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News Malaysia Labuan: Malaysia tax haven Labuan to position itself as Islamic finance hub

Published on: Monday 01 June 2015
Malaysia tax haven Labuan to position itself as Islamic finance hub
News source: https://www.gulf-times.com/story/441664/Malaysia-tax-haven-Labuan-to-position-itself-as-Islamic-finance-hub

Malaysia’s offshore financial centre of Labuan, an island designated as Special Economic Zone off the northern Borneo coast, which has seen a surge in interest in Islamic finance transactions in the ...

News Malaysia Labuan: Labuan JKR steps up flood mitigation work as heavy rain and high tides hit villages

Published on: Saturday 03 January 2026
Labuan JKR steps up flood mitigation work as heavy rain and high tides hit villages
News source: https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2026/01/04/labuan-jkr-steps-up-flood-mitigation-work-as-heavy-rain-and-high-tides-hit-villages/204248

LABUAN, Jan 4 — The Labuan Public Works Department (JKR) has carried out a corporate social responsibility (CSR) programme to help mitigate flooding in several parts of the...

News Malaysia Labuan: The Meaning Behind Federal Territory Day & Why Only Some Parts Of Malaysia Celebrate It

Published on: Monday 05 January 2026
The Meaning Behind Federal Territory Day & Why Only Some Parts Of Malaysia Celebrate It
News source: https://says.com/my/lifestyle/what-is-federal-territory-day

Unlike Malaysian states, Federal Territories do not have a Sultan, Yang di-Pertua Negeri, Menteri Besar, or Chief Minister. This structure ensures that areas considered nationally significant are ...

News Malaysia Labuan: Malaysia adds entry points for visa on arrival for Chinese travellers

Published on: Monday 22 July 2019
Malaysia adds entry points for visa on arrival for Chinese travellers
News source: https://www.traveldailymedia.com/malaysia-adds-entry-points-for-visa-on-arrival-for-chinese-travellers/

The home ministry of Malaysia announced the new measures for tourists from ... the Sungai Tujoh ICQS that borders Brunei, ferry terminal the Labuan Island, Miri International Airport in Sarawak state ...

News Malaysia Labuan: Malaysia adds entry points for visa on arrival program for Chinese tourists

Published on: Sunday 21 July 2019
Malaysia adds entry points for visa on arrival program for Chinese tourists
News source: http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201907/22/WS5d35114fa310d8305640039f.html

Malaysia will grant visa-on-arrival to six more entry points ... the Sungai Tujoh ICQS that borders Brunei, ferry terminal the Labuan Island, Miri International Airport in Sarawak state and the Sultan ...

News Malaysia Labuan: New entry ports to facilitate visa on arrival for Indians to Malaysia

Published on: Monday 22 July 2019
New entry ports to facilitate visa on arrival for Indians to Malaysia
News source: https://www.khaleejtimes.com/travel/indians-get-visa-free-entry-to-popular-tourist-destination

Labuan ferry jetty and Sultan Abdul Aziz International Airport in Subang. This brings the total approved points of entry to 12. When Malaysia first implemented the visa on arrival policy in October ...

News Malaysia Labuan: Malaysian tourism industry welcomes implementation of visa on arrival

Published on: Sunday 21 July 2019
Malaysian tourism industry welcomes implementation of visa on arrival
News source: https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1144360/malaysian-tourism-industry-welcomes-implementation-of-visa-on-arrival

PETALING JAYA — Tour operators welcome the move by Malaysian government to implement visa on arrival for Indian and Chinese tourists entering Malaysia from another country. However, they hold the view that there are still room for improvement and suggest the government to prepare for visa waiver two years later. 

News Malaysia Labuan: IIFM Pushes Ahead with Plan for Development of Islamic Finance

Published on: Monday 08 July 2019
IIFM Pushes Ahead with Plan for Development of Islamic Finance
News source: https://www.zawya.com/mena/en/press-releases/story/IIFM_Pushes_Ahead_with_Plan_for_Development_of_Islamic_Finance-ZAWYA20190709100531/

Bank Negara Malaysia (delegated to Labuan Financial Services Authority), Central Bank of Bahrain (formerly Bahrain Monetary Agency) and the Central Bank of Sudan. Besides the founding members, IIFM is ...

News Malaysia Labuan: More visa-on-arrival facilities for tourists from China and India

Published on: Friday 19 July 2019
More visa-on-arrival facilities for tourists from China and India
News source: https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2019/07/19/more-visa-on-arrival-facilities-for-tourists-from-china-and-india/

the Sungai Tujoh ICQS in Sarawak and the Labuan Ferry Terminal. The ministry noted that VOA access is only given to tourists from China and India who enter Malaysia via Brunei, Indonesia, Singapore ...

News Malaysia Labuan: VOA facility at six additional entry points for tourists from China, India

Published on: Friday 19 July 2019
VOA facility at six additional entry points for tourists from China, India
News source: http://www.bernama.com/en/news.php?id=1748385

Labuan Ferry Terminal and Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah International Airport (Skypark Subang). However, the VOA facility is only given to tourists from China and India who are entering Malaysia from a third ...

News Malaysia Labuan: Vantage FX Opens New Office in Malaysia

Published on: Sunday 28 April 2019
News source: https://www.financemagnates.com/forex/brokers/vantage-fx-opens-new-office-in-malaysia/

Malaysia is becoming an attractive jurisdiction for the retail brokerage industry. That’s because Labuan, a small island off the coast of eastern Malaysia, offers a more lenient regulatory regime than ...

News Malaysia Labuan: Bersatu gets nod to set up divisions in Sabah and Labuan

Published on: Saturday 04 May 2019
News source: https://www.msn.com/en-my/news/national/bersatu-gets-nod-to-set-up-divisions-in-sabah-and-labuan/ar-AAAVA44

KOTA KINABALU: Sabah Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) has received approval from the Registry of Societies (RoS) to open 26 party divisions in the state and Federal Territory, Labuan. Bersatu ...

News Malaysia Labuan: RoS approves 26 Bersatu divisions in Sabah, Labuan

Published on: Saturday 04 May 2019
News source: https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2019/05/05/ros-approves-26-bersatu-divisions-in-sabah-labuan/

KOTA KINABALU: The Registrar of Societies has given its approval for 26 divisions of Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) to be formed in Sabah and Labuan. Party president Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin ...

News Malaysia Labuan: Barter trade will revive economy: Labuan chambers

Published on: Monday 06 May 2019
News source: http://www.bernama.com/en/business/news.php?id=1723859

Malaysian Islamic Chamber of Commerce and Malay Traders and Industrialists Association of Malaysia (Perdasama). The memorandum noted that Labuan had not received the 50 per cent of the tourism tax ...