KUALA LUMPUR, March 26 – Singapore’s founding father Lee Kuan Yew, who had spent a lifetime being the architect of Singapore’s prosperity, has died. In addition to building and fostering Singapore, Lee was also very much concerned about Malaysia and had always advocated a Malaysian Malaysia concept. In his book “One Man’s
SEYNE-LES-ALPES, March 25 – Helicopters surveying the scattered debris of a German jetliner lifted off at daybreak on Wednesday as investigators sought clues in the wreckage and the black box from the plane that lost radio contact, went into a dive and slammed into the Alpine mountainside. All 150 aboard
KUALA LUMPUR, March 25 – A group of murderers stabbed to death a woman after she witnessed them killing a foreigner in Sungai Way, Petaling Jaya, early morning today. The 1am incident, happened on the sidewalk of shop houses at Jalan PJS 8/13, saw both victims – Norlia Alias, 40, and
KUALA LUMPUR, March 25 – A report on “Unleashing the Potential of the Internet for Asean economies” revealed that the Internet has become more pervasive with the cost of not going online is only set to rise. Many countries in the Asean region still suffer from poor Internet coverage, low bandwidth
SINGAPORE, March 25 – If Lee Kuan Yew represented the Singapore of yesteryear, his death this week raises the question of whether the generation of leaders in waiting will reshape the mould that transformed the city-state from a colonial backwater to a haven of prosperity. While Lee had long retired from active
GEORGETOWN, March 24 – Prior to January 1, 1957, the City Council of George Town and the Rural District Council of Penang was established under the provisions of the Municipal Ordinance of the Straits Settlements (Capt.133) and Enactment of the Federated Malay Lemb.aga Negeri.negeri (Capt.1 37). City status was granted to
KUALA LUMPUR, March 25 – For the Royal Malaysian Police, its biggest challenge to date is tackling potential cyber threats and seditious remarks on social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook. Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar said there had been a sudden increase in cyber threats in the first
SEMPORNA, March 25 – Thousands are made homeless as fire ravaged about 500 houses at the Kampung Bangau Bangau squatter colony here since the early hours. Three fire engines including one dispatched from Tawau are at the scene near the town here, to control the fire that spread on an area
George Town, 24 March – Penang Global Tourism recently organized a photography contest via its Facebook in conjunction with the Penang Hot Air Balloon Fiesta held during Chinese New Year. The photography contest was open to Malaysians aged 18 years and above and ran from 15 to 28 Feb 2015.
KUALA LUMPUR, March 24 – Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim was urged in Parliament to act against people who incited public hatred instead of against people who were just “asking for information”. In making this call, Kapar PKR Member of Parliament G. Manivannan claimed that a man by the name of Razak
JOHOR BARU, March 24 – More than 50,000 people are expected to throng Danga Bay here every night from Thursday (March 26) for the four-day free concerts featuring some of the biggest names in the entertainment industry in Malaysia and the world. The Iskandar Waterfront Carnival 2015 in being held in conjuction
MARSEILLE, March 24 – French Interior Ministry spokesman Pierre-Henry Brandet says debris from the crash of an Airbus A320 has been located and the plane crashed at 2,000 metres altitude in the Alps. Brandet told BFM television that he expected “an extremely long and extremely difficult” search and rescue operation because
KUALA LUMPUR, March 24 – The ringgit is expected to strengthen further against the US dollar to between RM3.40 and RM3.60 this year on expectations the US Federal Reserve will not increase interest rates this year, says an economist. The ringgit will touch that comfort level between September and November this year,
NEW DELHI, March 24 – The defence team of Datuk Lee Chong Wei will be relying on the argument that the Malaysian national shuttler did not knowingly take the banned substance dexamethasone, at the hearing of the doping case on April 11 in Amsterdam. Malaysian counsel B. Jadadish Chandra said
GEORGETOWN, March 24 – Welcome to the International Women’s Day Forum 2015 and the book launch of “Becoming Hannah, A Personal Journey” by YB Hannah Yeoh who is also the Speaker of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly. YB Hannah has been a symbol of what a woman can achieve when everyone
KUALA LUMPUR, March 24 – DAP will reveal later today whether it will continue political cooperation with Pakatan, in particular Pas, or sever all ties with the opposition pact. The party’s Central Executive Committee (CEC) made the decision after a four-hour meeting at its headquarters here yesterday night. “We have reached
KUALA LUMPUR, March 24 – Syarikat Prasarana Negara Berhad (Prasarana) confirmed that the ceiling at the Masjid Jamek Light Rail Transit (LRT) station collapsed this evening, but there were no casualties reported. Prasarana (Communications and Media Affairs) senior manager Azhar Ghazali said in the incident at 2.10 pm, the ceiling
KUALA LUMPUR, March 23 – The Transport Ministry is confident that Malindo Air would fulfil the conditions set by the Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) to extend its air operators certificate (AOC), which is expiring on Aug 31 this year. Its minister, Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai, said the DCA had issued a directive to the
KUALA LUMPUR, March 23 – Human rights lawyer and Lawyers for Liberty executive director Eric Paulsen, who was detained last night under the Sedition Act 1948, was released today on police bail. Lawyers for Liberty’s legal coordinator, Michelle Yesudas, was also detained and released today on police bail today over her own Twitter
KUALA LUMPUR, March 24 – Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar said the Selangor police were looking into the case on further action to be taken. “They are trespassers, so let Selangor police look into the case and those involved first,” he told reporters after attending a “yasin” recital
