Time zone proposal revived


KOTA KINABALU: Malaysia is reviving a proposal for Asean to have a single time zone.

The proposal for a common time for the 10-member grouping is being brought up again for the consideration of Asean governments after it was first proposed in 1995 and discussed again in 2004.

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