Malaysia’s top 10

Trending Searches on Google WEEK: MAY 19-25, 2017

1. NIAT PUASA/WAKTU BERBUKA/WAKTU IMSAK/ SOLAT TARAWIH/UCAPAN RAMADAN

Muslims searched for Ramadanrelated details, customs and practices to welcome the holy month of fasting.

2. PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN 2017

Fans of the action-adventure saga looked up for reviews of the latest instalment, released in local cinemas

on May 25, 2017.

3. KIM WOO BIN/ NASOPHARYNGEAL CANCER

Fans are relieved to learn that the Korean actor has a 70 per cent chance

of recovering from the rare form of throat cancer, following a diagnosis by Dr Jung Yoo Seok on a TV programme.

4. DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL

A Google doodle to honour the festival was a pleasant surprise for netizens.

5. ARSENAL VS CHELSEA (FA CUP FINAL)

Fans of the football championship went online to catch highlights and news of the match which Arsenal won

2-1 against Chelsea.

6. GEELY

Malaysians scoured the Internet for information about Zhejiang Geely Holdings’ 49.9 per cent purchase of

Proton Holdings.

7. MANCHESTER UNITED VS AJAX

Nervy Manchester United fans breathed

a sigh of relief after their team successfully clinched the final spot in next year’s champions league by beating

Ajax in the Europa League final.

8. SHAHRUKH KHAN/SHAH RUKH KHAN PLANE CRASH

Bollywood fans went on a frantic search when an European news network, El Pais TV, announced that he was

allegedly killed in an air crash.

9. UTAR WBLE/UNIVERSITY TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN WEB BASED LEARNING ENVIRONMENT

Students from UTAR searched online for access to materials made available on the University’s web-based learning

environment.

10. COVFEFE

Netizens looked up the term ‘covfefe’, after it was featured in an accidental tweet by US President Donald Trump

which has since been deleted.