PADANG TERAP, Oct 13 – The Education Ministry Datuk Seri Mahdzir Khalid hopes that the government will prioritise allocation for the Technical and Vocational Training (TVET) under the 2016 Budget to be tabled soon. He said the ministry was now upgrading vocational colleges and as such to hoped that the government
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 12 – The Transport Ministry Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai has directed to the Department of Civil Aviation to investigate a claim that wreckage of a plane which could be MH370 had been found at an island in the southern of Philippines. Liow said the investigation would also involve the
KLANG, Oct 12 – About 15 per cent of Indah Water Konsortium Sdn Bhd (IWK) customers in the Central Region namely Selangor, Kuala Lumpur, and Putrajaya, as well as Labuan paid their sewerage bills this year. IWK central region manager Ir. Mohd Taufik Salleh said the remaining 85 per cent have
JAKARTA, Oct 12 – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak arrived Indonesia on Sunday for a two-day working visit. Najib, accompanied by his wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, arrived at Halim Perdana Kusuma Airport here at 12.30 pm local time, and was greeted by Indonesian Minister of Industry Saleh Husin, Malaysia’s
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 12 – Malaysia strongly condemned the acts of violence in the bomb attacks in Ankara, Turkey during a peaceful rally Friday. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said in his official Facebook account on Saturday that he was saddened by the loss of lives in the incident,
GEORGE TOWN, Oct 12 – Two Chinese men who produce harsh words and obstructing enforcement of the City Council of Penang Island (MBPP) pleaded guilty in Georgetown Magistrate’s Court today. The defendant, Bok Kwan Shen, 25, and his friend Leong Wai Loon, 19, pleaded guilty in the month ahead Magistrate Syed Shaifah
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 12 – Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad told a press conference today at Yayasan Kepimpinan Perdana, Putrajaya here today that the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012 (SOSMA) should be used for terrorists. He said that the SOSMA is for terrorists with now it is scaring the people. The press
GEORGE TOWN, Oct 12 – Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng said in the statement on Sunday that the State Government will not reduce the RM1.75 million allocation to Sekolah Agama Rakyat (SAR) or Islamic religious schools. Lim said this game was slander against him based on racism and extremism with religious issues is now
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 12 – Former Batu Kawan Umno deputy division chief Datuk Seri Khairuddin Abu Hassan and his lawyer Matthias Chang were charged in the Magistrate’s Court on Monday. They was been charged with the attempting to commit the sabotage against the banking and financial services in Malaysia. They allegedly was
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 12 – MCA has formulated a mechanism to expand voting base from the current voting by central delegates to all delegates at the divisional level. MCA Secretary-General Datuk Seri Ong Ka Chuan said the mechanism had been approved by the Central Committee and now the grassroots are being
PEKAN, Oct 12 – The Federal Government would assist the state government and state water management operator in their efforts to reduce non revenue water (NRW). Energy, Green Technology and Water Minister Datuk Seri Panglima Dr Maximus Ongkili described the assistance, through a grant or loan in the 11th Malaysia Plan
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 12 – Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (Malaysia Airports) says it believes in the importance of promoting a healthy lifestyle for employees and will organise regular sports activities and events. It said in a statement on Saturday that these include its monthly aerobic sessions for employees and passengers at Kuala
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 11 – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak will make a two-day working visit to Indonesia from today. In a statement, the Foreign Ministry said Najib was scheduled to hold bilateral consultation with President Joko Widodo to further strengthen bilateral cooperation in the palm oil industry. The prime
WASHINGTON DC, Oct 11 – Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi slammed Barisan Nasional (BN) party leaders for creating provocations which could cause the public to question the credibility of enforcement agencies in carrying out their duties relating to the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) issue. He said
GEORGE TOWN, Oct 11 – DAP announced their support to the call by the Malay Rulers wanting the government to complete the investigations into 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) as soon as possible. Its secretary-general Lim Guan Eng said these were serious matters involving billions of ringgit and that was the reason
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 11 – It is not Barisan Nasional’s (BN) policy to have a single-stream education system, assured its chairman Datuk Seri Najib Razak on Sunday. In delivering his speech at MCA’s 62nd annual general assembly (AGM), Najib reiterated that the party stands for multi-lingualism, multi-racial and multi-culturalism concepts. Najib said
SINGAPORE, Oct 11 – The nose gear of a Singapore Airlines (SIA) plane collapsed this morning at Changi Airport with the confirmed of the airline in response to queries from Channel NewsAsia. SIA said there were no passengers or crew on board at the time during it collapsed. The airline added that the
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 11 – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said at the SME Bank Entrepreneur Awards here on Saturday that Malaysia is not a failed state as it has built up its economic resilience which has been hailed by international agencies. He said that the international rating agencies had
GEORGE TOWN, Oct 11 – The official launching of Penang Accelerator for Creative, Analytics & Technology (@CAT) was held on Saturday at Wisma Yeap Chor Ee with present of Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng. The launching of @CAT is to further promote of the creative ad technology startups entrepreneurship as the
PUTRAJAYA, Oct 11 – The National Sports Day which will be held annually and also will be enable the implementation of a healthy lifestyle and also boost communal ties. Communications and Multimedia Minister Datuk Seri Dr Salleh Said Keruak said sports activities would turn out healthy bodies to assist in national
