KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 25 – The 14th general election (GE14) can be held at any time and the Umno general assembly to be scheduled for Dec 5 to 9 can be postponed if there is a clash of dates, says Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak, who is also Umno
GEORGE TOWN, Aug 24 – The issue of illegal factories in Penang will be included in the Penang Barisan Nasional (BN) manifesto for the 14th general election (GE14). State Gerakan vice-chairman, Oh Tong Keong said this would be proposed to Penang BN chairman Teng Chang Yeow for discussion at its meeting next
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 24 – National athlete, Grace Wong Xiu Mei has set a new women’s SEA Games hammer throw record with a 59.24m heave at National Stadium here today erasing the old record of 56.57m set by Mingkamon Koomphon of Thailand in Singapore. Defending champion Mingkamon settled for the silver
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 24 – Defending SEA Games gold medallist Indonesia overwhelmed Malaysia 3-0 in the men’s team badminton final at the Axiata Arena here today. Malaysia, playing without the elite players like Datuk Lee Chong Wei, were no match to the Indonesians who showed more urgency in their game compared with
KUANTAN, Aug 24 – There is no need for the setting up of a Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) to re-investigate the Memali tragedy which occurred in 1985, according to the Socio-cultural Adviser to the Malaysian Government Tan Sri Dr Rais Yatim. He said although the government had the power to
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 24 – The Malaysian men’s sepak takraw squad lost to Thailand 0-2 in the semifinals of the quadrant event in the Kuala Lumpur SEA Games at the Titiwangsa Indoor Stadium here today. The squad went down 16-21 and 13-21 to share the bronze with Indonesia, the other losing semi-finalists.
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 24 – The gold medal at stake at Hall 8, of the Malaysian International Trade and Exhibition Centre today was most meaningful as it was won by national boxer, Muhamad Fuad Mohd Redzuan who topped the light flyweight category (49 kg), thus ending the eight-year gold drought for
PUTRAJAYA, Aug 24 – A minister today advised civil servants against easily believing news of Malaysia being bankrupt circulated on social media. Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob, the Rural and Regional Development Minister, said they should evaluate the real economic situation. Malaysia would be incapable of registering an extraordinary GDP growth of
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 24 – The government’s move in ordering the police to launch an attack on a group of villagers in the remote Kampung Memali in Baling, Kedah, on Nov 19, 1985, has been described as a disproportionate and extreme move as the villagers were not terrorists. Tourism and Culture
LONDON, Aug 24 – The number of EU nationals leaving Britain rose sharply to 122,000 people in the 12 months to the end of March in the biggest increase in a decade, after the country voted to leave the European Union. The figure was 33,000 higher than the previous year, the Office
WASHINGTON, Aug 24 – Hillary Clinton calls Donald Trump a “creep” in her new memoir and describes how the now-president’s behaviour during one of their debates made her skin crawl, according to the excerpts released on Wednesday. “We were on a small stage and no matter where I walked, he followed
SEPANG, Aug 24 – AirAsia X Berhad (“AAX” or “the Company”) today reported its financial results for the Second Quarter (“2Q17”) ended 30 June 2017. The Company recorded its seventh consecutive quarter profit with its RM47.4 million profit after tax recorded in 2Q17. Revenue grew 17% year-on-year (“YoY”) to RM1.0 billion mainly
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 24 – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak, who is also the Umno president, began chairing a meeting of the Umno Supreme Council at about 3.30pm today at the party headquarters at Menara Dato’ Onn here. Najib was greeted upon arrival there by Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri
MACAU, Aug 24 – The death toll from Severe Typhoon Hato rose to at least 16 Thursday after the storm left a trail of destruction across southern China, blacking out Macau’s mega-casinos and battering Hong Kong’s skyscrapers. Eight died in the gambling hub of Macau, where images showed cars underwater and people
SHANGHAI, Aug 24 – The Chinese military is fretting about the growing number of would-be recruits failing its stringent fitness test, but says it has the answer: avoid masturbating and playing computer games. People’s Liberation Army chiefs aim to ensure that applicants are in tip-top condition to join the rank and file
IPOH, Aug 24 – The vehicle registration number AKU 1 fetched the highest bid of RM207,898.90 among the bids for the AKU series of numbers offered by the Perak Road Transport Department. Its director, Mohd Zawawi Zakaria, said the highest bid for the number AKU 8055, which resembles AKU BOSS, was RM74,000.
MANILA, Aug 24 – The “Philippines in View 2017” Pay-TV conference, hosted by regional industry body CASBAA, on 30 August 2017 at the Marriott Hotel in Manila, will highlight the country’s role as a continuing growth market for digital video in all its forms. However, the Philippines is also a
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 24 – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak will meet President Donald J. Trump on Sept 12 at the White House, according to statements issued today by the Foreign Ministry and the United States Embassy in Malaysia. The Foreign Ministry statement said Najib will make a working visit
SEOUL, Aug 24 – Suprema, a global leader in biometrics and ID solutions, today announced that the company’s SFU-S20 fingerprint modules are integrated into the new BioRugged LCC, an affordable 5″ Mobile Android terminal from the BioRugged. SFU-S20 is an FBI PIV and FAP20 certified USB fingerprint scanner designed to
BEIJING, Aug 24 – Just days after the world’s oldest publisher briefly caved in to Chinese censorship demands, international publishing houses are courting importers at a Beijing book fair, with some admitting they keep sensitive topics off their pages. The censorship controversy that hit Cambridge University Press (CUP) sent a chill along
