KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 23 – The government has yet to decide on allowing contributors to withdraw Employees Provident Fund (EPF) savings to settle their credit card debts, the Dewan Negara was told on Tuesday. Finance Deputy Minister Datuk Chua Tee Yong said the principle of EPF as a social security organisation was
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 23 – Beginning Jan 2, the Kuala Lumpur Makkal Communication Taxi Driver Association will provide free, round-the-clock taxi service for women in labour. Kuala Lumpur Federal Territories Excise Licensing Board chairman Datuk P. Gunaseelan said the move was part of the association’s social service to the public to provide
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 23 – Come Monday, several areas in Sepang and Kuala Langat will experience water supply disruption and low water pressure due to repair works and upgrade on the main distribution pipe. The areas affected include Dengkil town, Kampung Dengkil, Sepang police headquarters, Sepang Court, SMK Sri Sepang, Tanjung
MIRI, Dec 23 – PAS is to contest in more than 10 constituencies in the next Sarawak state election, due by June 2016, said Sarawak PAS commissioner Jofri Jaraiee. He also said that the party would also field candidates in the seats usually contested by DAP, especially in the major cities. Jofri
GEORGE TOWN, Dec 23 – It is up to the State of Penang Fatwa Committee for the a ruling on the use of electronic cigarettes and vape in the state, said State Religious Affairs, Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Committee chairman Datuk Abdul Malik Abul Kassim. He said the National Fatwa
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 23 – The Ministry of Health (MOH) had denied an allegation by the Small and Medium Entrepreneurs Alliance of Malaysia (Ikhlas) on Tuesday that two vape flavour manufacturing plants believed to owned by certain individual stakeholders in the government will be built soon. The Deputy Health Minister Datuk
GEORGE TOWN, Dec 23 – Lebuhraya Lingkaran Luar Butterworth (Penang) Sdn Bhd (LLB) is offering a 15 per cent discount on the toll rate at Sungai Nyior toll plaza for class one vehicles on Christmas Day. The discount applies to payment by cash or electronic toll collection (ETC). LLB general manager
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 23 – Malaysia’s tourism industry needs to adopt new technology to attract tourists, an integrated amusement park solutions and services provider said. London Stock Exchange-listed Galasys PLC said as consumers get savvier, the tourism industry needs to leverage on new technology to revamp the traditional approaches to attract
BANGI, Dec 23 – The government has not made any decision to rationalise subsidies for other products other than oil and sugar at this juncture, said Deputy Finance Minister, Datuk Johari Abdul Ghani. He said at the moment the government has decided that the subsidy rationalisation is limited to the two
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 23 – The 1,646 job vacancies in the Immigration Department will be filled in stages from early next year. Its deputy director-general (Management), Datuk Abdul Halim Abdul Rahman said from the figure, 484 candidates for grade KP17 posts and 70 for the grade KP27 posts were expected to
GEORGE TOWN, Dec 23 – Penang State Government is pleased to provide the remuneration of RM24,000 to each person, Penang Wushu Athletes Chan Lu Yi and Penang Badminton Athletes Goh Jin Wei, under the Victory Sports Incentive Scheme of the State Government of Penang (SKIMAS). Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng hold a press conference on
GEORGE TOWN, Dec 23 – The State Government today approved only 60 acres of land reclamation area than during the administration of Barisan Nasional (BN) amounted to 3,241 acres of former reclamation project. In fact, there are land reclamation results during BN ago sold for as low as RM1 for each
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 23 – The ASEAN Services Employees Trade Union Council (ASETUC) will draw up a framework in March to protect trade unions and the welfare of employees. The proposed framework will be handed over to the government prior to the implementation of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA). ASETUC General-Secretary
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 22 – Malaysia National Silat Association (Pesaka) president, Tan Sri Mohd Ali Rustam called on all silat practitioners to be more careful when holding the martial art demonstrations to avoid any untoward incident. This advice came following the death of Mohd Amil Zulkarnain Jafar, 17, after he was
KOTA KINABALU, Dec 22 – The final report of the Malaysian Syariah Index will be announced by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak in March next year, says Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, Senator Datuk Dr Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki. “Five universities which had conducted their studies on the
GEORGE TOWN, Dec 22 – Penang Gerakan questioned the state government on Monday over the announcement of the approval of reclamation work in Bayan Bay only last month when it had been approved in May. Its secretary, Oh Tong Keong, said that according to the notice board at the project site in
PUTRAJAYA, Dec 22 – Malaysia aims to be placed at Tier One in the United States Department of State Annual Report on Human Trafficking by 2020, said Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. Ahmad Zahid, who is also the Home Minister, said that at present Malaysia was at Tier
BATU PAHAT, Dec 22 – An 85-year-old grandmother was the oldest of the 13 victims who perished in the bus crash in Chiang Mai, Thailand here on Sunday. Low Chee Lan was on holiday in Chiang Mai with five family members. She was accompanied by her second son, Tan Yang Soon, 64,
LABUAN, Dec 22 – The number of landslide victims in the duty-free-island here rose to 19, from seven last week. The new victims, including an infant, from two families from Kampung Tanjung Kubong were evacuated by the Layangan Fire and Rescue Department personnel led by its chief, Muhamad Azman Awang about
JOHOR BAHARU, Dec 22 – Sultan of Johor, Sultan Ibrahim Almarhum Sultan Iskandar on Monday expressed condolences to families of the 13 victims from Johor who perished in the bus accident in Chiang Mai, Thailand on Sunday. Sultan Ibrahim in his official Facebook said he had been briefed on the incident involving
