KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 10 – Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi wants politicians whose businesses and personal interests took priority over the responsibility to serve the people to quit politics. He said such an attitude displayed by some political leaders and members had damaged and tarnished the good name
BENTONG, Jan 10 – The Transport Ministry will set the new speed limit and route for lorries carrying bauxite to reduce pollution and to ensure public safety, said Transport Ministry Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai. He said this was contained in the improvement of bauxite transporting regulation which was made following the discussions with
SEPANG, Jan 10 – AirAsia Bhd is set to launch three new international routes from Kota Kinabalu, Langkawi and Penang later this month. It will inaugurate direct flights from Kota Kinabalu to Wuhan on Jan 22, Langkawi-Guangzhou (Jan 24) and Penang-Ho Chi Minh (Jan 25), its head of commercial, Spencer Lee said.
GEORGE TOWN, Jan 10 – The Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement (TPP) has gained high acceptance now as compared to the first introduced, said International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed. He said last year many did not agree to the TPPA but now the acceptance is high after an in-depth discussion with the rakyat.
GEORGE TOWN, Jan 10 – A group of 30 people held a peace demonstration against Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) over the entrance of USM’s Sungai Dua gate here on Saturday. The peace demonstration began at about 11:30am while ended at around 12:00pm. Also present were Machang Bubuk Assemblyman Lee Khai Loon, USM student Lee Chung Lun, Ikatan Mahasiswa
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 9 – Police will be monitoring, detecting and taking action against those who abuse social websites, including disseminating pictures or sharing irresponsible information. Inspector-General of Police, Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar said the Police Cyber Investigation Response Centre (PCIRC) would be monitoring and detecting those involved. “Social media users
GEORGE TOWN, Jan 9 – An accident occurred at Scotland Road near to Asrama Tamil Rama Krishna this early morning. The incident was happen at about 12:12am, a man crash to death on the spot after lost his control and hit the car (Toyota Vios). North-East District police chief, ACP Mior Faridalatrash Wahid said
GEORGE TOWN, Jan 9 – The opening ceremony of Penang International Property Summit 2016 was held on Friday morning at SPICE Arena, with the present of Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng. This is the second installment of the Penang International Property Summit which was organized by Penang State Housing Committee. Penang Chief Minister said
GEORGE TOWN, Jan 9 – The DAP-led Penang government has welcomed the two applications from PR1MA Corporation Malaysia to develop affordable housing under the 1Malaysia People’s Housing Programme (PR1MA) in the state. State Housing, Town and Country Planning Committee chairman Jagdeep Singh Deo said this was following a meeting between him and
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 9 – Subang Jaya Medical Centre (SJMC) Friday announced a mobile platform to simplify the process of making doctors’ appointments for both patients in Malaysia and abroad. The platform, offered in collaboration between SJMC and online healthcare app BookDoc, enables patients to browse through a list of specialists at
KUCHING, Jan 9 – MASwings is to suspend its thrice-weekly service between Kuching and Pontianak in Indonesia on Feb 1. The airline said Friday the suspension was part of its network rationalisation plan with the intention to concentrate on the growing domestic routes, its core market. The last flight to Pontianak will
PUTRAJAYA, Jan 9 – Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi Friday chaired the first meeting of the high level committee to address the cost of living here. The three-hour meeting was to ensure ongoing efforts to address issues on rising cost of living jointly with non governmental organisations (NGOs). The
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 9 – Malaysia needs all parties to work together in achieving national unity and to meet the aspiration of building a better country for the present and future generations, said Communications and Multimedia Minister Datuk Seri Dr Salleh Said Keruak. The government cannot achieve all these by itself,
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 9 – The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) will be signed in February, with or without Malaysia, said Minister of International Trade and Industry, Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed. He said they expect the signing to take place in February and we will table it in the Dewan Rakyat on Jan 27
GEORGE TOWN, Jan 8 – The Penang Department of Veterinary Services (DVS) and Penang Save Our Strays Neutering Society (SOS) vaccinated one hundred stray dogs in Tanjung Bunga, Batu Ferringhi and Teluk Bahang to prevent the dogs from the spread of rabies. The stray dogs were vaccinated free through the joint initiative
PADANG BESAR, Jan 8 – The Rubber Industry Smallholders’ Development Authority (RISDA) denied allegations that rubber prices in Thailand were higher than Malaysia. RISDA chairman Datuk Zahidi Zainul Abidin said prices of rubber in Malaysia was higher compared with Thailand. He said based on the record from the Thai Rubber Association, the
GEORGE TOWN, Jan 8 – The Penang DAP government will continue with land reclamation activities to cover the costs of projects under the Penang Transport Master Plan (PTMP) that costs RM28 billion, according to a state executive council member. Local Government, Traffic Management and Flood Mitigation Committee chairman Chow Kon Yeow
GEORGE TOWN, Jan 8 – The Marine Operations Force (MOF) will step up control and monitoring of Malaysian waters to prevent external threats, especially form militant groups. Its commander, SAC Abdul Rahim Abdullah said this was neccessary as militant groups such as IS had expanded their modus operandi to include the sea
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 8 – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak Thursday reminded his Cabinet members to be wise and prudent in spending the government allocations to ensure that they really benefit the people. Najib in his Facebook page said the reminder was conveyed during the first Cabinet meeting for 2016
GEORGE TOWN, Jan 8 – A total of 146 cases of dengue fever were reported in Penang between Dec 27 and Jan 2, up by 24 cases or 19.7 per cent from the previous week. Agriculture, Agro-based Industry, Rural Development and Health Committee chairman Dr Afif Bahardin said there was an increase
