She has 8.6 million Instagram followers as of Sunday.
Datuk Seri Siti Nurhaliza has 8.2 million followers on the same platform.
In August last year, Siti Nurhaliza was top on the list with 7.8 million Instagram followers.
Neelofa, 32, and her husband Muhammad Haris Mohd Ismail, better known as PU Riz, had been in the news for breaching Covid-19 restrictions during their recent wedding and honeymoon travels.
Other celebrities such as comedian Zizan Razak recorded 7.8 million Instagram followers, Nora Danish (7.3 million) and Mira Filzah (7.2 million).
ACTRESS Aishah Azman (
pic) is upset with a TV drama producer who allegedly refused to take responsibility after a few cast members got infected with Covid-19, reported Kosmo!The actress, whose real name is Nor Aishah Afika Azman, 25, claimed that the producer had forced an actor to continue filming despite having had close contact with a Covid-19 patient.
“I am so upset with the mentality of the producer who forced an actor who had close contact with a Covid-19 patient to continue filming the drama without considering the safety of other production crew members.. The producer asked the actor to work up to 24 hours based on the same excuse, ” she posted on her Instagram story, adding that the producer’s refusal stemmed from saving production cost.