KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 23 – The tabling of the final audit report of the Auditor General on 1Malaysia Development Berhad to the Public Accounts Committee scheduled for Feb 24 and 25 has been postponed, according to PAC chairman Datuk Hasan Arifin. He said the postponement was necessary because many of
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 23 – Genting Malaysia Bhd pre-tax profit for the financial year ended Dec 31, 2015, increased marginally to RM1.53 billion from RM1.52 billion a year earlier. Revenue rose two per cent to RM8.39 billion from RM8.23 billion previously, the company said in a filing to Bursa Malaysia today. For
GEORGE TOWN, Feb 23 – Penangites were today given a preview of the new seafront public park planned for the Gurney Drive foreshore. Spanning close to 60 acres, this water-fronting public recreation area called Gurney Wharf is a Penang State Government initiative. The Press Conference Gurney Wharf Development Project with Penang
TOKYO, Feb 22 – NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701) today announced that it will issue three white papers relating to 5G next-generation mobile telecommunications systems, coinciding with the holding of Mobile World Congress 2016 (February 22-25, 2016, Barcelona, Spain). The three white papers are “Optimum Network Architecture for Full-scale IoT,”
TOKYO, Feb 22, 2016 – NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701) today announced its partnership with UBIqube, a leading network and security orchestration software vendor, to reinforce its portfolio of Open Stack-based cloud infrastructure Solutions “NEC Cloud System (Open Source Software building model).” By adding UBIqube’s MSActivator(TM) Orchestration Framework to NEC
ALOR SETAR, Feb 22 – Nine Kedah state assemblymen were sworn in today as state executive councillors, all of them having been retained from the state executive council led by former menteri besar Datuk Seri Mukhriz Tun Dr Mahathir. They took their oath of office before the Chairman of the Kedah Council
ALOR SETAR, Feb 22 – Nine Kedah state assemblymen were sworn in today as state executive councillors, all of them having been retained from the state executive council led by former menteri besar Datuk Seri Mukhriz Tun Dr Mahathir. They took their oath of office before the Chairman of the Kedah
KUCHING, Feb 22 – Chief Minister Tan Sri Adenan Satem said on yesterday that he will confirm and announce next month the names of all Barisan Nasional candidates for the coming Sarawak state election. He said he have all the names now from component parties like the Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB), Parti Rakyat Sarawak
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 22 – No Malaysians are involved in a protest procession by the Jat community in Haryana, Northern India on Saturday. In a statement on yesterday, Wisma Putra said the Malaysian High Commission in New Delhi would continue to monitor the situation from time to time. Wisma Putra said the
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 22 – Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak congratulated the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) for declaring a high dividend rate of 6.40 per cent for 2015 despite the economic challenges. He wanted EPF to continue efforts to provide the best returns to all its contributors. He said congratulations EPF for declaring
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 22 – Realising that utilising social media would allow him to better communicate and engage with youths, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak had taken to Facebook and Twitter to connect to people especially youths. The Prime Minister is now actively using social media to stay in touch with youths
Did law enforcement make a big error in its handling of the iPhone after the San Bernardino shooting? That’s what Apple is claiming. According to senior Apple executives, there was a lost opportunity to get into the shooter’s iCloud account, which had been backed up six weeks prior to the
ALOR SETAR, Feb 21 – The new Kedah state executive council line-up scheduled to be sworn in on Monday is seen will put an end to the state UMNO leadership crisis. After Datuk Seri Ahmad Bashah Md Hanipah was sworn in as the new menteri besar of Kedah on Feb 4, taking
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 21 – The ringgit depreciation will not affect Malaysian students from pursuing studies in the United States, said US Embassy deputy chief of mission, Edgard D. Kagan. He said based on their US Embassy’s statistics, Malaysian students enrollment in the US increased by six percent to 7,231 in the
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 20 – The interest shown by several countries in joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) will only be deliberated in 2018, the earliest date the trade pact is expected to come into force. International Trade and Industry Ministry deputy secretary-general (strategy and monitoring) Datuk J. Jayasiri said the process
PUTRAJAYA, Feb 19 – The government Friday cleared up the misconception over the reported recruitment of 1.5 million Bangladeshi workers, stating the figure represented the total number of Bangladeshis registered for jobs in 139 countries. Human Resource Minister Datuk Seri Richard Riot said 1.5 million Bangladeshis had registered with the Ministry
SAMARAHAN, Feb 19 – The government Friday announced it has put on hold the recruitment of workers from all source countries until it ascertains the actual manpower needs of industries. Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said the suspension would also enable the government to review the revised
GEORGE TOWN, Feb 19 – The Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) today urged smartphone users who plan to buy a new power bank to be more careful as many power bank was filled with sand. CAP discovered that cheap batteries were used for power storage and also sand-filled battery casings to make up
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 19 – Pos Malaysia Bhd will be issuing a Johor definitive stamp series themed ‘Garden Flowers’ on Feb 25. Pos Malaysia group chief executive officer Datuk Mohd Shukrie Mohd Salleh said the initiative was to celebrate the Sultan of Johor, Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar’s coronation anniversary on March 23.
GEORGE TOWN, Feb 19 – Several city roads will be closed to traffic in stages on Feb 25 for the second phase of 2016 Le Tour de Langkawi (LTdL). Penang Traffic Police chief Supt Roslan Ali said the road closures from 10.30 am will be from Jalan Pengkalan Weld to the city
