SIBU, Jan 28 – Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi is scheduled to arrive on Friday night for a two-day working visit here, said Sibu Municipal Council chairman Datuk Tiong Thai King. Addressing a full council meeting of the SMC on Wednesday, he said Ahmad Zahid would also go
GEORGE TOWN, Jan 27 – Mitigation work at Bukit Relau has been in the limelight following illegal land clearing activities in mid-2013 is expected to be completed in June this year, according to geotechnical engineer Khoo Koon Tai. He said the work on the hill, also known as Bukit Botak, had
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 27 – The eight labour laws will be amended to improve the labour standards in the country after Malaysia had been finalised its participation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA), said Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri Richard Riot. He said the laws were the Trade Unions Act 1959; Industrial
SEPANG, Jan 27 – The remains of three Malaysian students who were killed in a road accident in Jordan on Saturday, arrived at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) here, Wednesday. Royal Jordanian flight RJ185 which brought the remains of Fatin Iqmal Idziyani Che Aziz, Hana’ Azhar and Al Najiatun Nailah
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 27 – Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said now that the donation issue has been comprehensively put to rest, it is time for Malaysians to unite and move on. The prime minister said the issue had been an unnecessary distraction for the country. In a posting on his Facebook account,
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 27 – A backbencher today proposed the setting up of a research institute on the Trans-Pacific Partnership to formulate and implement the national economic agenda, including empowering the Bumiputera economy. Datuk Hasan Arifin (BN-Rompin) said the institute should comprise various parties with diverse backgrounds, including opposition MPs. The
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 27 – Local small and medium entreprises (SMEs) should leverage on the market access offered under the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement given the the government has already put in place a safety net to help them venture abroad. Dispelling the misperception that 30 per cent or 195,000
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 27 – Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) will not cause the medicine prices to increase, but it may contributed by many other factors. Health Minister Datuk Seri S. Subramaniam said the prevailing situation in Jordan should not be equated with Malaysia as the registration of medicines are different in the
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 27 – After 2 days of debates which beginning on yesterday, the motion on Malaysia’s participation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) has finally been passed by the Dewan Rakyat on Wednesday evening. It had moving the country a step forward towards signing and ratifying the trade accord bringing together 12
PUTRAJAYA, Jan 27 – The disbursement of the 2016 1Malaysia People’s Aid (BR1M) will start from tomorrow (January 28). Second Finance Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah said the disbursement of the 2016 BR1M for households and senior citizens would be distributed in four stages in one year starting from tomorrow,
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 27 – The Kuala Lumpur Fire and Rescue Department is to undertake preventive patrols in the federal capital during the Chinese New Year period next month. Its director, Khiruddin Drahman, said on Tuesday the patrols would be conducted from a week before and up to a week after the
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 27 – A businessman Datuk Dr Chang King Hon pleaded not guilty in the Traffic Court here on Tuesday to a charge of using fake registration number plates on his Velfire MPV, last Sunday. Chang, 25, was alleged to have used the WC9DK plate number on the vehicle at
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 27 – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak will be announced the recalibrated 2016 Budget at the Putrajaya International Convention Centre (PICC), Putrajaya here, tomorrow. The announcement will be telecast live through 10 channels, such as RTM, Bernama, TV 3, NTV 7, 8TV, TV9 and Astro. The announcement will be start from
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 27 – The winding up session for the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) in the Dewan Rakyat began at 2.30 pm led by the Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Abdul Wahid Omar. Five other Cabinet ministers, including International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed,
WASHINGTON, Jan 27 – Two people have been killed and three injured after a mass shooting at homeless shelter south of downtown Seattle. The Seattle Police Department responded the shooting on Tuesday night local time, on Airport Way South and South Atlantic Street. Police received reports about 7.15pm local time of gunfire
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 27 – One of the attackers in the Jakarta bombing on Jan 14 made a phone call to a Malaysian number before the incident, Bukit Aman Special Branch director Datuk Seri Mohamad Fuzi Mohd Harun revealed Tuesday. He said the information was obtained based on a forensic investigation
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 27 – Malaysia’s participation in the Trans- Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA)does not mean the sidelining of trade partners as China, ASEAN or Islamic countries, says International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed. Under Malaysia’s foreign policy, ASEAN is a priority for the country in respect of
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 27 – Saudi Arabia is arranging marriages between former militants as a ‘therapy’ to prevent their relapse into terrorism. The government hopes since the couples will be busy with their marital responsibilities, they will not be involved in any extremist groups, said Abdul Rahman Al Hadlag, Ideological Security
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 27 – Traders of perishable goods at several wholesale markets in the capital are confident that perishable food supplies will not be affected during the Chinese New Year celebration. A Bernama check at several wet markets in Kuala Lumpur found that prices of perishable goods were still under
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 26 – The Sungai Buloh Lay-By (Southbound) on the North-South Expressway will be temporarily closed to public for maintenance Wednesday. In a statement here, Projek Lebuhraya Usahasama Berhad (PLUS) said that during the closure from 9.30am to 5pm, all stalls and other public facilities would be closed to
