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Dying Without a Will in Malaysia 2026: Your Spouse Does Not Get Everything, and Sabah Uses a Different Rulebook
If a non-Muslim Malaysian dies without a will leaving a spouse, children and one surviving parent, section 6 of the Distribution Act 1958 gives the spouse one quarter, the children one half and the parent one quarter. Almost nobody expects the third name on that list. Cross the sea to Sabah and the same family is governed by a different statute, the Intestate Succession Ordinance 1960, under which the spouse takes one third, the children take the rest and the surviving parent takes nothing at all. We read both texts in full on 9 September 2026, along with the Small Estates (Distribution) Act 1955. Three things in them are almost never reported: the parent's share, a Sabah rule that reduces a married daughter's portion by whatever her parents settled on her at her marriage, and a definition of "child" that quietly excludes children adopted under the wrong one of Malaysia's two adoption laws.
The Gig Workers Tribunal Heard Its First Case on 1 September. No Lawyers Were Allowed in the Room
Malaysia's Gig Workers Tribunal sat for the first time on 1 September 2026, at the Kuching labour office in Sarawak. The case was an e-hailing worker against GrabCar Sdn Bhd over Saver Trips, Advance Booking and cashback incentives, and the worker argued it himself because section 36 of the Gig Workers Act 2025 bars advocates and solicitors from representing anyone before the Tribunal. The hearing was adjourned for further testimony. We read the gazetted Act 872 clause by clause and it answers two questions the first case raises: how a rider actually gets to the Tribunal, which is not by walking in, and who the Act covers, which for anyone not working through a platform is a list of exactly nine services printed in the Schedule. Freelance design, copywriting, coding and tutoring are not on it.
Car Loans in Malaysia 2026: The Early Settlement Rebate Is Gone, and a 3% Car Loan Is Really 5.5%
The Hire-Purchase (Amendment) Act 2026 came into force on 1 June 2026 and quietly deleted the two things every Malaysian thought they understood about a car loan. The flat rate is gone, replaced by an effective interest rate on a reducing balance. And the statutory early settlement rebate is gone with it, which sounds like a loss and is not. Bank Negara Malaysia's own consumer guide works the arithmetic: borrow RM100,000 over nine years at a flat 3% a year and you pay RM1,175.93 a month and RM27,000 in interest, exactly the same as a loan quoted at an effective 5.5%. The catch is timing. Providers have until 31 March 2027 to switch their systems, so a loan signed today may still be an old one, and the only way to know is to ask.
Cinema Ticket Prices in Malaysia 2026: What Every Surviving Chain Actually Charges, From RM10 to RM80
Malaysia lost two cinema chains in eighteen months. mmCineplexes shut all 13 halls on 22 September 2025 after its parent entered creditors' voluntary liquidation, and MBO Cinemas closed its remaining eight sites in March 2026. We checked every surviving operator's own website on 7 September 2026, all the way through to the ticket-type screen, and found that the two chains everyone dismisses as obscure are the two that print their prices most plainly. Dadi Cinema shows a ringgit figure beside every showtime before you click anything. Mega Cineplex reveals adult, twin and Premier Hall prices two clicks in, with no login. Only one surviving chain genuinely publishes nothing. Here is the full rate card, from a RM13 Wednesday in Sungai Petani to an RM80 seat in Johor Bahru.
Tourism Tax in Malaysia 2026: The RM10 a Night Malaysians Never Pay, and the Johor Rule That Changed on 1 September
A new federal regulation quietly took effect on 1 September 2026. P.U. (A) 307, the Tourism Tax (Amendment) Regulations 2026, moves Johor out of Malaysia's Friday-Saturday weekend group for tourism tax administration, so the tourism tax offices there now open 7.30am to 4pm Monday to Friday instead of 8am to 4pm Sunday to Thursday. It is a small change with a long backstory, and it lands on top of a rate order gazetted only nine months ago. We read all four instruments on the Customs Department's own portal and set out what tourism tax is, who actually pays it, who is exempt, and the separate island levy that is not tourism tax at all.
Buy Now Pay Later in Malaysia 2026: Why 1.5% Can Mean 12%, and Why BNPL Is Now Regulated
Two of Malaysia's biggest buy now pay later services quote the same headline number, 1.5 per cent, and it means two different things. On PayLater by Grab that 1.5 per cent is charged on each instalment and calculated on the whole transaction, so an eight-instalment plan costs 12 per cent of what you bought. On SPayLater it is 1.5 per cent a month. Both charge a flat RM10 when you miss a payment. SPayLater's page still says BNPL is not regulated by Bank Negara Malaysia, and that line is now badly out of date: the Consumer Credit Act 2025 came into force on 1 March 2026 and BNPL providers must be licensed by the Suruhanjaya Kredit Pengguna. Its Conduct Standards also prohibit the flat-rate pricing that produces the 12 per cent. We read all three providers' pages and the regulator's own instruments on 8 September 2026.
PETRONAS Kedai Mesra: Splitting RM45 Into Three RM15 Receipts Triples Your Shot at RM10,000
Senangnya! Ini Baru Mesra runs 1 September to 31 October 2026 at Kedai Mesra outlets inside PETRONAS stations nationwide. Spend RM15 in a single transaction on eligible non-fuel items and you earn one draw entry, with 134 prizes led by ten cash awards of RM10,000. The mechanic PETRONAS publishes but never puts on the poster is that a RM100 receipt earns exactly the same single entry as a RM15 one, so how you split the basket matters more than what goes in it. We also read the live Kedai Mesra price list and found three lines that cost more in Sabah and Sarawak.
Registering a Side Business in Malaysia 2026: SSM's Real Fees, the Two Schemes That Make It Free, and the RM50,000 Line You Cross by Not Renewing
Registering a sole proprietorship with SSM costs RM30 a year if you trade under the name on your identity card and RM60 a year if you want a business name. That is the whole fee. Two official schemes reduce it to nothing, one for B40 recipients and full-time students, one for OKU cardholders, and only the second of the two also covers renewal. The part that catches people is at the other end: continuing to trade after the certificate expires is an offence under the Registration of Businesses Act 1956 carrying a fine of up to RM50,000, up to two years in prison, or both. Every figure here was read off SSM's own fee table and guideline documents on 6 September 2026. Re-checked and extended on 9 September against SSM's Responsibility of Business Owner sheet, which adds the parts the fee table does not: the same RM50,000 also applies to never registering in the first place, there are RM10,000 and RM2,000 tiers below it, and the rung between RM60 and a RM1,000 Sdn Bhd is a PLT at RM500.
Genting SkyWorlds Charges RM168 at the Counter. One Card Brings It Down to RM65
Every rate card Resorts World Genting publishes points the same way: book online at least a day ahead or pay double at the gate. The Kad Pekerja MADANI offer is the one exception. It is a RM65 one-day standard ticket to Genting SkyWorlds, sold only at the ticketing counter, only to holders of the union workers' card, and it runs all the way to 31 December 2026. That is RM103 below the Malaysian walk-in price and RM23 below the advance online price, which makes it the only counter rate on the hill that beats booking ahead. We read RWG's own offer page, all three Genting SkyWorlds rate cards and the Unlimited Pass terms this run to work out who actually gains, and the three groups who should ignore it.
CelcomDigi Says Spend RM20 to Join Mega Gegar. Its Own Page Sells a RM6.90 Entry That Comes With 1,631GB
CelcomDigi's Mega Gegar 20 Juta runs to 30 September 2026 and is really two campaigns: a nine-offer Nationwide Sale you can just buy, and a RM20 million contest. We read all three terms and conditions documents and every one of the brand's fifteen device cards. The National Day Pass gives 1,631GB for RM6.90 against 9GB for RM6 on the standard three-day pass, the device rebate stops at your own instalment, three foldables carry gifts worth up to RM2,899 that the terms never mention, and the mystery box turns out to be an animation played over a decision already made on response speed.
Your First Driving Licence in Malaysia 2026: JPJ Fixes the Price of Exactly One Class, and It Is Not the Car
JPJ publishes a fee for almost everything it touches. A learner licence for a car is RM30 for three months, a probationary licence is RM60 for two years, the theory test is RM27 plus 8% SST and a retake is RM17 plus 8%. Add every government fee a first-time car driver pays and it comes to well under RM200. The bill people actually pay is RM1,477 for a manual and RM1,577 for an automatic at one Melaka institute, because JPJ states plainly that it does not set driving institute prices. There is one exception, and one way to pay nothing at all.
The Six Measures That Started on 1 September 2026: BUDI95 Is Back to 300 Litres and the e-Invoice Line Moves to RM3 Million
Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim announced six immediate cost-of-living measures in the National Day address at PICC on 30 August 2026, all of them effective from 1 September. Two of them change a number a lot of Malaysians already had memorised. The BUDI95 quota goes back to 300 litres a month after five months at 200, restoring the level cut on 1 April, and BUDI Diesel rises from 300 to 400 litres. The e-Invoice exemption threshold triples from RM1 million to RM3 million in annual turnover, which LHDN says takes more than 1.1 million businesses out of mandatory implementation. Re-checked a week on: the AI programme has opened with published rules, the extra diesel litres turn out to need an application, and LHDN's own criteria are narrower than the RM3 million headline.
POPULAR Super Holiday Promotion to 16 September 2026: The RM12 Card Is Worth More Than Most Prices on the Flyer
POPULAR Bookstores is running its Super Holiday Promotion from 28 August to 16 September 2026 at all 80 POPULAR and HARRIS outlets in Malaysia. We read the campaign artwork on POPULAR's own site at full resolution and priced every line on it. The finding that matters is not the headline "Save up to 25%": it is that a large share of the flyer carries two prices, a public one and a lower member one, and the gap on a single item runs as high as RM19.90. A one-year POPULAR Card costs RM12 and a three-year Privilege Card costs RM25, so on this flyer one Chinese business title, one K-pop CD or a six-item back-to-school basket already pays the card off. Separately, members get a one-time 20 percent storewide gift certificate valid to 27 September, which breaks even at RM60 in a single receipt. One block of the same flyer, the WOW! panel, was only ever valid in August and is already dead.
McDonald's Malaysia: Write One Sentence on Your Receipt, Get a RM8.95 Meal Voucher (4 to 14 September 2026)
McDonald's Malaysia opened a campaign on 4 September 2026 that pays you for a sentence. Buy anything at the front counter, at a self-ordering kiosk or at the Drive-Thru, and the receipt prints a box that begins "MY MOST VALUABLE MEKDI MOMENT IS". Fill it in, post the photo on your Instagram feed tagging @mcdonaldsmalaysia, and once McDonald's has verified it they send you a unique voucher code by DM to redeem in the McD App. The campaign runs 4 to 14 September 2026. The poster values the reward at RM8.95, and the asterisk beside that number is the part worth reading: what you get is a Chicken Burger McValue Meal (S) Buy 1 Get 1 Free voucher, not a meal handed over for nothing. McDonald's own artwork does the arithmetic for you on the receipt in the photo, a small Chicken Burger with small fries and a small Coke Zero at RM8.44, plus 6% service tax of RM0.51. What McDonald's has not published is a terms and conditions page, so the number of vouchers, the redemption window and whether one receipt equals one entry are all unstated. Re-checked on 5 September 2026, that is still true, and the campaign is not filed under McDonald's own Contest tab either. What did change is that McDonald's added a much bigger September offer the day after this one opened: the Cuti-Cuti Family Bundle at RM39.90, down from a struck-through RM73.70 on McDonald's own poster, running 5 to 9 September 2026 only. Buy that bundle at a counter, kiosk or Drive-Thru and the same receipt carries the entry box, so the two campaigns stack. We have also corrected the dates of the Piknik Famili Terbesar @Mekdi roadshow: McDonald's own page puts it at 5 and 6 September, two evenings at six named Drive-Thru restaurants, not the nine-day run it looked like.
Six New Tax Reliefs Started Counting on 1 January 2026, and You Claim Them in 2027
The relief list you use for the return you file this year is the year of assessment 2025 list, and nothing on it has changed. Six other reliefs took effect on 1 January 2026 and are being earned right now, on receipts most households are throwing away. They are claimed in the return filed in 2027. These are not proposals: they were enacted as the Finance Act 2025 (Act 874), gazetted on 31 December 2025, and we read them off the statute rather than off the Budget appendices. Childcare is the biggest change: a single permanent RM3,000, plus a new limb covering a care centre registered under the Care Centres Act 1993 for a child up to 12 - though the RM3,000 is per taxpayer, not per child. Relief for early intervention for children with learning disabilities rises from RM6,000 to RM10,000 and now fills the whole medical band. Life insurance relief extends to children, on a four-limb statutory definition. Vaccination relief widens to any vaccine registered with the NPRA. Home CCTV and food waste grinders join the RM2,500 environmental pot. And for Visit Malaysia Year 2026 only, entrance fees to tourist attractions are worth up to RM1,000 - but unlike the 2020-2022 version, hotel stays and tour packages are out. Verified against Act 874 and LHDN's own relief tables on 4 September 2026.
emart24 PWP Deals to 30 September: The Poster Says Up to 60% Off, the Deepest of Ten Cards Is 41.9%
emart24 Malaysia posted its September Daebak Deals on its own Facebook page on 3 September 2026: purchase-with-purchase prices on ten items, unlocked by a minimum spend of RM5, running 1 to 30 September 2026. We downloaded all ten campaign cards at full resolution and did the arithmetic on every one. The headline reads up to 60% off. The deepest card published is the 230ml pouch drink at RM2.50 from RM4.30, which is 41.9%. The average across the ten is 26.8% and the median is 20.3%. More useful than the percentages is the RM5 gate: only five of the ten items save you more than the RM5 you must spend to reach them, so half the list is worth buying only if the RM5 basket is something you wanted anyway. There is also a second, unconditional emart24 offer running until 16 September that beats six of the ten PWP cards outright.
EPF Akaun Fleksibel 2026: The RM50 Withdrawal, and the Dividend Rule That Decides What It Costs
Akaun Fleksibel is the one EPF account you can withdraw from at any age below 55, with no documents and no reason given, from RM50 upwards. What the EPF publishes and almost nobody reads is how the dividend behind it is calculated. Contributions credited during a month only start earning on the last day of that month. Withdrawals stop earning on the day they leave. At the 6.15 per cent rate declared for 2025, taking RM1,000 out in early January and not replacing it costs roughly RM61 of dividend for the year, while the same withdrawal on 1 December costs about RM5.
Tribunal Tuntutan Pengguna 2026: Claim Up to RM50,000 for RM5, With No Lawyer in the Room
A shop keeps your deposit. A contractor takes the money and never finishes. A phone comes back from repair worse than it went in. Most Malaysians write it off, because the alternative sounds like hiring a lawyer. It is not. The Tribunal for Consumer Claims Malaysia, set up in 1999 under the Consumer Protection Act, hears claims of up to RM50,000 for a filing fee of RM5, registers the claim the same day it is filed, aims to hear and settle it within 60 days of the first hearing, and hands down the award on the hearing day itself. Lawyers are not allowed to represent either side. The award counts as an order of the Magistrates' Court, and ignoring it for 14 days is a criminal offence. Here is how it works, and the list of disputes it cannot touch.
Tenancy Agreement Stamp Duty Malaysia 2026: The RM2,400 Free Band Is Gone, and Long Leases Now Cost 7x
Almost every rental in Malaysia is signed on the same assumption: the tenant pays the stamping, somebody sends it to a runner, and nobody reads the numbers. The numbers changed. The Finance Act 2024 removed the RM2,400 free band from Item 49 of the Stamp Act 1949 and replaced the three term bands with four, in force since 1 January 2025 — so duty now runs from the first ringgit of rent, a five-year lease costs seven times the one-year rate rather than four, and section 36CB puts a RM10 floor under every instrument. The 30-day clock is still there, the counterpart is still RM10 and the Third Schedule still says the landlord pays that one. What is new is that since 1 January 2026 tenancies are self-assessed, which moves the arithmetic from LHDN's desk to yours — with a penalty remission that runs out on 31 December 2026.
Delayed, Bumped or Missing a Bag: What Malaysian Air Passenger Rules Actually Give You in 2026
School holidays run to 6 September and Malaysia Day falls on a Wednesday, so the airports are busy and the questions come back every year. Two hours late and you are owed meals, calls and internet. Five hours late and you are owed a hotel if you have to stay the night, or the full ticket price back in the way you paid, within 30 days. A bag that goes missing is covered to 1,288 Special Drawing Rights, which is about RM7,120 at Bank Negara's published rate. One thing has changed and most guides have not caught up: the agency you complain to is no longer MAVCOM. Its old website does not even resolve any more.
Transferring a Car in Malaysia 2026: It Is RM137.80, Not RM130 — and Only Four of Carro’s Eight Centres Are Actually Open
Selling a used car privately costs far less in fees than most people assume, but the number almost every guide prints is wrong. The JPJ transfer is RM100 for a private vehicle and RM3 for a motorcycle, filed on mySIKAP. The inspection that must come first is quoted as RM30 and actually costs RM37.80 once the RM5 booking fee and 8% SST are added. Two things changed this year in the seller's favour: the inspection report is now valid for 120 days instead of 60, and Puspakom is no longer the only inspector. But Carro's eight announced centres are not all open — only four are, and all four are in the Klang Valley.
Malaysia School Holidays 2026: Every Remaining Break, and Why Group A Starts a Day Before Group B
Malaysian school holidays do not start on the same day nationwide, and the split is smaller than most parents think. Under the Education Ministry's Kalendar Akademik Tahun 2026, Group A now covers only three states: Kedah, Kelantan and Terengganu. Everyone else, including Johor, is Group B. The second mid-term break runs 28 August to 5 September 2026 for Group A and 29 August to 6 September for Group B, both nine days. The year-end break is 4 to 31 December for Group A, a 28-day stretch, and 5 to 31 December for Group B, 27 days. There is one more twist waiting in November: Deepavali falls on a Sunday, and the ministry has allocated the replacement day differently for each group, and differently again for Sarawak.
Malaysia's e-Invoice in Plain Terms: Who Must Issue One in 2026, Who Is Exempt, and the FY2022 Rule Nobody Mentions
The last phase of Malaysia's e-Invoice rollout started on 1 January 2026, and it caught the smallest businesses — turnover up to RM5 million. Two things about it are widely misunderstood. First, the phase you are in was fixed by your FY2022 numbers and does not move: LHDN determines it from your audited accounts for financial year 2022, or your tax return for year of assessment 2022 if you have none, and states in its own guideline that changes to turnover in later years do not change your obligation. Second, there is a floor. Taxpayers with annual turnover or revenue of less than RM1,000,000 are exempted outright — but the exemption only covers issuing. Anyone selling to you still has to issue an e-Invoice, and any company you own still has to comply on its own timeline.
Your Saman Halves Itself for 15 Days, Then Stops: The Rule Nobody Explained When Campaign Discounts Ended — and the RM500 Ceiling Coming in 2029
Malaysia stopped running seasonal saman discount campaigns on 1 January 2026. In their place, JPJ and PDRM adopted one standardised nationwide schedule built on a phrase the Transport Minister used at Parliament: "the less you delay, the less you pay". Pay within 15 days and the compound is cut by half. Pay between day 16 and day 30 and it is cut by a third. From day 31 to day 60 you pay the full rate. Past day 61 the file goes to court and the vehicle owner is blacklisted. Six months later, Parliament passed the Road Transport (Amendment) Bill 2026 — the Dewan Rakyat on 24 June 2026, the Dewan Negara on 21 July — raising the maximum compound from RM300 to RM500, raising minimum court fines from RM300 to RM500 as a separate change nobody separates, creating a standalone offence for street racing, and tripling the jail exposure for driving while your licence is suspended. None of that is law yet: the Act has still not appeared in the Attorney General's Chambers' register. Here is what changed, what it costs, what is actually in force this week, and the dates that decide which version applies to you.
BUDI95 Is Still 200 Litres: What the Cap Is Worth This Week, and Exactly What Happens at Litre 201
The BUDI95 quota was cut from 300 litres a month to 200 on 1 April 2026 and, as of this week, it is still 200. That number is easy to argue about and hard to feel, so here is what it is actually worth: with unsubsidised RON95 at RM3.77 a litre for 20 to 26 August 2026 and BUDI95 fixed at RM1.99, the government is paying RM1.78 for every litre you buy on your MyKad — RM356 a month if you use the whole quota. The Finance Ministry's own FAQ, updated 30 June 2026, says nearly 90 per cent of users never get close: average consumption is about 100 litres a month. It also answers the questions nobody covers — that the quota is shared between RON95 and diesel, that unused litres expire on the 1st, that there is a RM250 ceiling per transaction, that e-hailing drivers can reach 800 litres, and that at litre 201 nothing dramatic happens at all: the pump simply charges you the unsubsidised price. Here is how the whole thing works, and where the argument over restoring 300 litres currently stands.
The 1.25% Coming Out of Every Job: What the Gig Workers Act Actually Gives Malaysian Riders and Drivers
Since the Gig Workers Act 2025 came into force on 31 March 2026, platforms in Malaysia have been deducting 1.25 per cent of every completed job from riders and drivers and paying it to PERKESO. Most people affected know the deduction is there. Far fewer know what it buys — or that the same Act gives them rights that have nothing to do with money. We read PERKESO's own FAQ, issued the day the Act took effect, and the Bill text tabled in the Dewan Rakyat. The deduction funds Plan 1 of the Self-Employment Social Security Scheme at RM157.20 a year, which covers free treatment at government hospitals, 80 per cent of insured income during sick leave from a work accident, RM500 a month if you need constant care and a RM3,000 funeral benefit. The provisions almost nobody talks about are elsewhere: a platform can suspend your account for a maximum of 14 days while it investigates, must tell you in writing, and if it finds no reason to deactivate you it must reinstate you and pay half your average daily income for the days you were locked out. Here is the full picture, with the figures.
Nobody Has the New MyKad Yet — Printing Is Paused Until 31 August, the Card Drops Touch 'n Go, and Losing Yours Twice Still Costs RM310
Here is the part almost every write-up got wrong: as of 26 August 2026, nobody in Malaysia has been issued the new-generation MyKad. What began on 1 June was a supply contract, not a card. JPN said the roll-out starts only after an official launch by the Prime Minister, which has still not been announced, and on 8 June the Home Minister said plainly that JPN would keep issuing from existing stock until it ran out — enough for "another two to three months". Those two to three months are up, which is exactly why MyKad printing nationwide is disrupted from 26 to 31 August 2026 while JPN switches over, with the department advising anyone without an urgent need to postpone. The new card also quietly drops a feature Malaysians have used for two decades: it will not work as a Touch 'n Go card. What has not changed is the money — RM10 to process, and RM110, RM310 or RM1,010 if you lose yours. Here is the corrected timeline, the fee tables re-read from jpn.gov.my this week, and what to do if you actually need a card right now.
Your TNB Bill Is Set to Rise From September — the AFA Surcharge Explained, and the 600 kWh Line That Decides Whether It Hits You
TNB's own published outlook puts the fuel surcharge at 5.00 to 7.50 sen per kWh for September to November 2026, up from 3.80 sen in August. Here is what the AFA is, why the surcharge exists when Single Buyer says fuel prices are falling, and the one number on your bill that decides whether any of it reaches you.
Renewing Your Road Tax and Driving Licence Online in 2026 — and Why an Expired Licence Now Costs You at the Pump
An expired driving licence used to be a problem only if you were stopped. Since BUDI95 started paying RM1.99 a litre for RON95, it is a problem every time you fill up: the subsidy requires a valid licence, and the system checks it against your MyKad. Here is what JPJ actually charges to renew a licence, what road tax renewal requires before you can even start, and how the MyJPJ app, MyEG and Pos Malaysia differ.
Every Malaysian Public Holiday Left in 2026 — the Official Dates State by State, the Long Weekends Still Bookable, and the 2027 Schedule That Just Landed
Ten gazetted holiday dates remain in 2026 after Maulidur Rasul, and only four of them apply to the whole country. We re-read the Prime Minister's Department's own schedule, the 2026 school calendar and the Holidays Act 1951 on 25 August — and found the 2027 federal list already published on the same portal. Here is what is left, what three days of leave still buys you this week, why Johor is no longer a Friday–Saturday state, and the mid-May 2027 window that turns two days of leave into nine days off.
Best Hotels & Resorts in Cameron Highlands 2026: 8 Verified Places to Stay in Tanah Rata, Brinchang and Ringlet
Eight Cameron Highlands properties, each checked against its own website this week — a 19-room Tudor country house on Sultan Abu Bakar Lake, a 238-room hill hotel in Tanah Rata town, and a resort that sits alone on its own hill. Addresses, room types, restaurants — and the one property that does publish a full ringgit tariff, from RM600 nett a night.
Renewing Your Malaysian Passport in 2026: The Official Fees, Who Can Actually Use MyOnline Pasport, and Why the Counter Is Faster
The Immigration Department's own rate table puts an adult Malaysian passport at RM200 for five years and RM350 for ten — but children under 12 pay RM100, OKU cardholders pay nothing at all, and losing the book costs RM400 the first time and RM1,200 by the third. The bigger surprise is timing: the department's Client Charter promises a passport in one hour at the counter, against one working day online. Here is what the official pages actually say, including the photo rule that gets applications rejected with no refund.
Hong Leong Bank Drops Limited-Edition Spider-Man: Brand New Day Cards — Credit Card Applications Open 18 August 2026
Hong Leong Bank is releasing a limited-edition HLB x Spider-Man: Brand New Day card line-up — a Sutera Platinum credit card plus two debit card designs. Here's what's launching, the application dates, and how to get one.
Lotus's Catalogue 3-16 September 2026: Full Price List, and the 3 Flyers That Expire Sooner
Lotus's Malaysia is running four promotions at once and they end on four different dates. The national catalogue runs 3-16 September 2026, but the fresh rack inside it closes 8 September, a homeware sale closes 9 September, and a one-day Kannn Ada flyer is valid only on 7 September - which undercuts the catalogue on Top detergent 3.6kg by RM0.80 while losing to it on 10kg rice by RM5.
8 Restaurants & Cafés in Putrajaya Worth the Drive
From a Balinese-style lakeside brunch spot at Marina Putrajaya to a Yemeni restaurant with floor-to-ceiling glass facing the Iron Mosque, here are eight restaurants and cafés genuinely located within Putrajaya's precincts — not the neighbouring Cyberjaya spots often mislabelled as Putrajaya.
8 Trusted Maid & Domestic Helper Agencies in Malaysia (2026 Guide)
Eight currently-trading maid and domestic helper agencies serving Malaysian households in 2026 — every one looked up in JTKSM's public licence register, with its licence number, category and expiry printed alongside, plus the Immigration income rules and the RM15,000 cap that decide whether you can hire at all.
8 Company Incorporation & Corporate Secretary Services Worth Knowing in Malaysia (2026)
Every Sdn Bhd in Malaysia needs a licensed company secretary within 30 days of incorporation. Here are 8 real, currently operating firms — from established secretarial giants to digital-first startups — that handle incorporation and ongoing SSM compliance.