KUCHING, May 5 – New Askar Wataniah (Territorial Army) recruits will be absorbed into the 31st Border Brigade that was just formed to tighten security along Malaysia’s border with Kalimantan, Indonesia, said Defence Minister Datuk Hishammuddin Tun Hussein Onn. He said the move, besides creating job opportunities for Sarawak youths, was crucial
GEORGE TOWN, May 5 – Minister of International Trade and Industry (MITI), YB Dato’ Seri Ong Ka Chuan witnessed the Signing of Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU) between ViTrox and Malaysia Productivity Corporation (MPC) was happening at ViTrox Innovation Centre, Penang here today. In Year 2008, ViTrox started to embrace Lean Manufacturing philosophy journey as they
KUALA LUMPUR, May 5 – The Dewan Negara sitting which was held for 11 days beginning April 18, has been adjourned to a date to be fixed later. During its first meeting of the fourth session of the 13th Parliament, the Senate passed eight Bills – four new ones and four amendments.
SIBU, May 5 – Youths in Sarawak must ensure a victory for Barisan Nasional in the 11th Sarawak election to ensure continued development for youths in the state said BN youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin. Khairy said only the BN government under the leadership of Chief Minister Tan Sri Adenan Satem can determine
KUALA LUMPUR, May 5 – Sarawak Chief Minister Tan Sri Adenan Satem is the sounding board for Sarawakians and has successfully brought significant reforms to the state despite being just two years in office. Communications and Multimedia Minister Datuk Seri Dr Salleh Said Keruak said since taking over as chief minister on
SEPANG, May 4 – Sepang police have reminded the public not to utter the word, ‘bomb’, even in jest when at the KL International Airport (KLIA) and KL International Airport 2 (klia2) as it constituted a serious offence. Its police chief, ACP Abdul Aziz Ali said uttering ‘bomb’ arbitrarily, at the
PUTRAJAYA, May 4 – Attorney-General Tan Sri Mohamed Apandi Ali said today he had yet to decide on the case involving a statutory declaration by businesswoman Phang Li Koon over the purchase of a bungalow by Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng. He in a statement here said it is
KUCHING, May 4 – DAP has appealed to PKR to back out from contesting the Batu Kitang state seat near Kuching, saying PKR has no chance of winning the new seat which is also eyed by DAP. Sarawak DAP chairman Chong Chieng Jen claimed that feedback from the ground shows that
SINGAPORE, May 4 – ALE, operating under the Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise brand, is introducing new network infrastructure products that address two major forces shaping tomorrow’s digital business: Mobility and Internet of Things (IoT). These new products will be introduced at Interop Las Vegas taking place May 2-6, 2016 at the Mandalay
KOTA KINABALU, May 4 – Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar today confirmed that the traffic police escort for Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad had been withdrawn and it was because the former prime minister had violated laws while using the service. “Tun Mahathir had used the escort when
KUCHING, May 4 – The Federal Cabinet meeting in Petrajaya here Wednesday is nothing extraordinary because each minister has responsibilities at the state level, said Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak. The Prime Minister said this was different from the presence of state leaders like Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng who
KUALA LUMPUR, May 4 – The High Court Wednesday set two days from Aug 15 to hear the defamation suit brought by Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Abdul Rahman Dahlan against news portal Malaysiakini and its reporter Geraldine Tong. Judge Abu Bakar Jais set the dates in
BEIJING, May 4 – On May 3rd 2016, Coca Cola, the global partner for the Rio 2016 Olympic Torch Relay announced that Jean Liu, President of Didi Chuxing, was elected as one of the official Olympic Torchbearers through a popular vote organized by Coca Cola. A face of the young and
PETRA JAYA, May 4 – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak arrived at Wisma Bapa Malaysia alone at 9.30am to chair the weekly cabinet meeting here today. He was welcomed by Chief Minister Tan Sri Adenan Satem. Also present were Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Zahid Hamidi, Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein,
GEORGE TOWN, May 4 – Penang state police chief Datuk Abdul Ghafar Rajab today said the Attorney-General Chambers in Putrajaya has closed the case against the previous owner of Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng’s bungalow, Phang Li Koon, for allegedly making a false statutory declaration (SD). He said the decision
KUCHING, May 4 – The Barisan Nasional government champions development that is balanced and inclusive to achieve social justice, thus ensuring the economy of the Bumiputeras grows along with that of other races, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak. “Bumiputeras now constituted 68 per cent of the population as
KUALA LUMPUR, May 4 – The Companies Commission of Malaysia (SSM) Tuesday introduced two short films, ‘Tulus’ and ‘Tekad’ to raise public awareness on the importance of registering companies or their respective businesses. Both the short films directed by Tam Suhaimi, which lasts five minutes each display real situations of traders and
PUTRAJAYA, May 4 – A total of 15 individuals believed to be masterminds and leaders behind ‘tonto’ syndicates have been detained in an operation dubbed ‘Ops Cantas Khas Tonto’ conducted since April 26. The success which came after three months of planning and intelligence was a collaborative effort between the Road Transport Department
JOHOR BAHARU, May 4 – The National Water Services Commission (SPAN) may implement water supply scheduling in some areas of Pasir Gudang and Johor Baharu, if the water level at Sungai Layang Dam here continues to drop to its most critical level of 19.0 metres. SPAN chief executive officer Datuk Mohd
KUCHING, May 3 – Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said the weekly Cabinet meeting which will be held here tomorrow is to support Sarawak under the leadership of Chief Minister Tan Sri Adenan Satem. Ahmad Zahid said it was suggested by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun
