BALIK PULAU, April 9 – The Health Ministry will black-list any company or food and drink caterer found guilty of causing food poisoning. Its deputy minister Datuk Seri Dr Hilmi Yahaya said the directive was effective immediately after finding the rise in food poisoning cases was increasingly worrying. He said the
MIRI, April 9 – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has expressed his condelences to the family of Malaysian student, Law Jia Yi, who reportedly committed suicide in Taiwan recently. The Prime Minister’s Special Envoy to East Asia (South Korea, Japan and Taiwan), Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing who is
PUTRAJAYA, April 9 – The report of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) proves that Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has been slandered all this while. Based on the report tabled by the PAC at the Dewan Rakyat on Thursday, the Minister of Federal
JOHOR BAHARU, April 9 – The imposition of the Vehicle Entry Permit (VEP) fee on foreign-registered vehicles entering the country via Singapore is expected to be implemented this year after several years of delay. Transport Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said at the moment, there were several technical issues which
MIRI, April 9 – The 1Malaysia Community programme will be revamped by highlighting the 1Malaysia Community for all in the state, said Communications and Multimedia Minister Datuk Seri Dr Salleh Said Keruak. He said the Information Department would be given the responsibility to review the programme for the next three months.
SINTOK, April 9 – A total of 7,799 jobs and RM674.8 million in investments were created through programmes implemented under the National Creative Industry Policy since 2010 until 2015. Secretary-general of the Communications and Multimedia Ministry, Datuk Seri Dr Sharifah Zarah Syed Ahmad said this encompassed the performing arts and music,
KUALA LUMPUR, April 9 – Rayani Air, Malaysia’s first Shariah-compliant airline, has suspended operations until further notice due to pilot strike. The airline in its latest Facebook posting Saturday said they are sorry for the inconvenience. Rayani Air Sdn Bhd, a full service airline in Malaysia launched three months ago, is the
PUTRAJAYA, April 9 – A total of 606 participants took part in a mass sewing event at Cempaka Sari Auditorium in the Putrajaya Corporation Complex, here and set a Guinness World Record in conjunction with the Malaysian Batik Sewing Art Exhibition. Organised jointly by the Creative Sewing Art Association (PSJK),
GEORGE TOWN, Apr 9 – The city council yesterday has ordered the 100-year-old of traditional soy sauce factory to close for two weeks after faecal matter from cats, rats and cockroaches found at the processing and storage area of the facility located in Jalan C.Y. Choy here. The state Health Department and Department of
KUALA LUMPUR, April 9 – Proton Holdings Bhd says government support would catalyse its turnaround plan, including the rolling out of three new models in 2016, starting with the Perdana. The national carmaker is confident of a turnaround with the infusion of new members in management and government assistance will reinforce the
KUALA LUMPUR, April 9 – Local football fans are slowly warming up to UEFA European Championship 2016 (Euro 2016) which will kick-off in France on June 10. Like Euro 2012 jointly hosted by Poland and Ukraine, high demand for team jerseys by fans gives an opportunity for distributors and sellers to register
KUALA LUMPUR, April 8 – Public Accounts Committee (PAC) member Tony Pua is now seeking to backpedal and question the PAC report on 1MDB after signing off the report without reservation, says 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB). In a statement here Friday, 1MDB expressed shock over Pua’s comment that he was ’80
KUALA LUMPUR, April 8 – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak was not mentioned in the Public Accounts Committee report on 1Malaysia Development Bhd tabled in the Dewan Rakyat yesterday because the PAC did not find any evidence to indicate wrongdoing or abuse of power, said PAC chairman Datuk
YOKOHAMA, Apr 8 – On April 7 (local time) Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd. (MHPS) launched full-scale operations at a newly completed gas turbine maintenance & repair plant, known as MHPS Saudi Arabia Co. LLC (MHPS-SAU) Repair Factory, in Dammam, Saudi Arabia. Dammam is the largest port city on Saudi
KUALA LUMPUR, April 8 – Ikea Malaysia’s third store in the country will open in Tebrau, Johor Bahru, by end-2017 as part of its expansion plan in Southeast Asia and Malaysia, in particular. Currently, IKEA has two stores, namely in Cheras and Damansara and has plans to open one in Penang
GEORGR TOWN, Apr 8 – The Indian Electronic System Design and Manufacturing (ESDM) market is expected to grow from USD31.6 billion in 2015 to USD400 billion by 2020, and consumption of semiconductors is expected to increase to approximately USD55 billion in 2020. Given this backdrop, the electronics supply chain will convene
PUTRAJAYA, April 8 – The government will consider re-opening the First Home Deposit Scheme (MyDeposit) to more applications after the first phase ends this June, if the response is encouraging. Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Abdul Rahman Dahlan said on the first day for the MyDeposit applications, the ministry
KUALA LUMPUR, Apr 8 – Maxis CEO Morten Lundal and head of consumer business Dushyanthan Vaithiyanathan has announced on its official Facebook page today said that Maxis will be upgrading all its existing MaxisONE plan customers to much higher data quotas at the same price. They said MaxisOne customers with a
KUALA LUMPUR, April 8 – 1Malaysia Development Bhd’s (1MDB) subsidiary, Plenitude Mentari Sdn Bhd, has repaid, in full, all the principal and interest for the RM950 million standby credit facility provided by the Malaysian government. The facility was entered into on Feb 27, 2015, further to the strategic review announced on
GEORGE TOWN, April 8 – Penang’s Brazil-born coach Jacksen Tiago will be rested for a month following a series of poor results. The Football Association of Penang had announced on Wednesday after an emergency meeting that its deputy president Lawrence Loh had stepped down as the team’s pro-committee chairman while coach Tiago
