GEORGE TOWN, Jun 20 – Despite the affordable housing programme by the state government, Penangites, especially those below the age of 30, are worried that they are unable to own a house in the future. This is because housing prices in Penang island have risen by about 50% for the last five
ALOR STAR, Jun 20 – Customs seized drugs worth RM2.17 million in a raid on a house turned drug processing laboratory in Taman Sri Jaya, Ledang, Johor on June 17. Its assistant director-general Datuk Zulkifli Yahya said the raid was made by a customs team from Kedah at 5.15am based on public
KUALA LUMPUR, Jun 20 – The defamation suit filed by former Selangor mentri besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim against The Malaysian Insider has been settled with the latter apologising and expressing regret over the posting of articles pertaining to the post of Selangor Mentri Besar. The open apology was tendered by former TMI chief
KUALA LUMPUR, Jun 20 – Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak has reminded Muslims in the country to regard fasting as training oneself to be more pious and to be better human beings. The Prime Minister also said that fasting taught forbearance against worldly temptations, as well as empathy for the less fortunate. He
KUALA LUMPUR, Jun 20 – As senior aviation officials from Malaysia, China and Australia were deliberating the future direction of search operations for MH370 that disappeared more than two years ago, relatives of the missing victims pleaded with them to continue looking. “For the families, whose lives have remained in limbo
KUALA LUMPUR, Jun 20 – The Ampang magistrate’s court today set Aug 2 to hear the case of a childminder who pleaded not guilty to a charge of abusing her adopted daughter. Magistrate Mohamad Izwan Mohamed Nor set the date after lawyer Samry Masri, representing the 48-year-old accused, informed the court that
KUALA NERANG, Jun 20 – The report card system on students’ academic achievements will be improved to narrow the difference between urban and rural students, Education Minister Datuk Seri Mahdzir Khalid said. The move, he said, was aimed at improving the achievement of rural students, which has not been as satisfactory as that
GEORGE TOWN, Jun 20 – The United For Paws Charity Event will be held on June 25 from 4pm to 10pm at the Precint 10 (Outdoor Car Park) in Tanjong Tokong. This event was organised by DISTED School of Hospitality Management Semester 7 students 2016. Also present were the State Exco for Welfare,
TOKYO, Jun 20 – The University of Tokyo (“the University”) and Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501; “Hitachi”) today announced the establishment of “Hitachi The University of Tokyo Laboratory” (“the Laboratory”) within the grounds of the University on June 20, 2016, to co-create and share visions towards realizing the “Super Smart Society”
SEOUL Jun 20 – Suprema, a global leader in biometrics and security technology, announced that the company will showcase the industry’s newest, most advanced iteration of the Suprema’s biometric access control solution at IFSEC 2016. At the show, visitors to Suprema stand will experience the company’s newly-launching BioEntry W2(TM), an outdoor
KUCHING, Jun 19 – The big wins by the Barisan Nasional (BN) in the Sungai Besar and Kuala Kangsar parliamentary by-elections are a testament of the people’s confidence in the coalition’s excellent track record. The wins also showed they rejected the politics of hatred and of disunity as espoused by the opposition,
KUALA LUMPUR, Jun 19 – PAS President Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang (pix) today expressed his appreciation to all parties, especially the Election Commission and the security forces for the smooth by-elections in Sungai Besar and Kuala Kangsar. He also congratulated the voters in both constituencies for having exercised their responsibility as
HONG KONG, Jun 19 – The Hong Kong bookseller who broke silence earlier this week about being blindfolded and interrogated in detention in China likened his ordeal to Cultural Revolution repression in an interview with AFP Sunday. Lam Wing-kee is one of five booksellers who went missing last year — all worked for a
BANGKOK, Jun 19 – A call centre scam syndicate operated by Malaysian citizens from a rented house in Chiangmai, which was busted by the Thai police last week, was found to have been active for only two weeks. According to a source, the syndicate comprised 14 Malaysians, four of whom were women
KUALA LUMPUR, Jun 19 – Low-cost carrier AirAsia’s online system will be undergoing scheduled maintenance for 27 hour from 12.01am on Tuesday until 3am on Wednesday. AirAsia, in a statement today, said during the period, online check-in or access to Manage My Booking on airasia.com or the AirAsia mobile app would be
JAKARTA, Jun 19 – Flash flooding and landslides in Indonesia have killed 24 and left more than two dozen missing, an official said Sunday, with mud avalanches burying people inside their homes. Torrential rain since Saturday has triggered serious flooding across Central Java, with thousands of homes inundated, said disaster agency spokesman
PETALING JAYA, Jun 19 – Outgoing Malaysian Airlines Bhd (MAS) CEO Christoph Mueller said he had to cut 6,000 jobs because many of the 20,000 employees were “doing nothing”. According to reports in online news portal, Malaysiakini, he had said that he was not impressed with the state MAS was in when he
MADINAH, Jun 19 – Tabung Haji (TH) has rented 12 buildings for accommodation to ensure comfort for the 22,320 Malaysian haj pilgrims. TH acting chief executive officer, Datuk Johan Abdullah said the rental agreement for the 12 buildings involved nine buildings in Makkah and three in Madinah. “The distance from the hotel
KUALA TERENGGANU, Jun 19 – Working while doing charity. This was what the Terengganu media practitioners were doing since late last night to distribute 50 packs of food to the homeless and security guards in the city. The program, which began at 11pm, was an initiative by media practitioners from the various
KUALA TERENGGANU, Jun 19 – The Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD) will intensify operations and enforcement until the coming festive season, says its enforcement division senior general manager, Datuk Che Hasni Che Ahmad. He said this was to ensure public transport operators complied with the safety factor and bus fares, among others.
