BMTechnical and vocational education took centre stage in Malaysia-China relations last week, when Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim used the WorldSkills Conference 2026 in Shanghai to argue that skills training must sit at the heart of national industrial strategy. Speaking on 23 September at the plenary session, Anwar said Malaysia is placing TVET at […]
Today, 25 September 2026, is the 15th day of the eighth lunar month: Mid-Autumn Festival. Across Malaysia, families are gathering under the full moon with lanterns and mooncakes. Earlier this week, one of the country’s liveliest community celebrations showed why the festival still matters. A festival built by the community The Penang Mid-Autumn Festival 2026, […]
On September 22, 2026, Malaysia’s Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability Ministry welcomed a visit from Sun Shuxian, China’s Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and head of the State Oceanic Administration, in Putrajaya. Hosted by Malaysian Minister Datuk Seri Arthur Joseph Kurup, the meeting marked another concrete step in the deepening Malaysia-China relations that have defined […]
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Artificial intelligence has arrived in the recording studio, and the question facing musicians is no longer whether to use it but what it can and cannot do. That was the premise of “Tian Hua Qi Yin: When Traditional Music Meets AI”, a cross-border music sharing session held in Petaling Jaya and co-organised by the Malaysia-China […]
Next Friday, 25 September 2026, lanterns will go up in shophouse five-foot ways, temple courtyards and shopping malls from George Town to Kuching. The Mid-Autumn Festival — known to most Malaysians simply as the Mooncake Festival — is not a public holiday here, yet it remains one of the most visible cultural observances on the […]
On 12 September 2026, 4,155 graduates received their certificates at the 21st Youth and Sports Skills Training Institutes (ILKBS) Convocation Ceremony in Putrajaya. Youth and Sports Minister Dr Mohammed Taufiq Johari used the occasion to report a graduate employability rate of 97 per cent — and to challenge the new graduates not to stop at […]
Every September, Dataran Tun Tuanku Bujang in Sibu, Sarawak turns into one of Malaysia’s most quietly remarkable cultural gatherings. The 22nd Borneo Cultural Festival (BCF), themed “Echoes of Borneo,” is running there now — originally scheduled for 3 to 12 September, then pushed back two days to 5 to 14 September after haze settled over […]
Malaysia’s technical and vocational education sector has spent the past decade collecting memoranda of understanding. What makes 2026 different is that several of them have started producing campuses, equipment and enrolled students — and a large share of that movement sits squarely in Malaysia-China TVET cooperation. The clearest example is the Malaysia-China Institute (MCI). Announced […]