GEORGE TOWN, Jun 4 – Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng today described the statement by Transport Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai on the project Penang Skycab previously as unprofessional. Lim said he had written many letters to the Ministry of Transport on the proposed of the implementation cable car project, ‘Penang Skycab’, but no
GEORGE TOWN, Jun 4 – The Penang government will reward each registered Ibu Emas in the state RM100 under the Ibu Emas Appreciation Programme by June 6, 2016 (Monday). Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng said there were a total of 54,000 registered Ibu Emas will receive the payments of RM100 on this Monday. “This is
THE HAGUE, Jun 4 – Initial results from a criminal inquiry into the downing of a Malaysia Airlines flight over war-torn eastern Ukraine nearly two years ago will be available within months, Dutch prosecutors have said. The results are expected to shed light on the exact type of missile used
KUALA LUMPUR, Jun 4 – Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Tuanku Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah today called on Malaysians to not be easily misled by deviant ideologies that could be destructive to the country and world civilisation. He said the conflicts which happened in various parts of the world and terrorist attacks
KUALA LUMPUR, Jun 4 – Bukit Aman Sexual, Women and Children Investigation Division recorded 567 cases of missing children from January to the end of May this year. Bukit Aman CID (Investigations and Legal) deputy director Datuk Law Hong Soon said of the total, 374 children were found again. He
KUALA LUMPUR, Jun 4 – The ringgit is likely to remain bearish against the US dollar next week, with the greenback staying firm on heightened expectations of a US interest rate hike in the near term. Hong Leong Bank Senior Manager for Bond and Economic Research Choong Yin Pheng said
CAIRO, Jun 4 – Egypt says a French ship has picked up signals from deep under Mediterranean Sea, presumed to be from black boxes of the EgyptAir plane that crashed last month, killing all 66 passengers and crew on board. The Civil Aviation Ministry is citing a statement from the
KUALA LUMPUR, JUN 4 – KLIA Ekspres and KLIA Transit services will resume as normal at 3pm today after the completion of rectification work, according to Express Rail Link Sdn Bhd (ERL). ERL in its official Facebook page said they were conducting rectification work due to damage to the tracks, trains
KUALA LUMPUR, Jun 4 – The Federal Agricultural Marketing Authority (FAMA) expects one million visitors to attend the event ‘KenDurian’ (Durian Party) to be held in the conjunction with the Durian Fiesta 2016 for three days which will beginning on July 29. FAMA chairman Tan Sri Badruddin Amiruldin said the
LOS ANGELES, JUN 4 – Boxing icon Muhammad Ali died on Friday, a family spokesman said in a statement. The spokesman, Bob Gunnell said after a 32-year battle with Parkinson’s disease, Muhammad Ali has passed away at the age of 74. Ali, whose fame transcended sport during a remarkable heavyweight boxing
GEORGE TOWN, Jun 3 – The Penang State Government may have overpay up to five times higher than gazetted standard rates over the feasibility study for the undersea tunnel project and the three paired roads on the island, said Parti Cinta Malaysia (PCM) vice-president Datuk Huan Cheng Guan. Huan’s was referring
GEORGE TOWN, Jun 3 – Police detained a husband and wife couple and seized 182 kilogrammes of ganja worth about RM540,000 in two raids around Jelutong, here on Thursday. Acting on public tip-off and intelligence, the Bukit Aman Special Tactical Intelligence Narcotics Group (Sting) team, with the cooperation of the Penang
PUTRAJAYA, Jun 3 – The government has agreed to reduce the break time for public servants by half an hour during the month of Ramadan, said Chief Secretary to the Government, Tan Sri Dr Ali Hamsa. He in a statement Thursday said this step was taken to allow them to take advantage of
BUKIT MERTAJAM, Jun 3 – Idols at a Hindu temple that were decorated with jewellery were reported damaged and dispositioned, purportedly by irresponsible parties in Penanti, here Wednesday night. Penang CID chief Datuk Razaruddin [email protected] Abdul Rashid said a report on the incident in Penanti was received at 9pm. “A priest saw the idols
BUTTERWORTH, Jun 3 – The Package 12, Sungai Dua Water Treatment Plant (Sungai Dua WTP) was officiated by the Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng at Sungai Dua, Butterworth here this morning. Lim said the Sungai Dua WTP is a critical water supply installation that produces more than 80% of the treated
GEORGE TOWN, Jun 3 – Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) expresses great concern that Malaysia has been, for the wrong reasons, identified by TRAFFIC (a wildlife trade monitoring network) as a popular transit country used by criminal networks for the lucrative illegal wildlife trade. Its president S.M. Mohamed Idris said the theme
KUALA LUMPUR, Jun 3 – Police are taking steps to identify the victims of British paedophile Richard Huckle who admitted to multiple counts of molesting Malaysian children. Federal Police’s Sexual, Women and Child Investigation Division assistant principal director ACP Ong Chin Lan said Bukit Aman had already asked London-based National Crime Agency (NCA) to hand
KOTA BAHARU, Jun 3 – PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang Thursday questioned the action of DAP which disputed the tabling of the Syariah Courts (Criminal Jurisdiction) (Amendment) Bill 2016 which he tabled in Dewan Rakyat on May 26. Abdul Hadi said the DAP need not interfere in matters involving Muslims because the
KUALA LUMPUR, Jun 2 – The High Court judge who was to preside over the application by Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and his family for leave for judicial review against Sungai Buloh Prison has recused himself from the case. Justice Datuk Hanipah Farikullah made the decision in chambers during which Anwar and his family were
SINGAPORE, June 2 – Spikes Asia has today announced the Jury Presidents to head the 14 juries at this year’s Festival. With two new awards and an overhaul of many of the existing categories, the competition now more closely reflects the changing nature of the industry. “The Asia Pacific region
