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
PUTRAJAYA, Oct 11 – Education Minister Datuk Seri Mahdzir Khalid said there were a total of five million students and teachers are involved in the National Sports Day celebrations throughout the country on Saturday. He said various activities were carried out at the school and district levels to encourage joint participation
WASHINGTON DC, Oct 11 – Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said to Malaysian journalists here on Friday that the issue of 1MDB was not a major focus of Washington including the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). He said this maybe the issue is big as it is
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 10 – Start from Thursday, a whopping RM1,000 fee will be charged by the Federal Government for a third replacement of the identity card. According to a news report, the first replacement will cost RM100 as before but the second replacement will now cost RM100 more at RM300. Therefore, the
SHAH ALAM, Oct 10 – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said when officiating the National Sports Day which was attended by about 20,000 people at the parade ground of Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) on this morning that Malaysians must make sports as a culture and not only indulge in
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 10 – A calendar featuring 24 well-known Malaysian Indian celebrities was launched here with the aim of elevating the popularity of the celebrities. The Director of Pillay’s Hair Studio, Pillay Asbalan who is the mooted the initiative said that the “Indian Celebrities Calendar 2016” will give a better
SHAH ALAM, Oct 10 – Police arrested four suspect which including a man believed to be the mastermind and a taxi driver to assist investigations into the abduction of a five-year-old boy in Sungai Chua, Kajang yesterday. Selangor police chief Datuk Abdul Samah Mat said the mastermind aged 45 was picked up at
GEORGE TOWN, Oct 10 – Penang State announced today at Komtar here of the partial closure of the highway Tun Dr. Lim Chong Eu between Highway Kampung Jawa and Hilir Sungai Kluang 1 of the project of upgrading the Tun Dr. Lim Chong Eu (Bayan Lepas Expressway) from Batu Maung to Sungai Nibong (Queensbay)
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 10 – Education Minister Datuk Seri Mahdzir Khalid today instructed all state education departments to propose electrical rewiring at schools more than 20 years old. This was to ensure that fires did not break out at these schools, he told reporters after visiting Sekolah Kebangsaan Taman Samudra, Batu Caves,
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 10 – The government would ensure that the negotiations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) would come out with rules that are fair to small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Minister in the Prime Minister Department, Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong said the Ministry of International Trade and
