KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 15 – The Dewan Negara tonight passed the Supply Bill 2017 which provides a budget of RM260.8 billion for government expenditure next year. It was approved after the third reading by Second Finance Minister Datuk Johari Abdul Ghani and seconded by Deputy Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datin
NEW YORK, Dec 15 – Donald Trump held talks Wednesday with some of America’s most powerful tech executives in a bid to mend fences with a largely pro-Hillary Clinton Silicon Valley, promote job creation and facilitate trade. The afternoon summit at Trump Tower in New York gathered some of the wealthiest and
GEORGE TOWN, Dec 15 – The 3rd International Penang Fingerstyle Guitar competition and concert organised by ADUN Tanjong Bunga YB Teh Yee Cheu & JKKK Jalan Gajah will be held on 17 December 2016 at Rasa Sayang Resort & Spa. It is a healthy activity for youth and teenagers to pick
PERAK, Dec 15 – Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) urges the Perak State government, Manjung Municipal Council (MPM) and the Drainage and Irrigation Department (DID) to take immediate action to overcome the problem of frequent flooding at Kampung Padang Serai near Pantai Remis here. Its president S.M Mohamed Idris said the floods
SYDNEY, Dec 14 – Investigators looking for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 are making their last sweep of the search area in the Indian Ocean, Australian authorities leading the search said on Wednesday. Flight MH370 disappeared in March 2014 with 239 passengers and crew on board, most of them Chinese, en route
SINGAPORE, Dec 14 – Having established Datacloud as Europe’s foremost networking and deal-making forum for data center and cloud players, the widely acclaimed event is now scheduled to take place in the growth markets of Asia on February 23, 2017. BroadGroup, the consulting, publishing and professional events firm has announced
LOS ANGELES, Dec 14 – A California college professor who told her students that Donald Trump’s election was an “act of terrorism” has gone into hiding after her comments prompted a firestorm and death threats. Olga Perez Stable Cox, who teaches human sexuality at Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa, fled the
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 14 – The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) blocked 5,044 websites for various offences under the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 since 2015 until October this year. Deputy Communications and Multimedia Minister Datuk Jailani Johari said, out of the total, 4,277 are pornographic websites that were offensive and
AMSTERDAM, Dec 14 – Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, today released the findings of its Authentication and Identity Management Index, which revealed that 90% of enterprise IT professionals are concerned that employee reuse of personal credentials for work purposes could compromise security. However, with two thirds (68%) saying
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 14 – A total of 2,046 schools throughout the country have been identified as having electrical wiring problems which is one of the causes of recent fires in schools. Deputy Education Minister Senator Datuk Chong Sin Woon said these schools were more than 20 years old. “Most of the
BEIJING, Dec 14 – China warned Taiwan that declaring independence would be a “dead end”, state media said Wednesday, after the island’s democratically elected president phoned Donald Trump in a precedent-breaking move. Beijing’s stance of opposing and blocking “Taiwan independence splittism” is “firm and unmovable”, Taiwan Affairs Office spokesman An Fengshan said
GEORGE TOWN, Dec 14 – Penang Gerakan Youth today urged the DAP-led Penang state government to clarify on the number of pre-war houses that have been bought by foreigners in the heritage zone here. Its assistant secretary, Loh Kit Mun said Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng and state Local Government, Traffic Management
TOKYO, Dec 14 – NEC Corporation (TSE: 6701) today announced that its subsidiary NEC Corporation (Thailand) provided the Thailand Electronic Transactions Development Agency (ETDA) with hands-on cyber defense training for government agencies in the country. The training was held in Bangkok, Thailand from 6 to 9 December, for more than
LONDON, Dec 14 – A London translation agency said on Tuesday it is advertising for its first “emoji translator” to help meet the “challenges posed by the world’s fastest-growing language”. Based in the City of London financial district, Today Translations advertised on its website for a translator whose job will consist of
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 14 – The Women, Family and Community Development Ministry has allocated RM20.5 million for the subsidised mammogram programme next year. Its Deputy Minister Datin Paduka Chew Mei Fun said the program would benefit about 65,000 women in this country. The provision would allow a screening test for the early
HONG KONG, Dec 14 – Despite challenges facing the global economy, Hong Kong’s exports are expected to stabilise in 2017, with improvements in export value and volume compared to this year. The Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) today released its Export Index for the fourth quarter of 2016 (4Q16),
PUTRAJAYA, Dec 13 – The Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High Speed Rail (HSR) bilateral agreement was signed in Putrajaya on Tuesday (Dec 13), setting the stage for design and construction until service begins by 2026. Dubbed a game changer by leaders of both countries, the HSR will take travellers from Singapore to Kuala
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 11 – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak is confident that Umno will remain undeterred against the trickery of the opposition who envy the solidarity shown by the party during its general assembly last week. He said the opposition was now in a desperate and disorganised state, so
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 10 – There was an air of sadness at the Istana Negara today as its 574 staff said goodbye to Tuanku Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah and Tuanku Hajah Haminah, whose term as the 14th Yang di-Pertuan Agong and Raja Permaisuri Agong ends on Monday. The sounds of “zikir”
JAKARTA, Dec 10 – Tens of thousands of people have been displaced after a devastating earthquake in Indonesia killed more than 100 people, an official said on this Saturday, leaving communities in ruins as aid trickled into the disaster-stricken province. “We have 45,300 people evacuating in several places as of Saturday
