KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 26 – Malaysian hybrid airline Malindo Air today launched its first flight to Amritsar, India. The airline said in a statement that the Kuala Lumpur-Amritsar flight OD271 operates on a thrice weekly on Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. The inaugural flight from the Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2 (klia2) to
IPOH, Oct 25 – A drop of RM2.4 billion in allocation for the higher education ministry will not affect the ministry in the efficient promotion of education. Minister, Datuk Seri Idris Jusoh said the reduced allocation was due to the government’s adversely-affected income as a result of the fall in national oil
JOHOR BAHARU, Oct 25 – Around 60,000 civil servants will get the basic salary of RM1,200 as the tabled in the 2016 Budget which announced on Friday, said Datuk Azih Muda, the president of CUEPACS, the umbrella union for civil servants. He said the adjustment has been long awaited by this group, especially those
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 25 – The Budget 2016 is a comprehensive budget that takes care of the people’s interest despite the country facing global economic challenges. Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Minister Datuk Hamzah Zainudin said the budget, tabled by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak yesterday, included all aspects to
PUTRAJAYA, Oct 25 – Education Minister Datuk Seri Mahdzir Khalid said in his latest Facebook posting on Sunday that the school sessions throughout the country will carry on as usual tomorrow (Monday) due to the improving Air Pollutant Index (API) readings. He said there was no schools in any state
KUALA TERENGGANU, Oct 25 – All Umno divisional information committees are required to organise talks and briefings on Budget 2016 at least twice a month to enlighten the people on the matter. UMNO Information chief Datuk Ahmad Maslan said special committees should be formed by the party wings at the divisional level
GEORGE TOWN, Oct 25 – DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng hold a press conference on his office, Komtar here on Friday said that the opposition does not support the goods and services tax (GST) and still maintains that it must be abolished. Although, he said Pakatan Harapan was aimed to “zerorise” GST,
GEORGE TOWN, Oct 25 – Penang Chief Minister hold a press conference on Saturday here at Komtar said the Budget 2016 which announced by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak was as a sheer, outright, blatant marginalisation of Penang. He said Penang was contributed RM6.5 billion to the Federal Government but get nothing in return.
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 25 – Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar said on Friday that the police have begun investigations into remarks reportedly made by Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad during the Bersih 4 rally at the Dataran Merdeka in August. Khalid denied that the allegations by certain
GEORGE TOWN, Oct 25 – The Nasdaq-listed Chinese solar cell manufacturing company JA Solar Holdings’ had official opened for the first solar cell manufacturing facility in Bayan Lepas, Penang and in Malaysia with Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng. The event was attended by Chinese ambassador Dr Huang Huikang, who acknowledged that Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 25 – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said the government will implement e-Visa by mid-2016 to facilitate tourists to the country. He said that the on-line visa application to be implemented will begin with China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, the United States and Canada. He
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 25 – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak who is also Finance Minister announced on Friday that the 18.1-kms Ampang Light Rail Transit (LRT) line project will begin operations in March 2016. Meanwhile, the Kelana Jaya-Putra Heights line project of 17.4 km will be fully operational by the
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 25 – A police report has been made on the dissemination of false information about the health of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah which has gone viral on social media. Brickfields district police chief ACP Sharul Othman Mansor said the report was received from
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 24 – The government plans to build 257,252 houses nationwide in a continuous effort to allow more low and middle income earners to own houses. According to the Economic Report 2015/2016, the initiatives are included as below: 1Malaysia Housing Programme under the 1Malaysia Housing Corporation (PR1MA). – 210,000 units
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 24 –The low horizontal visibility of less than three kilometres over the waters off Perlis, Kedah, Penang, Perak and Selangor is expected to persist till Sunday. According in a statement of the Malaysian Meteorological Department here on Friday said the same condition also occurred in the northern part of the Straits of
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 24 – For the first time, a national budget has made provision for tax relief for children who provide for their parents. Budget 2016 provides tax relief of RM1,500 for the mother and RM1,500 for the father. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak who is also the finance
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 24 – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak who is also Finance Minister said the tax relief for each child below 18 years of age will be increased from RM1,000 to RM2,000 from year of assessment 2016. He said the tax relief for individual tax payer whose spouse
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 24 – Budget 2016 proposes to allocate a total of RM29.2 billion for development in Sabah and Sarawak. Prime Minister and Finance Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, in tabling the budget in the Dewan Rakyat, said the domestic air transportation for economy class passengers on the Rural
PORT DICKSON, Oct 24 – Thirteen branch chiefs of the 54 Umno branches hold a press conference in the Telok Kemang division at Port Dickson Golf Club, Negri Sembilan here today declared they had lost confidence in Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak’s leadership and urged him to step down as party president in
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 23 – The oil- related reveue for next year is expected to remain low at RM31.7 billion. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said when crude oil prices averaged US$100 per barrel, the revenue from Petroliam Nasional Bhd (PETRONAS) dividend and petroleum tax revenue totalled RM62 billion. Najib,
