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,
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 23 – The Dewan Rakyat was told here on Thursday that the Election Commission has never prevented any political party from registering new voters. Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said said that based on studies and methods of registration procedures. However, the EC had also
PETALING JAYA, Oct 22 – Umno minister Datuk Abdul Rahman Dahlan today challenged opposition party leaders to step down from their party positions if their attempt to take down the Prime Minister through a no-confidence vote does not succeed. Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Seri Abdul Rahman Dahlan in
KUALA TERENGGANU, Oct 23 – The Health Ministry wants the relevant government agencies such as the Human Resource Ministry and the local authorities to enhance enforcement of regulations on foreign workers’ quarters especially at construction sites. Minister Datuk Seri Dr S. Subramaniam said the lack of cleanliness in the foreign workers’
ALOR SETAR, Oct 23 – All outdoor activities and classes at Universiti Utara Malaysia were cancelled Thursday classes from morning up to midnight due to the very unhealthy Air Pollutant Index (API) reading Kedah. UUM vice-chancellor Prof Datuk Seri Dr Mohamed Mustafa Ishak said it was also advisable to postpone administrative and
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 23 – Timeline, cost management and detailed design for the two new bridges between Malaysia and Thailand should be discussed and finalised soon in order to complete the project, said Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Anifah Aman. Anifah and his Thai counterpart Don Pramudwinai discussed the matter when they co-chaired
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 23 – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak who is also Finance Minister announced today that the minimum wage in Peninsular Malaysia will increase from RM900 to RM1,000 per month. For Sabah, Sarawak and Labuan, he said there was a minimum wage will be increased from RM800 to RM920
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 23 – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak who is also Finance Minister announced today that the 2016 Budget has a special aid allocation of RM500 for civil servants. He said that the allocation involves 1.3 million government employees to the tune of almost RM1 billion and will be disbursed
