KOTA KINABALU, Sept 14 – Malaysian Fire and Rescue Department is ready to provide assistance to extinguish forest fires in Indonesia, said its director-general Datuk Wan Mohd Nor Ibrahim today. He said the department had not yet received any orders to send reinforcements to help to extinguish the fire in the republic,
GEORGE TOWN, Sept 14 – State executive councillor Phee Boon Poh who is chairman of the State Welfare, Caring Society and Environment Committee said the Penang government is to collaborate with the Education Ministry and get schools to close if the air pollutant index reaches 140. “The state government worked closely
KUANTAN, Sept 14 –Pahang Education Department to advise students in this country to wear the masks to school especially those suffering from health problems in order to wear masks to school due to the haze. Pahang Education Department Director Datuk Rosdi Ismail said all schools in the state is still operating normally and
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 14 – Police have taken several measures to ensure traffic and public order are not affected by red-shirt rally planned for Wednesday. Deputy Home Minister Datuk Nur Jazlan Mohamed said the measures include roadblocks in some areas, especially Bukit Bintang. “The police are already taking action. I think
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 15 – Schools in KL, Selangor, Putrajaya, Negeri Sembilan and Melaka will be close on Tuesday as haze reaches very unhealthy level. The order was issued by the Minister of Education Datuk Seri Mahadzir Khalid was informed by Deputy P.Kamalanathan via Twitter. This comes as the haze choking the
KOTA BELUD, Sept 14 – Malaysia Meteorological Department (MET) has received instructions and recommendations of the National Security Council (NSC) to conduct that cloud seeding if the haze had not changed in the last 72 hours from started from now. Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Minister Datuk Dr Wan
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 14 – The Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) gave permission to the organizers to conduct peaceful assemblies ‘Association of United Peoples’ in of the venue, which is expected to take place Wednesday. He said he only give permission for use of the venue for the rally, that’s all, and
PUTRAJAYA, Sept 14 – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said in a special press conference on the nation’s economy here on Monday that the students that under government-funded scholarship who are studying abroad will not be called back to Malaysia. He said the student who studying that abroad under government-funded scholarship will
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 14 – A government equity investment firm would be given 20 billion ringgit ($4.6 billion) to shore up the country’s stock market with announced other measures to support the slowing economy, said Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said on Monday. Najib hold the press conference on Monday after
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 14 – Police have denied the validity of the news and pictures of a group of red-shirted punks were gathered and roamed in Jalan Chow Kit, Pavilion and Bukit Bintang as a spread on social media. Kuala Lumpur police chief, Datuk Tajuddin Md Isa said the deployment image
GEORGE TOWN, Sept 14 – Penang aie quality reaches unhealthy level again with the Air Pollutant Index (API) recorded at the Universiti Sains Malaysia station on the island here today with the levels peaking over 100 API. Checks showed that the island was not visible from the Penang Bridge. As at 12pm today, the API reading on
MUAR, Sept 14 – Gerakan president Datuk Mah Siew Keong said Gerakan almost to complete its identifying potential candidates to put forward for the coming 14th general election. He said the party so far had 80 per cent of the party’s candidates, which is a combination of new and old faces. “Importantly, we already
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 14 – About 500 shopkeepers and 773 traders in Petaling Street have decided to close their business on Sept 16 due to the proposed Peoples’ Unity Gathering, here, for safety reasons. Kuala Lumpur Hawkers and Petty Traders Association chairman Datuk Ang Say Tee said the decision was to
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 14 – A fatal accident occurred at 7.30pm on Friday which involving a Yamaha LC motorcycle and a Toyota Wish to led the riot in Kuala Selangor. The crash victim, Nurjunaidah Ishaq, 36 died on the spot due to she was trying to skidded and hit a concrete drain while trying to
KUCHING, Sept 13 – Two flights of MasWings here to Pontianak, Indonesia was canceled while another two more flights to Sibu was also postponed due to the haze. Senior Manager of Kuching International Airport (KIA) Nadzim Mohd Hashim said the flights to Sibu who was postponed are scheduled to flying on Saturday morning. He said the haze in Kuching
GEORGE TOWN, Sept 13 – Sixth Malaysia International Lion Dance Invitational Opening Ceremony with Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng at Megamall, Penang here on Saturday afternoon. Also present were Penang State Tourism Development & Culture Danny Law Heng Kiang and Organising Committee Chairman Lay Hock Peng. This year, there were 17 teams participate
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 13 – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has congratulated Lee Hsien Loong over his party’s the People’s Action Party (PAP) on the success in the republic’s general election on Friday. Najib said he just spoke with Lee Hsien Loong and congratulated him on the success of
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 13 – A total of 17 areas on several states in Semenanjung and Sarawak are recorded an unhealthy Air Pollution Index (API) as at 3 pm on Saturday. According to the Department of Environment, the unhealthy areas were in Sarawak, Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya, Negeri Sembilan, Pahang, Perak and Selangor.
SHAH ALAM, Sept 12 – The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) refuted claims that no action was taken by the agency on the issue of setting up of the Darul Ehsan Investment Group (DEIG). Selangor MACC director Datuk Simi Abdul Ghani said MMEA has taken various proactive measures once the issues regarding setting up
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 12 – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak advise people to take care of their health and reduce outdoor activities due to haze. “I was in the vicinity of KLCC on yesterday morning. The haze situation is getting bad. Hope everyone take care of their health and avoid being
