B40 students can apply for quarantine charges exemption

PETALING JAYA: Besides OKU (persons with disabilities) card holders, students from B40 background can also apply for exemption from paying quarantine charges, says Senior Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.

Don't want to pay quarantine charges? Then no hotels but public training institutes for returnees instead

PUTRAJAYA: Individuals returning to Malaysia who refuse to sign a letter of undertaking to pay quarantine charges will be sent to public training institutes instead of hotels for their 14-day mandatory quarantine.

Not all returning students to quarantine at hotels for free, says minister

KUALA LUMPUR: Not all students returning home from abroad will enjoy a free stay at designated hotels used as quarantine centres, says Datuk Seri Mohd Redzuan Md Yusof.

No decision on mandatory face masks in schools yet, says Education Minister

KUALA LUMPUR: No decision has been made on whether to make it mandatory for students to don face masks in schools, says Education Minister Dr Mohd Radzi Md Jidin.

MySejahtera app ‘a must for all businesses’

PETALING JAYA: It is now mandatory for all business premises to use the MySejahtera app, says Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.

MP urges govt to subsidise fabric to make masks

AN Opposition MP has urged the government to subsidise the production of reusable fabric face masks to ease the financial burden of Malaysians.

Students from B40 group exempted from paying for quarantine, says Ismail Sabri

PETALING JAYA: Students from B40 families will be exempted from paying the mandatory quarantine costs, says Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.

Indonesia B40 biodiesel plan still on track as Covid-19 cases surge past 111,000 mark

JAKARTA, July 2 (Reuters): Indonesia's plans to raise the bio-content of its palm oil-based biodiesel to 40% - known as B40 - is back on schedule with a target for implementation by July 2021, Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto has announced.

Income tax waivers would be a meaningful way of easing people’s burden

‘Most wear face masks correctly’

GEORGE TOWN: People in need, some without face masks, gathered under trees and by the roadside in front of the Goddess of Mercy Temple to wait for free meals.