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New Straits Times
06-05-2025
- Health
- New Straits Times
#SHOWBIZ: HK actor Niklas Lam flies to China for dentist, so much cheaper
HONG KONG: Hong Kong actor Niklas Lam, 30, recently revealed on Instagram that he travels all the way to Shenzhen in China to see the dentist as it is "cheaper than in Hong Kong". Lam said: "Extracting just one tooth in Hong Kong would have cost me between HK$700 (RM380) and HK$2,500 (RM1,360), but in Shenzhen, I pay 630 yuan (RM365) to have two removed. "I'm lucky I didn't have to get my wisdom tooth removed because that would've cost even more in Hong Kong." Lam said that extracting a wisdom tooth in Hong Kong costs around HK$5,000 (RM2,720), and if surgery is required, the price could reach up to HK$8,000 (RM4,351). A wisdom tooth extraction in Shenzhen only costs 700 yuan (RM405). "The price difference is ridiculous. Will an actor in Hong Kong be very rich? The truth is they won't. If they're solely relying on their job as an artiste for income, they won't have enough to feed themselves," said Lam. Many netizens agreed with the actor, and said that they were not surprised at the high cost of living in Hong Kong. "No wonder my cousin goes to Shenzhen every week for groceries," said one netizen.
Borneo Post
05-05-2025
- Borneo Post
Customs Dept seizes over 2kg of cannabis disguised as Hari Raya gifts
Handout photo showing one of the packages seized during the inspection. — Sarawak Customs Department photo KUCHING (May 5): The Royal Malaysian Customs Department successfully foiled a drug smuggling syndicate in two separate operations and seized 2.1kg of cannabis worth approximately RM62,880. In a statement, Sarawak Customs director Norizan Yahya said the first case dated March 28 involved the seizure of cannabis weighing approximately 1,024 grammes, with an estimated value of RM30,720 at a courier service premises at Jalan Durian in Sri Aman. 'At around 10.15am, a team of Customs officers from the Kuching Narcotics Branch conducted an inspection at the premises, which led to the discovery of four packages suspected to contain cannabis,' he said. Norizan said the modus operandi of this syndicate was to smuggle the cannabis via air freight, concealing them as Hari Raya gifts, and sent to incomplete addresses to evade detection by the authorities. In the second case, four packages were seized during a separate inspection conducted on the same courier service premises on April 2 at 11.30am. The packages were found to contain cannabis weighing 1,078 grammes, with an estimated value of RM32,160. He said the modus operandi was the same as the first case. Both seizures were made under Section 30(1) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952. Cannabis is categorised as a dangerous drug under Part III, First Schedule of the Act. Norizan said investigations are ongoing under Section 39B of the same Act, which provides for the death penalty or life imprisonment, and if the court imposes a life sentence, the offender shall also get a minimum 15 strokes of the cane. He also called on the public to support the Customs Department in curbing smuggling activities, particularly those involving cigarettes, liquor, fireworks, drugs, vehicles or other prohibited goods. 'Smuggling not only causes revenue loss to the country, but poses a threat to national security and public welfare.' Members of the public can contact the Customs Department at 1-800-88-8855 or visiting the nearest Customs Department office. Their identities will be kept strictly confidential. cannabis crime Customs Department drugs lead
Daily Express
05-05-2025
- Daily Express
Customs seizes ‘Hari Raya gift' packages containing drug
Published on: Monday, May 05, 2025 Published on: Mon, May 05, 2025 By: Bernama Text Size: KUCHING: The Royal Malaysian Customs (JKDM) foiled two attempts to smuggle cannabis using courier services in Sri Aman, with the seizure of 2.10 kilograms of the drug, worth more than RM62,000. Sarawak Customs Director Norizan Yahya said the first seizure was made on March 28 at about 10.15 am at a courier service company in Jalan Durian, Sri Aman. 'During the inspection, the narcotic team from the Kuching Customs found four packages suspected of containing cannabis weighing 1.024 grams, estimated to be worth RM30,720,' he said in a statement here today. Norizan said the second seizure was made at about 11.30 am on April 2 at the same premises, during which the team also found four packages of cannabis weighing 1.078 grams with an estimated value of RM32,160. He said the modus operandi used in both cases was similar, where the drugs were smuggled via air services and declared as Hari Raya gifts'. "The packages were also sent to incomplete addresses as a tactic to avoid detection by the authorities," he said. * Follow us on Instagram and join our Telegram and/or WhatsApp channel(s) for the latest news you don't want to miss. * Do you have access to the Daily Express e-paper and online exclusive news? Check out subscription plans available. Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express's Telegram channel. Daily Express Malaysia
Barnama
05-05-2025
- Barnama
Customs Seizes "Hari Raya Gift' Packages Containing Drug At Courier Service Company In Sri Aman
KUCHING, May 5 (Bernama) -- The Royal Malaysian Customs (JKDM) foiled two attempts to smuggle cannabis using courier services in Sri Aman, with the seizure of 2.10 kilograms of the drug, worth more than RM62,000. Sarawak Customs Director Norizan Yahya said the first seizure was made on March 28 at about 10.15 am at a courier service company in Jalan Durian, Sri Aman. 'During the inspection, the narcotic team from the Kuching Customs found four packages suspected of containing cannabis weighing 1.024 grams, estimated to be worth RM30,720,' he said in a statement here today.
TimesLIVE
29-04-2025
- Automotive
- TimesLIVE
Porsche cuts full-year outlook, warns of further uncertainty on US tariffs
German luxury sports car maker Porsche slashed a series of forecasts for 2025, hit by a toxic mix of weakness in its main market China, rising supply chain costs and US tariffs that are disrupting the global car industry. Porsche late on Monday said US import tariffs, in place since April at 25%, weighed on its business in April and May, and warned its adjusted outlook does not factor in the future effects of tariffs. "It is not yet possible to make a reliable assessment of the effects for the financial year," Porsche said. The US tariffs are expected to raise car prices by thousands of dollars, reducing demand and hurting job growth, rattling an automobile industry struggling with a slowing transition to electric vehicles. In April, Porsche, which has no US production, said it had shipped added inventory to the US to get ahead of tariffs and kept prices constant for orders made in March. Porsche said it expects revenues of between €37bn (R781,101,080,000) and €38bn (R802,519,720,000) in 2025, down from its previous forecast of €39bn (R823,638,660,000) to €40bn (R844,799,600,000). Its profit margin is forecast to plunge to 6.5& to 8.5%, down from a previous forecast of 10% to 12%. According to the average analyst estimate in LSEG, Porsche's operating margin is seen at 9.7% on revenues of €38.8bn (R819,455,612,000). The carmaker, which at its stock market debut in 2022 had a higher valuation than its parent company, Volkswagen AG, has fallen from grace since, struggling in particular with low sales in China, its top market, where first-quarter sales dropped 42%. Bill Russo, CEO of Shanghai-based advisory firm Automobility, said Chinese customers of electric cars had been drawn to their domestic brands because of their improved technological offering. "No foreign company believed the Chinese could somehow build equity that was superior to the foreign brands, specially the Europeans," he said. Porsche also said it would no longer pursue plans to expand high-performance battery production at its Cellforce subsidiary, and cited a decline in demand in China for all-electric luxury cars.
