GEORGE TOWN, Dec 19 – The Penang state government has been taken to task for delaying the process of gazetting specific guidelines to maintain George Town’s status as a World Heritage city. State Gerakan Youth secretary, Ooi Zhi Yi said this was a deliberate act as the state government had for the
LANGKAWI, Dec 19 – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak wants more effort be put in to turn Langkawi as a high-nett worth tourist destination in the region. Speaking during the Langkawi Tourism Awards 2015 ceremony at the Langkawi International Convention Centre (LICC) here yesterday night, he said efforts to turn Langkawi
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 19 – The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) will continue its proceedings on 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) by summoning the company’s chairman and ex-chairman in January. 1MDB chairman Tan Sri Lodin Wok Kamaruddin will be called on Jan 19 and the company’s former chairman Tan Sri Mohd Bakke Salleh
MIRI, Dec 19 – The Federal Government will do all it can to ensure the Barisan Nasional (BN) will secure a bigger victory in the upcoming Sarawak state election, said Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. He said this entailed winning more seats this time around, including all the
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 19 – The draft of the Auditor-General’s report on 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) has yet to be prepared as investigations into the national strategic company affairs are still ongoing. The clarification was made by the National Audit Department Friday over a claim made against 1MDB in a report published
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 19 – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak hopes that more Malaysians will come forward to donate blood as the requirement in the country’s hospitals is very high. He said that the need for blood in Malaysian hospitals is very high. He said he hope more Malaysians donate
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 19 – 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) president and executive director Arul Kanda Kandasamy on Friday appeared before the the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) for the second time. Arul Kanda, however, did not stop his vehicle to speak to the media waiting outside the gates of Parliament House, where the
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 19 – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak today hit out at those people who confuse the public on purpose over the cause for the increase in the prices of goods and services. He said these people attempted to put the blame solely on the government when it
PUTRAJAYA, Dec 19- People who have converted to Islam should not be subjected to discrimination by the Muslim community or regarded as ‘second-class Muslims’, said former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. Dr Mahathir, who is the patron of the Muslim Welfare Organisation of Malaysia (Perkim), said Muslims should treat new
BARAM, Dec 19 – Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, who is also the Home Minister, has assured that he will ensure that all promises made to the people of Sarawak will be fulfilled, including providing additional allocations if needed. “Elected representatives please remember… when you make
MELAKA, Dec 19 – The Melaka police advised netizens against using the social media to spread rumours that could create anxiety and unsafe feeling in the society. Melaka police chief Datuk Chua Ghee Lye said action under the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission Act 1998 and the Sedition Act 1984 could be
MIRI, Dec 19 – It is too early to interpret the meeting between Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and PAS President Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang as a move towards ‘tahaluf siyasi’ or political collaboration between Umno and PAS. Instead, according to Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 19 – The metered taxi service from Kuala Lumpur to KL International Airport (KLIA) is expected to be the transport of choice of users following the fare hike by Express Rail Link (ERL) effective Jan 1. Syarikat Big Blue Premium Taxi advisor Datuk Shamsubahrin Ismail said users in
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 18 – Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) has now said it will not issue vape licences to traders, after the move by Johor and Kelantan to ban the sale of vape. DBKL licensing and petty traders management department director Ibrahim Yussof said DBKL had stopped accepting applications from retailers,
PUTRAJAYA, Dec 18 – The cooperative movement should be a catalyst to generate economic activities and boost prosperity apart from driving the local economy, says Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak. Najib, who is also Koperasi Profesional Putrajaya Bhd (Koprojaya) patron, said cooperatives should also be the platform to develop the
KUALA NERUS, Dec 18 – Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT) has become the first university in Malaysia to adopt the ‘dual routing’ Internet protocol. UMT vice-chancellor Prof Datuk Dr Nor Aieni Mukhtar said the application of the technology was based on a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) to supply Internet Services at 1 Gigabit
NANNING, Dec 18- A Chinese man has donated hemopoietic stem cells (HSCs) to a patient with blood disease in Malaysia, reports Xinhua news agency. Lu, 22, from south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, signed up to be a stem cell donor with the China Marrow Donor Programme (CMDP) in July, 2011.
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 18 – PLUS Malaysia Berhad (PLUS) advises users of its highways to follow its travel time advisory (TTA) during the year-end festive season. Its managing director Datuk Noorizah Abd Hamid said the concessionaire has issued the TTA which is applicable from tomorrow until Jan 3, 2016. “Meanwhile, the TTA
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 18 – Projek Lintasan Kota Holdings Sdn Bhd (PROLINTAS) is offering a 20 per cent reduction in toll rates for all class one vehicles making payments via the electronic toll collection system at Touch ‘n Go cards and SmartTAGs lanes on its highways in conjunction with Christmas Day.
JOHOR BAHARU, Dec 18 – A septuagenarian was among four people detained in connection with the seizure of 6,924 bottles of vape liquid believed to contain nicotine, and 190 units of vape acccessories here on Tuesday. The vape liquid and accessories worth about RM380,385 were confiscated in an integrated operation about 4pm,
