The NIA recorded a total of 1,113 Malaysian arrivals in China alone last Friday, the republic’s English-language news agency China Daily reported yesterday. Apart from Malaysia, the 15-day visa-free policy was also extended to five European countries: France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands and Spain.
“Among them, Malaysian nationals had the highest number on that day, with 1,113 entries, French nationals recorded 227 visa-free entries, showing the highest increase compared with the previous day among the six countries, with a growth rate of 52.31 percent.
“Furthermore, the overall number of individuals entering China from these six countries increased by 12.54 percent compared with the previous day”, the NIA was quoted as saying. According to the NIA, a total of 2,029 individuals from the aforementioned six countries entered China on the first day following the policy change.
Checks of the website of the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Malaysia showed multiple notices of China’s new visa policy, including one in both English and Malay announcing the 15-day visa-free policy to be implemented for Malaysians with ordinary passports from December 1, 2023 to November 30, 2024 only if they enter China for “business, tourism, family visit and transit purposes” and do not stay more than 15 days.
Celtic thumped St Johnstone in the Scottish Premiership by a 3-1 margin yesterday.
The latter took advantage of the Glasgow side’s Champions League exit-induced malaise with a scrappy opener in the fortieth minute. But Brendan Rodgers' men improved in the second half and got themselves out of trouble when captain Callum McGregor smashed home a daisy-cutter from the edge of the box in the sixty-seventh minute to level.
Matt O'Riley hit the sweetest of strikes to give Celtic the lead in the seventy-ninth minute, with James Forrest adding the gloss in stoppage-time after a rapid counter-attack.
Celtic's next Scottish Premiership match is at home to Hibernian on Wednesday.
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