TOKYO, Apr 29 – Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has decided to maintain 50% ownership of MHI Vestas Offshore Wind A/S (MVOW). MHI had announced a call option on September 27, 2013 to increase its investment in the equally-owned joint venture company with Denmark’s Vestas in the offshore wind power business,
GEORGE TOWN, Apr 29 – Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) S.M. Mohamed Idris urged Electricity Commission (EC) and SIRIM to take legal action against the electrically heated “warmness pillow”. He said there were five years after CAP reported (on 25.10.2010) the sale of an electrically heated “warmness pillow” to the Electricity Commission
KAWASAKI, Apr 29 – Fujitsu Limited and Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. today announced that Fujitsu Laboratories employee Akira Nakagawa has been selected by the Cabinet Office of the Government of Japan to receive the Medal of Honor with Purple Ribbon for “the development of encoding technology and transmission equipment for digital video”
GEORGE TOWN, April 29 – The Football Association of Penang yesterday lodged a police report on the allegation made against four officials in the top management of FAP in the social website, Facebook. Assistant manager of the Penang football team L.Katherisan told the reporters here at FAP meeting room yesterday. Also present were
KANOWIT, April 29 – The confidence expressed by DAP parliamentary leader Lim Kit Siang that Barisan Nasional will again form the state government after the March 7 election should serve as a motivation for Sarawakians to vote in favour of BN candidates. Minister of Communications and Multimedia Datuk Seri Dr Salleh Said
KUALA LUMPUR, April 29 – Some 102 taxi drivers in the Klang Valley and the Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD) had objected to an application by Uber to be the intervener in a lawsuit that was filed in December last year. In the lawsuit, the taxi drivers were seeking a permanent injuction
GEORGE TOWN, Apr 29 – Paya Terubong assemblyman Yeoh Soon Hin officiated a free haircut for citizens in Paya Terubong here yesterday morning. There were about 200 senior citizens attended and received free haircuts from Hairstory International on April 28 at Block 2G, Medan Angsana. This event were organised together with Semarak Api Village Development and
KUALA LUMPUR, April 28 – The Home Ministry monitoring of possible activities to extend the Sulu sultanate influence in Sabah has led to the arrest of five people, said Deputy Minister Datuk Nur Jazlan Mohamed. He said they were detained in Sabah for involvement in what is believed to be activities
SHAH ALAM, April 28 – The Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM) is placing two officers and a sergeant at the Selangor Islamic Religious Department (JAIS) to assist the department in syariah law enforcement from this May 1. Malaysia Islamic Development Department director-general (Jakim), Datuk Othman Mustapha said the trial project would be
KUALA LUMPUR, April 28 – 1Malaysia Development Bhd says it fully respects the authority and decision of Bank Negara Malaysia which has confirmed the closure of investigations on 1MDB and the imposition of an administrative compound for non-compliance with certain directions. The state-owned company in a statement here said 1MDB
KUALA LUMPUR, April 28 – Outgoing Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) Governor, Tan Sri Dr Zeti Akhtar Aziz, took time off from her long meeting to greet the media on her second last day as the country’s seventh and first woman governor. At 7.35 pm, Zeti, who was clad in her famous
KUCHING, April 28 – Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said he would seek some funding to redevelop a community clinic and an agricultural marketplace in the Mambong constituency. The prime minister said this followed requests submitted to him when meeting the Bidayuh community at Kampung Sungai Duuh in the constituency. He
KUALA LUMPUR, April 28 – The government will not prevent any religious debate programme as long as it is conducted within the law and regulations. Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, Datuk Dr Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki told the Dewan Negara Thursday that any debate on differences of religious opinions should
KUALA LUMPUR, April 28 – The ringgit extended yesterday’s gains to open higher against the US dollar Thursday morning as demand emerged for Asian currencies, including the ringgit, dealers said. At 9 am, the local note stood at 3.8950/9030 against the US dollar from 3.9110/9180 on Wednesday. Against other major currencies,
KUCHING, April 28 – DAP and PKR have decided to go separate ways in the 11th Sarawak state election if the indication from leaders of both parties was gauged, since an agreement to resolve the conflict of overlapping seats, has hit a dead end. Sarawak DAP chairman Chong Chieng Jen said
KUALA LUMPUR, April 28 – The hot weather due to the El Nino phenomenon which is currently sweeping the country is expected to return to normal by the end of May, according to the Malaysian Meteorological Department’s National Geophysics and Weather Operations Centre meteorologist Khairul Najib Ibrahim. “This was following the
KUALA LUMPUR, April 28 – Datuk Lee Chong Wei and Zulfadli Zulkiffli advanced to the second round of the Badminton Asia Championship 2016 in Wuhan, China yesterday. Chong Wei, who is seeded fourth, outclassed Wang Zhengming of China 21-16 and 21-14 in 49 minutes. In the next round, the world number two
BESUT, April 28 – The body of a man found floating in the sea near Perhentian Island Resort, Pulau Perhentian Besar here has been confirmed to be of a Chinese citizen. Besut police chief Supt Mohd Zamri Mohd Rowi said the victim, Zhe Liu, 31, a native of Henan Province, was said
JOHOR BAHARU, April 28 – The Johor Customs has seized 221,200 cartons of contraband cigarettes worth about RM23 million after carrying out raids since early April. Johor customs director Datuk Ramli Johari said a 42-year-old, believed to be the agent for the consignments was detained to facilitate investigations. In the first raid
SHAH ALAM, April 28 – What if there is a mobile application that can enable Muslims to determine the halal status of a product or food? There may soon be. The Selangor Islamic Affairs Department (Jais) is to develop one such mobile application in collaboration with the Islamic Development Department of Malaysia
