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
KUALA LUMPUR, April 8 – The current hot weather has forced Malaysians to look for options to stay cool throughout the day. Samsung Malaysia Electronics has now forward with a solution in the form of the innovative Triangle Room Air-Conditioner to beat the heat. It features an unique and compact triangle body
KUALA LUMPUR, April 8 – Umno Veteran Malaysia urged Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak to not entertain any accusations relating him to the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB). Its secretary Datuk Mustapha Yaakub said the report tabled by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) in Parliament yesterday clearly indicated that the Prime
KUALA LUMPUR, April 8 – A forensic chemist, who is also a witness in the murder trial of deputy public prosecutor Datuk Anthony Kevin Morais, told the High Court that that a foreign DNA was found in a bloodstain on a wire. Nor Aidora Saedon, 43, of DNA Forensic Section of the
KUALA LUMPUR, April 8 – Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said yesterday the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) report on 1MDB proved false the allegation of a hidden hand that had benefited from some transactions. Ahmad Zahid, who is also the Home Minister, said the recommendations contained in the
KUALA LUMPUR, April 8 – In support of the Nike We Run KL Marathon 2016 this Sunday, LRT and Monorail services will be commencing early from 3.30 am, providing free services for officials and participants until 6 am, said Rapid Rail Sdn Bhd spokesperson Lim Jin Aun. Meanwhile, he said with a frequency
KUALA LUMPUR, April 8 – Parliament cannot interfere in the detention of Pandan MP Rafizi Ramli as the police are empowered to do so under laws formulated by the August body. Dewan Rakyat Speaker Tan Sri Pandikar Amin Mulia said the detention was under the jurisdiction of the police, in accordance
JOHOR BAHARU, April 7 – Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar has defended the arrest of Pandan MP Rafizi Ramli outside the Parliament building, two days ago, in that it was conducted according to the law and police standard operating procedures (SOP). However, he also stressed the arrest was
