KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 9 – Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin will represent Malaysia at the Unesco World Conference on Education for Sustainable Development during a two-day working visit to Nagoya, Japan from Sunday, followed by a trip to Australia. In a statement, the Deputy Prime Minister’s Office said Muhyiddin, who is also Education
HONG KONG, Nov 9 – China will announce a start date for a delayed trading link between Hong Kong and Shanghai’s stock exchanges “soon”, Hong Kong chief executive Leung Chun-ying said today. The bourse connection originally slated for last month is expected to allow the equivalent of US$3.8 billion (RM12.7 billion)
HONG KONG, Nov 9 – Get ready, set, shop! Chinese consumers are gearing up for the country’s biggest online shopping bonanza of the year. The holiday — set for Tuesday — is called “Singles Day,” and started as a way to celebrate single people. It’s now morphed into a multi-billion
PUTRAJAYA, Nov 9 – The prime minister’s wife, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor has advised the young generation against going for short-term passion and sacrificing peace and solidarity that has long been established. She said the young generation must use their sanity and wisdom in studying and evaluating any issue that might crop
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 9 – Fresh from his sacking from PKR, Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim is expected to start a new non-governmental organisation called “Taski” – it is an acronym of his own name – to serve the people under his Federal and state constituencies. The NGO, with some help
UNITED STATES, Nov 9 – U.S. warplanes attacked a convoy near Mosul in Iraq this weekend in an attempt to kill ISIS leaders, said a spokesman for U.S. Central Command. Col. Patrick Ryder, in a statement Saturday, said he could not confirm that top ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was in
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 9 – Selangor Barisan Nasional (BN) today accepted the brickbats from former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad as positive criticism, just like from a father to his child. Selangor Umno Liaison Committee chairman Datuk Seri Noh Omar said Selangor BN had always been open to criticism, especially from the elder
PUTRAJAYA, Nov 9 – Datuk Seri Najib Razak today called on Generation Y to ‘be more proactive’ in following their dreams. The prime minister said young Malaysians should not allow any obstacles or hardships to stand in the way of their efforts to achieve their ambitions. “Whether it’s studying English,
SHAH ALAM, Nov 9 – The Selangor government will mete out stern actions against concession companies which are still dragging their feet in signing their agreements with the state government to restructure the state’s water industry. Selangor Menteri Besar, Mohamed Azmin Ali said the state government would not be siding the concessionaires
PETALING JAYA, Nov 9 – The Health Ministry is ready with some 50 medical personnel for any possibilities following floods in Cameron Highlands. Its minister Datuk Seri Dr S.Subramaniam said detailed preparations were made since the day of the incident in order to avoid the spread of any diseases in the
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 9 – Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has left for Nagoya, Japan where he will lead the Malaysian delegation at the Unesco World Conference on Education for Sustainable Development. The special aircraft carrying the deputy prime minister and his entourage took off from the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) base
GEORGE TOWN, Nov 9 – The multi-storey car park at the bottom of Penang Hill here, which is currently undergoing reconstruction, is expected to be opened to the public before the Chinese New Year in February 2015. Penang Development Corporation (PDC) general manager Datuk Rosli Jaafar said the reconstruction work on
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 9 – BURSA Malaysia is expected to consolidate this week, riding on lower unemployment figures in the United States, the upcoming Umno general assembly and better performance on the spot market. Traders said the overall market sentiment is positive ahead of the Umno assembly from November 25-29,
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 9 – World number one badminton player Datuk Lee Chong Wei deserves the best treatment in his hour of need after his urine sample was tested positive for a banned substance, said MIC Youth chief C. Sivarraajh. Sivarraajh said Chong Wei was an exceptional player and had done lot
