15 Jan 2021 / 18:51 H.
PETALING JAYA: A total number of 3,211 new Covid-19 cases were recorded by the Health Ministry today, bringing the total number of active cases to 35,253.
The national tally now stands at 151,066.
Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the majority of today’s cases stemmed from local transmissions (3,206 cases) while five were imported.
Selangor had the most number of cases today with 889 where 127 individuals were detected in the new Jalan Telok Gong and Lintaran Lintang clusters with an imported case while Johor recorded 535 cases with 80 from the new Persiaran Selatan, Jalan Kluang and Kampung Perani cluster.
Sabah recorded a total of 514 cases with 48 individuals hailing from the new Ladang Baturong and Ladang Matamba cluster while Kuala Lumpur recorded a total of 401 cases today with 130 cases from the new Tapak Bina Damai cluster.
Monsoon woes for underprivileged 15 Jan 2021 / 12:58 H. Some of the flood victims from Kampung Beliajong Kota Marudu who were also placed at the Temporary Evacuation Center of Sekolah Kebangsaan Taritipan here on Jan 13. fotoBERNAMA (2021) COPYRIGHTS RESERVED
PETALING JAYA: The “winter monsoon” has brought much-welcomed cooler weather to the country but it is also wreaking havoc with continuous downpours.
Many parts of the country are inundated, with king tides hitting coastal and riverine areas.
Universiti Tuanku Abdul Rahman sociologist Dr Charanjit Kaur said the underprivileged will find it tough to cope with the cold and damp season, which is expected to persist until March.
PETALING JAYA: Private healthcare facilities are largely under-utilised, making them the obvious choice to ease the load at public hospitals. Private .
Breathing new life into dying art form Leong (right) harbours hopes that Cantonese opera will be recognised as a Malaysian art form.
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when the web was what spiders spun and the TV was in black and white, the Chinese opera was the entertainment that drew large crowds.
Today, such performances are staged only occasionally, mostly on significant dates such as the Hungry Ghost Festival.
For the younger generation, who have unlimited entertainment options thanks to new technology, sitting in the moonlight for a
three-hour stage retelling of palace intrigue or lost love is no longer as magical.
But, if Chinese opera enthusiast Daryl Leong, 43, has his way, the lost art may yet get a revival, thanks to technology.
PETALING JAYA: The Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM) is concerned that a second Movement Control Order (MCO) could lead to the collapse of b.