Vesak Day Celebrations - Indonesia

Vesak Day Celebrations - Indonesia

A Tiong Hoa boy is seen in the Barongsai team's foreground while welcoming the Tri Suci Waisak 2568 celebration at Benteng Square, Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia on May 19, 2024. Photo by Aditya Sutanta/ABACAPRESS.COM

China's Xiamen Airlines launches new route connecting Chongqing, Kuala Lumpur

STORY: China's Xiamen Airlines launches new route connecting Chongqing, Kuala Lumpur DATELINE: May 16, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:15 LOCATION: Kuala Lumpur CATEGORY: TRANSPORTATION SHOTLIST: 1. various of water salute welcoming the plane that touched down at Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2. various of tourists 3. various of the press conference 4. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): TIONG KING SING, Malaysian Tourism Minister 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): AMMAR ABD GHAPAR, Tourism Malaysia Director-General STORYLINE: China's Xiamen Airlines has opened a new direct route from China's Chongqing Municipality to Malaysia's Kuala Lumpur. The route's maiden flight touched down at Kuala Lumpur International Airport Terminal 1 on Monday, with the passengers welcomed by Tourism Minister Tiong King Sing. The minister said that Malaysia welcomes tourists from China and expects more direct flights from other Chinese cities. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): TIONG KING SING, Malaysian Tourism Minister "The opening of this new direct flight route

MALAYSIA-KUALA LUMPUR-CHINA-BRI ANNIVERSARY-BOOK-LAUNCH

MALAYSIA-KUALA LUMPUR-CHINA-BRI ANNIVERSARY-BOOK-LAUNCH

(230110) -- KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Ambassador to Malaysia Ouyang Yujing (C), Tunku Abdul Rahman University of Management and Technology board of governors chairman Liow Tiong Lai (4th L) and participants pose for photos at the launching ceremony of the scholarly book "Walk Along the Road: Ten Years of BRI" in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Jan. 9, 2023. TO GO WITH "Scholarly book launched in Malaysia to mark 10th BRI anniversary" (Xinhua)

Ota lobbies for Malaysia-Singapore high-speed rail project

Ota lobbies for Malaysia-Singapore high-speed rail project

PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia - Malaysian Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai speaks to Kyodo News after talks with Japanese transport minister Akihiro Ota in Putrajaya, Malaysia, on Aug. 13, 2014. Ota lobbied for Japan's participation in a high-speed rail project linking Kuala Lumpur and Singapore.

Ota lobbies for Malaysia-Singapore high-speed rail project

Ota lobbies for Malaysia-Singapore high-speed rail project

PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia - Visiting Japanese transport minister Akihiro Ota (L) and Malaysian Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai shake hands prior to talks in Putrajaya, Malaysia, on Aug. 13, 2014. Ota lobbied for Japan's participation in a high-speed rail project linking Kuala Lumpur and Singapore.

MH370 search will not be extended

MH370 search will not be extended

(From L) The transport ministers of Australia, Malaysia and China -- Darren Chester, Liow Tiong Lai and Yang Chuantang -- announce at a press conference in Putrajaya, Malaysia, on July 22, 2016, that the search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 will not be extended beyond the current phase of the Australian-led search operation scheduled to end soon. The aircraft disappeared from radar on March 8, 2014, while en route to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Search area for missing Malaysian airliner to be doubled

Search area for missing Malaysian airliner to be doubled

Australian Deputy Prime Minister Warren Truss (L) and Malaysian Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai attend a press conference in Kuala Lumpur on April 16, 2015. They made it clear that the search area for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 will be doubled to some 120,000 square kilometers. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Ota lobbies for Malaysia-Singapore high-speed rail project

Ota lobbies for Malaysia-Singapore high-speed rail project

PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia - Malaysian Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai speaks to Kyodo News after talks with Japanese transport minister Akihiro Ota in Putrajaya, Malaysia, on Aug. 13, 2014. Ota lobbied for Japan's participation in a high-speed rail project linking Kuala Lumpur and Singapore. (Kyodo)

Malaysia to pay U.S. firm up to $70 mil. if MH370 found in 90 days

Malaysia to pay U.S. firm up to $70 mil. if MH370 found in 90 days

Malaysia Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai (C) and Ocean Infinity Ltd. CEO Oliver Plunkett attend a signing ceremony for search operations for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, outside Kuala Lumpur on Jan. 10, 2018. The Malaysian government agreed to pay the U.S. seabed exploration firm from $20 million to $70 million on condition that it locate the airliner within 90 days. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Plans for high-speed rail tender on track: Malaysian minister

Plans for high-speed rail tender on track: Malaysian minister

Malaysia's Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai speaks in Singapore on Oct. 12, 2017. Liow affirmed that plans are on track to call for a tender for a high-speed rail project linking Singapore with Kuala Lumpur by the end of the year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Plans for high-speed rail tender on track: Malaysian minister

Plans for high-speed rail tender on track: Malaysian minister

Malaysia's Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai speaks in Singapore on Oct. 12, 2017. Liow affirmed that plans are on track to call for a tender for a high-speed rail project linking Singapore with Kuala Lumpur by the end of the year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo