KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob is scheduled to join more than 700 media practitioners at the National Journalists Day 2022 (Hawana 2022) celebration in Melaka this Sunday (May 29). Ismail Sabri is slated to deliver his opening speech at 2.30pm at the event, which will also be attended by journalists from several Asean countries, said Hawana 2022 … [Read more...] about Ismail Sabri to launch Hawana 2022 on May 29 to honour journalists
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Ismail Sabri meets Japanese counterpart, proposes upgrading ties
TOKYO: Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob met his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida here on Friday (May 27) and proposed that Malaysia-Japan ties be upgraded to comprehensive strategic partnership (CSP). In the meeting at the Kantei, the Japanese Prime Minister's Office, Ismail Sabri, accompanied by a high-profile delegation, held bilateral talks with … [Read more...] about Ismail Sabri meets Japanese counterpart, proposes upgrading ties
Singapore, Japan key partners to protect regional peace: Lee and Kishida
TOKYO (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and his visiting Singaporean counterpart Lee Hsien Loong pledged to work together to preserve regional peace and stability at their summit on Thursday (May 26). Lee, noting that ties with Japan form one of Singapore's most important bilateral relationships in Asia, said at the outset of their … [Read more...] about Singapore, Japan key partners to protect regional peace: Lee and Kishida
UK orders full national security review for Chinese takeover of semiconductor maker Newport Wafer Fab
Britain’s business secretary has ordered a full national security assessment of the £63 million (US$79 million) acquisition last year of the country’s biggest semiconductor maker by Nexperia, a Dutch subsidiary of China’s Wingtech Technology. The inquiry comes after media reports in April stating the British government would not intervene in the deal following a separate … [Read more...] about UK orders full national security review for Chinese takeover of semiconductor maker Newport Wafer Fab
Singapore’s democracy is a system that works: Lee Hsien Loong
TOKYO (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (pic) on Thursday (May 26) described the Republic's brand of democracy as a system that works and has yielded results such as law and order, growth and efficient governance. He was responding to a question by Nikkei Asia editor-in-chief Shigesaburo Okumura, at a discussion at the 27th … [Read more...] about Singapore’s democracy is a system that works: Lee Hsien Loong