BALIK PULAU, May 17 – Blood donation awareness is still weak, with only 660,000 people or just 2.2% of the entire Malaysian population donating blood last year. According to Health Deputy Minister Datuk Seri Dr Hilmi Yahaya, about 2,000 pints of blood is needed daily to treat 1,000 patients and a shortage
NEW DELHI, May 17 – A 10-year-old girl who was raped will be allowed to have an abortion even though she has crossed the 20-week limit for terminations in India, police in the country said Wednesday. The child has said she was repeatedly raped by her stepfather, who has since been arrested. Her
KOTA BARU, May 17 – PAS said today appointed PKR party members are at liberty to remain in the PAS-led Kelantan administration or resign as per their party order. Its secretary-general, Datuk Takiyuddin Hassan, said they could continue to hold their posts although the PKR Political Bureau had ordered them to resign.
KUALA LUMPUR, May 17 – Proposals to develop the Bandar Malaysia project will be accepted up to June 30, 2017 with a final decision on the master developer being made by July 14, says newly-appointed TRX City Sdn Bhd and Bandar Malaysia Sdn Bhd Chairman Tan Sri Dr Mohd Irwan Serigar
ARAU, May 17 – The Raja of Perlis, Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin Putra Jamalullail is happy that the state’s development is in line with National Transformation 2050 (TN50) , which will put Perlis on par with other developed states in the country. He said this projects such as the Chuping Valley Industrial Area
KUALA TERENGGANU, May 17 – AirAsia, the world’s best low-cost airline and Terengganu State Government has signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) which will see both parties collaborate to promote local tourism in Terengganu. A signing ceremony was held at Dewan Besar, Wisma Darul Iman between Yang Berbahagia Dato’ Seri Haji Ahmad
WASHINGTON, May 17 – A ban on laptops and other electronics in the cabin of flights from Europe to America will likely be further expanded to include additional countries, a US official said Tuesday. In March, US authorities banned passengers on direct flights to the United States from 10 airports in eight
PAHANG, May 17 – Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) urges the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment to immediately disclose the findings of investigations by the Department of Environment (DOE) of Pahang on the sources of pollution of Sungai Pahang, Sungai Temerloh, Tasik Chini and Tasik Mentiga. Disclosure regarding the sources of pollution is
SEPANG, May 16 – AirAsia, the world’s best low-cost airline adds Sihanoukville under its belt in Cambodia with 4 times weekly direct flights from Kuala Lumpur, that is set to commence operations on 9 August 2017. Marking as AirAsia’s 3rd route into Cambodia, the new route will be operated exclusively by
FRANCE, May 16 – Huawei today announced the expansion of their Telco OS Partner Program to stimulate joint go-to-market approaches and solutions with Service (SI) partners. As part of this initiative, the company also announced that it has signed an Alliance Memorandum of Understanding with Infosys to explore joint solutions
KUALA LUMPUR, May 16 – Taiwanese pop ‘n’ rock singer Zhao Chuan is celebrating his 30th year in the music industry with a live performance on 23rd September, at 8:30pm at the Arena of Stars, Resorts World Genting! Zhao Chuan made his first 30th anniversary stop in Singapore on New
TOKYO, May 16 – Okuma Corporation (TSE:6103) and Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE:6501) today announced that they have embarked on collaborative creation aiming to establish an advanced high-efficiency production model that supports mass customization making use of IoT and set up an experimental model at Dream Site2 (DS2), Okuma’s new plant. The
TOKYO, May 16 – Fujitsu today announced development of its Fujitsu AI Solution Zinrai Deep Learning System, comprised of a dedicated deep learning server incorporating the latest GPU from U.S.-based NVIDIA Corporation, along with operationally tested storage and software. Sales of the system begin today in Japan. Using this system,
NEW YORK, May 16 – Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc on Monday said it added to its sizable investments in American Airlines Group Inc and Southwest Airlines Co, and shed its stake in Twenty-First Century Fox Inc. In a regulatory filing, Berkshire said that in the first quarter its American stake
This week we get thoughts and views from government agency Cradle Fund Sdn Bhd COO and Malaysian Business Angels Network executive director Razif Aziz. How has your life experience made you the leader you are today? Over the last 22 years I have had the privilege of being involved in a
GEORGE TOWN, May 15 – The flash flood which struck Lebuhraya Thean Teik here last Saturday was due to the nearby retention pond which is badly maintained. State local government, traffic management and flood mitigation committee chairman Chow Kon Yeow said the state government’s engineers had identified the cause to be the
GEORGE TOWN, May 15 – The remand order on the 50-year-old Penang Tithes Management Centre (PUZ) high-ranking officer and one of his personnel has been extended for four days. Magistrate Mohamed Amin Shahul Hamid today allowed the extension until May 18. Both of them were brought to Penang Court Complex handcuffed at
SEOUL, May 15 – North Korea said Monday it had successfully tested a new type of rocket in its latest missile launch, as analysts said it showed an unprecedented range that brought US bases in the Pacific within reach. Sunday’s launch was of a “new ground-to-ground medium long-range strategic ballistic rocket” named
KUALA LUMPUR, May 15 – MIC is targeting to win seven parliamentary seats, including Cameron Highlands, and 13 state seats in the 14th general election (GE14). Its president, Datuk Seri Dr S. Subramaniam said these seats would be the party’s focus besides the other seats it would be contesting, totalling 28. “Among
TOKYO, May 15 – Japan’s defence ministry sent planes and helicopters to search for a military aircraft with four crew members aboard that went missing earlier Monday. The LR-2 reconnaissance plane disappeared from radar near Hakodate airport on the northern island of Hokkaido while flying to pick up a patient in Hakodate
