PUTRAJAYA, Feb 18 – The Inland Revenue Board’s 1Malaysia People’s Aid (BR1M) Hotline 1-800-88-2716, is experiencing disruptions and is undergoing rectification work. The board in a statement today said in the meantime, BR1M applicants who had queries concerning BR1M could use temporary lines listed below. It said they apologise for any difficulty experienced
GEORGE TOWN, Feb 18 – Penang Island City Council (MBPP) has confirmed the total number of trees which will be involved in the road widening project along Jalan Masjid Negeri is 16 out of 33. MBPP deputy director of Engineering Department A. Rajendran said the age of the trees who involve
SINGAPORE, Feb 18 – Mainboard-listed Rotary Engineering Ltd (SGX:RTRY,ROTE) and its subsidiaries (“Rotary” or the “Group”), a leading regional oil & gas engineering, procurement, construction (“EPC”) and maintenance services value chain provider, today announced that it has secured contracts worth approximately S$65 million for the period November 2015 to early
AMSTERDAM, Feb 18 – Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, demonstrates a range of advanced solutions at Mobile World Congress 2016 (Hall 5 Stand 5A80), bringing the vital ingredients of trust and convenience to a new world of mobility. Gemalto will introduce products and services for
AMSTERDAM, Feb 18 – Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, and Bridge Alliance are demonstrating a solution for multi-country deployment of IoT devices at the Mobile World Congress, using Gemalto’s LinqUs On-Demand Connectivity (ODC) subscription management solution. Bridge Alliance is a partnership of 35 leading operators
GEORGE TOWN, Feb 18 – United States website, “CNN Money”, recently enlisted George Town, Penang as one of the best places to retire abroad in 2016. One of Malaysia’s two urban Unesco world heritage sites ranked sixth in the US list, compiled by Katie Lobosco, saw Penang beating Las Terrenas in the Dominican
GEORGE TOWN, Feb 18 – Penang Water Supply Corporation (PBAPP) through the Penang State Government rewarded RM10,000 to the footballer (Penang Player) Mohd Faiz Subri, 29, after footage of his sensational free kick went viral around the world. The contribution was announced by the Penang Chief Minister, Lim Guan Eng witnessed
SINGAPORE, Feb 17 – Garuda Indonesia Group and Airbus signed today a Memorandum of Partnership covering enhanced Maintenance Training support to GMF AeroAsia, the maintenance and repair subsidiary of Garuda Indonesia, and a plan to study together a revitalisation plan for the Garuda Indonesia Airbus fleet. The agreement was signed
JOHOR BAHARU, Feb 17 – A man who allegedly struck his wife with a shoe at the Air Hitam toll plaza in Batu Pahat, in a case which went viral on Facebook was arrested in Kluang Monday night. The 44-year-old suspect was picked up about 7.30pm from his home in Taman Sri Kluang.
AMSTERDAM, Feb 16 – Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, is launching a leading edge M2M Category 1 (Cat 1) LTE wireless module. This advanced module enables fall-back to 2G in Europe Middle East Africa and to 3G in North America for areas where LTE connectivity
SEOUL, KOREA, Feb 16 – Suprema, a global leader in biometrics technology, today announces the launch of BioSign, a fingerprint authentication solution for smartphones, supporting World’s Smallest sensor size of 16mm2 (4x4mm). Suprema, one of the 50 largest security companies in the world, is a leading provider of biometric security solutions
GEORGE TOWN, Feb 16 – About 20 Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) members held a peace demonstration to urged City Council of Penang Island (MBPP) for stop removing the trees to widening the road in Jalan Masjid Negeri, Penang, here, today. The peace demonstration began at about 11:15am while ended
GEORGE TOWN, Feb 15 – More than thousand people were attended the Jade Emperor’s Birthday Celebrations at Chew Jetty, Weld Quay this evening. Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng and his wife Betty Chew joins in the Penang state leadership in continuing a time tried tradition. Also in attendance is DAP parliamentary leader
SINGAPORE, Feb 15 – As part of its company synergy, the Garuda Indonesia Group will for the first time join Singapore Airshow, Asia’s largest aerospace and defence event. This is Garuda Indonesia’s first participation as a Group, as only one subsidiary, the Garuda Maintenance Facility AeroAsia, had participated in the
SINGAPORE, Feb 15 – ALE, operating under the Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise brand, today announced the appointment of Gerard Sillars as the company’s new Vice President of Sales for Asia-Pacific (APAC). Sillars replaces Matthieu Destot, who was recently appointed as Executive Vice President of the Communications Division and President of ALE International.
GEORGE TOWN, Feb 15 – Several police reports have been lodged against former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad for his blog posting on chedet.cc on one or two days ago, inspector-general of police Khalid Abu Bakar said today. He said police will start the investigations based on the reports. “I not sure how many reports
GEORGE TOWN, Feb 15 – Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar told the public to be patient while action will be taken against Papagomo. He said police have interviewed pro-Umno blogger Wan Muhammad Azri Wan Deris, also known as Papagomo, who was allegedly caught physically abusing a foreign worker
GEORGE TOWN, Feb 15 – Penang State will not approve any land transfer involving 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB), said Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng. He said the Federal Government and housing developers can bid for the 94.7ha land in Air Itam but warned that the state would not approve it. “Don’t
GEORGE TOWN, Feb 14 – The Penang Road Transport Department (RTD) will take legal action against any quarters that linked the department with the death of the businessman Syed Amen Jaizul Abidin, who was fatally shot in an incident on last Thursday. Penang RTD director Noorul Habib Abdul Guduse said the
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 14 – Traffic on all major highways was still smooth as at noon today, according to the concessionaires. The public can get the latest traffic information via the Plusline toll-free number at 1800-88-0000 or Twitter account at www.twitter.com/plustrafik or by calling MHA at 1800-88-7752 or via its Twitter
