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| AirAsia senses strong recovery in the air |
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Posted by: superadmin - 09-24-2021, 09:33 AM - Forum: Business. Economy and Investment
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KUALA LUMPUR: AirAsia expects a strong recovery for air travel in all key domestic destinations and for international flights to resume in the near future, complemented by stringent health and safety protocols that the airline has put in place.
In a statement today, AirAsia said that following the government’s announcement of the resumption of interstate travel and the reopening of tourism activities once the vaccination rate for adults reaches 90% in Malaysia, the budget carrier is geared up to fully restore its domestic and international services.
“This is further spurred by the success of the Langkawi travel bubble that commenced on Sept 16,” it said.
The airline has recorded overwhelming demand for leisure destinations that have reopened recently, including Langkawi (Malaysia), Boracay, Cebu and Bohol (the Philippines), and Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai and Hat Yai (Thailand).
“Load factors for these leisure destinations have been in the healthy range of 80-90% with more frequencies and routes to be added soon in line with consistently strong forward bookings.
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| Stoking up ideological confrontation between China, U.S. a fundamental misjudgment |
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Posted by: superadmin - 09-24-2021, 12:03 AM - Forum: Politics
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Stoking up ideological confrontation between China, U.S. a fundamental misjudgment: Chinese ambassador
It is a fundamental misjudgment for some Americans to describe China-U.S. ties as "democracy versus authoritarianism," and stoke up ideological confrontation between the world's top two economies, Chinese Ambassador to the United States Qin Gang said Wednesday.
Qin made the remarks in his speech at a virtual conversation jointly held by The Carter Center and the George H. W. Bush Foundation for U.S.-China Relations.
"Thanks to generations of Chinese and American leaders and people, China-U.S. relations have made remarkable progress. However, today, some Americans' misunderstanding and misjudgment about China is building up," he said.
"A fundamental one is to define America's relations with China as democracy versus authoritarianism, and to stoke up ideological confrontation, which has led to serious difficulties in China-U.S. relations," he said.
Although the two countries are different in history, culture and political system, both peoples desire peace and prosperity, and leaders in Washington and Beijing share one common goal, just as former U.S.
President Jimmy Carter said, "to create peaceful and stable conditions for their people to pursue happiness," Qin said, adding this is "the biggest commonality" between the two countries.
"We never say that our system is the best, because we know only the suited is the best. Whether it is good or not should not be judged by what we say, but what we do," he said.
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| Fight racism at home, too, govt urged |
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Posted by: superadmin - 09-23-2021, 07:26 PM - Forum: Stop Racism and Religious Bigotry
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PETALING JAYA: Malaysia has been active in global calls to eliminate racism, but it continues to struggle with issues of racism and racial discrimination in the local context, according to a sociologist.
“The Malaysian government made many international commitments to eliminate racism, such as signing various resolutions against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance.
“Those international commitments should also be applied at the local level,” Denison Jayasooria said.
He said the government should not portray itself as an ardent supporter of the fight against racism at the international level if it refused to provide a similar commitment at the local level.
Jayasooria was speaking at a webinar titled, “20 Years Post Durban Declaration: Is Malaysia spearheaded in the right direction?” organised by human rights group Pusat Komas and the Society for the Promotion of Human Rights (Proham) today.
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| UK publishes 10-year plan to become ‘A.I. superpower’ |
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Posted by: superadmin - 09-23-2021, 04:44 PM - Forum: AI - Artificial Intelligence
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UK publishes 10-year plan to become ‘A.I. superpower’, seeking to rival U.S. and China
- The so-called “National Artificial Intelligence Strategy” is designed to boost the use of AI among the nation’s businesses, attract international investment into British AI companies and develop the next generation of homegrown tech talent.
- Beth Singler, an anthropologist at the University of Cambridge who studies AI and robots, told CNBC that the U.K. is increasingly trying to find specialist areas where it can compete against much larger states in a post-Brexit world.
- Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt warned in March that China could soon replace the U.S. as the world’s number one AI superpower, noting there are serious military implications to consider.
LONDON — The U.K. government on Wednesday released its 10-year plan to make the country a global “artificial intelligence superpower”, seeking to rival the likes of the U.S. and China.
The so-called “National Artificial Intelligence Strategy” is designed to boost the use of AI among the nation’s businesses, attract international investment into British AI companies and develop the next generation of homegrown tech talent.
“Today we’re laying the foundations for the next ten years’ growth with a strategy to help us seize the potential of artificial intelligence and play a leading role in shaping the way the world governs it,” Chris Philp, a minister of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, said in a statement.
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| I rejected 51% Bumi rule on freighters, says Guan Eng |
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Posted by: superadmin - 09-23-2021, 11:25 AM - Forum: Politics
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PETALING JAYA: Lim Guan Eng says he rejected the proposal to enforce the 51% Bumiputera ownership requirement for freight forwarding companies when he was the finance minister in the Pakatan Harapan government.
The Bagan MP told FMT that the proposal to enforce the requirement had been raised during his tenure, but he did not approve it.
“I rejected the proposal on the basis that it cannot be applied retrospectively.
"That is unconstitutional and unfair to the companies.”
He said should any freight forwarding company owner suffer losses in complying with the new 51% Bumiputera ownership rule, then the government would be liable to compensate them.
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| Seen but rarely heard, the woman who gives voice to VIPs |
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Posted by: superadmin - 09-23-2021, 11:18 AM - Forum: Inspiring Stories
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PETALING JAYA: You have to hand it to Tan Lee Bee of RTM, the woman who’s so often seen but never heard and yet gives voice to the news and to the high and mighty.
She’s that expressive personality in the lower right-hand corner of your television screen, with a flurry of movements interpreting some of the most important speeches for the benefit of the hearing-impaired.
In her 35 years with the national broadcaster, Tan has become synonymous with sign language and is one of RTM’s go-to interpreters, having covered nearly every prime minister and minister.
“People always ask me how I learned sign language, and they’re always so surprised to know I never took formal training before I began my career.
“I started learning when I was a teenager so I could communicate with my youngest sister and help her not feel alone” the 59-year-old told FMT in conjunction with International Day of Sign Languages today.
She said her career with RTM had been filled with countless memorable moments, but recalls the former prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin’s first movement control order speech as a particular recent highlight.
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| Wait to see if Taliban follow normal rules, Putrajaya told |
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Posted by: superadmin - 09-23-2021, 10:23 AM - Forum: Politics
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PETALING JAYA: The government has been advised to hold back from recognising the Taliban government in Afghanistan and grant recognition if the Taliban follow democratic norms and allow universal standards of freedom for its people.
Awang Azman Pawi of Universiti Malaya said the Taliban should practise democracy, allow freedom of speech and religion, and ensure social fairness, including for women.
He told FMT that Malaysia’s foreign ministry should wait for at least six months before making any decision on recognising the Taliban government.
“If in six months the Taliban government follows universal standards of freedom and democracy, then we can recognise it,” he said.
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