KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 23 – The Malaysian economy is expected to remain on a steady growth next year, expanding between four per cent and five per cent. The Ministry of Finance said against the backdrop of increased uncertainty in the global economy, growth in the Malaysian economy would be driven by
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 23 – Following are highlights of the 2015/2016 Economic Report issued by the Finance Ministry Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak who is also Prime Minister in conjunction with the tabling of the Budget 2016 here today at Dewan Rakyat. * Goods and Services Tax (GST) to rake
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 23 – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak who is also Finance Minister said today at Dewan Rakyat here about the economic, financial and fiscal reforms undertaken over the years have strengthened the domestic economy’s resilience to weather shocks. “The economy has diversified from being predominantly commodity-based
”Live Updates Is Over. Thank You For Your Support Towards Pocket News” [divide] RTM TV1 [divide] Budget 2016 Live Feed: [gap height=”20″] 5:45pm – PM Najib had concludes his tabling of budget at the Parliament. 5:40pm – The 2016 Budget allocates a total of RM267.2 bln compared with the revised RM260.7 bln in
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 23 – Twenty-three areas recorded unhealthy Air Pollutant Index (API) readings as of 12 pm Friday. According to the Department of Environment’s portal, the areas were Langkawi (165); Bakar Arang (161); Seberang Jaya 2 (160); Alor Setar (153); USM, Penang (152); Kangar (147); Perai (138); and Seri Manjung (135). Other areas with unhealthy air quality were S
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 23 – Communications and Multimedia Minister Datuk Seri Dr Salleh Said Keruak said here on Thursday that Malaysia has managed to place itself at the fourth spot on the Affordable Internet Index 2015. Salleh said in his latest blog post Thursday that the spot which was categorised under the
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 23 – Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi who is also the home minister said on Thursday that police have been opened three investigation papers on complaints lodged against former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. He said there was two of the papers were related to
PARLIAMENT, Oct 23 – Finance Minister Najib Abdul Razak in a written reply here on Thursday that the government will not bear any extra cost for the MRT project despite the ringgit’s plummeting value on the currency market. Instead, he said the cost so far was with the totalling of RM600,000 that would be borne by the contractors
PUTRAJAYA, Oct 22 – The Health Ministry said outdoor functions or activities must be avoided if the Air Pollutant Index (API) readings exceeds the unhealthy level of 100. Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said in a statement here on Wednesday that the events planned before the haze hit should be postponed or
KOTA KINABALU, Oct 22 – Sabah Bersih chairman Jannie Lasimbang was charged in the Magistrate’s Court here on Wednesday on two counts of organising an illegal assembly last August. On the first count, Jannie, 53, was charged with failing to give the 10-day notice to the police before holding the 4.0 Bersih
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 22 –Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said on Wednesday that the Malaysia is to host a regional centre to counter the spread of Islamic State ideology and propaganda via the Internet. He said the Regional Digital Counter-Messaging Communication Centre (RDC3) would be set up soon.
PUTRAJAYA, Oct 22 – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak Thursday night spent about an hour to oversee the final preparations for the 2016 Budget at the Finance Ministry here. Accompanied by wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, Najib, who is also Finance Minister, arrived at the ministry at 8 pm and
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 22 – The Dewan Rakyat had been approved the motion here on Wednesday to discuss the haze in the country. The motion was tabled by Hee Loy Sian (PKR-Petaling Jaya Selatan) and approved by deputy speaker Datuk Seri Dr Ronald Kiandee. Kiandee said he was allow this motion in accordance with
GEORGE TOWN, Oct 22 – Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng launched 50 high-speed Wifi hotspots in the Heritage and Komtar areas in George Town. Penang Free Wifi users are in for a treat as 50 hotspots have been upgraded to offer speeds of 3Mbps from the previous 1Mbps. “There would
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 21 – Schools in four State will be closed tomorrow as Pulau Pinang, Kedah, Perlis and Perak. This is according to a statement by the Education Ministry today based on Air Pollutant Index (API) readings at 3pm today which were found to be at unhealthy or very unhealthy levels.
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 22 – Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail (Permatang Pauh- PKR) has filed the notice for her motion for a vote of no-confidence against Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak (Pekan- BN). She submitted the notice earlier today. In a press conference at the Parliament lobby,
GEORGE TOWN, Oct 22 – 600 secondary students or known as Young Achievers “graduated” from the Penang Young Enterprise (YE) Program after a challenging 9-month of running a real-life business. The YE Program Area Chair of Penang, Dato’ P’ng Soo Hong said he is proud to witness the transformation of the
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 22 – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak once again to urged the public to wait for the outcome of the investigations from 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) rather than conduct a “trial by media”. He said that the action will be taken against the debt-ridden state investment arm if they was found to have violated
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 22 – The motion to suspend Lim Kit Siang (Gelang Patah-DAP) for six months has finally been passed after being debated at the Dewan Rakyat for 90 minutes.The Dewan Rakyat today passed a motion to bar DAP’s parliamentary leader Lim Kit Siang for the voting results saw 107
ALOR SETAR, Oct 22 – Flights from Sultan Abdul Halim Airport, Alor Setar canceled and rescheduled following the closure of the runway since 7am due to the haze. Whereas Langkawi airport runway closed since 7.30 this morning after limited visibility due to haze up to 550 meters, the report said. According to the
