LANGKAWI, March 17 – The Maritime Surveillance Aircraft (MSA) and F/A-18E/F Super Hornet are among the platforms Boeing will showcase at the Langkawi International Maritime & Aerospace Exhibition (LIMA) in Malaysia, March 17-21, 2015. Other key Boeing capabilities featured include the AH-6i Light Attack/ Reconnaissance helicopter and the ScanEagle from Boeing
Over the weekend, Egypt unveiled plans to build a wholly new capital. The new city would lie somewhere to Cairo’s east, closer to the Red Sea. It would sprawl across some 150 square miles and potentially be home to as many as 7 million people. Projected to cost $45 billion, it was announced at a summit
KUALA LUMPUR, March 17 – Major Zaidi Ahmad, the former air force pilot who was court marshalled, found guilty and discharged from the military for breaching discipline, said what had happened to Lembah Pantai MP Nurul Izzah Anwar was similar to what he had gone through. Zaidi, who was sacked by
PUTRAJAYA, March 16 – A publication ban has been imposed on three books, “Fifty Shades of Grey“, “Fifty Shades Darker” and “Fifty Shades Freed“, by E.L. James, according to the Home Ministry. Its Publication and Quranic Texts Control Division secretary, Hashimah Nik Jaafar, said today the publications contained elements of
KUALA LUMPUR, March 16 – PKR vice-president Nurul Izzah Anwar has been arrested at the Dang Wangi police station, here, this afternoon, and will be sent to Travers police station. This was confirmed by PKR communications director Fahmi Fadzil who told reporters outside Dang Wangi police station after receiving a phone call. “It
KUALA LUMPUR, March 16 – Pakatan Rakyat elected representatives from both the federal and state levels will go to Istana Negara daily to submit a people’s petition to urge the Yang di-Pertuan Agong to pardon jailed opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. The petition, which was launched today, will comprise signatures
KUALA LUMPUR, March 16 – The police must stop the violation of the right to assemble and honour the Federal Constitution says PAS Youth chief Suhaizan Kaiat, DAP Socialist Youth (DAPSY) chief Teo Kok Seong and PKR Youth chief Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad. The trio appealed to the Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM) to
GEORGETOWN, March 16 – Lebeaute is a Malaysia-grown fashion label specializing in launching high quality women’s work and casual apparels. Lebeaute apparels exudes elegance with it’s high premium yet trendy designs but comes with an affordable price and is seen on many Malaysian celebrities/ artists such as Hani Farhana Hatim
SENDAI (Japan), March 16 – Japan became the first country to conduct high level talks with Malaysia over possible involvement in the proposed high speed train project between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore. Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe had requested for the special meeting,
KUALA LUMPUR, March 16 – The Pakatan Rakyat leadership must make a clear stand whether it supports Kelantan’s hudud bill that will be tabled in legislative assembly next Wednesday and decide what needs to be done about the matter, says Gobind Singh Deo. The DAP legal bureau chairman also accused Kelantan hudud technical committee chairman
KUALA LUMPUR, March 16 – Authorities in Malaysia have seized RM250,000 (S$94,058) worth of imitation products of the popular Milo chocolate drink in Negeri Sembilan, prompting Nestle Malaysia to embark on a campaign to educate its customers on how to spot the fake from the real thing. Malay daily Utusan Malaysia reported
LANGKAWI, March 15 – Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussien and Indonesian defence minister General (RTD) Ryamizard Ryacudu took time off from their informal Asean Defence Ministers’ meeting (ADMM) here to visit the pilots of Jupiter aerobatics team who crashed during practice for the Langkawi International Maritime and Air 2015
LANGKAWI, March 15 – Two KT-1B aircraft of Indonesia’s Jupiter aerobatics team crashed about 2pm today when they grazed each other during practice for the Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace (LIMA) 2015 exhibition. The fate of the four pilots aboard the aircraft is still unknown though witnesses reported that they were
KUALA LUMPUR, March 15 – The American Bar Association (ABA) has sent a letter to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, expressing concern over Malaysia’s use of the Sedition Act 1948 against a lawyer and law lecturer. The ABA also reminded Putrajaya that it was going against international law in clamping
IPOH, March 15 — The 1 Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) can be expected to return to the black by year end. Second Finance Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah is confident 1MDB would be able to settle its financial woes in a few months’ time despite claims the state-owned investment
KUALA LUMPUR, March 15 – Malaysian Bar vice-president Steven Thiru was elected the new president after its annual general meeting (AGM) today. He takes over from Christopher Leong, who has served the maximum two terms as president. Former secretary George Varghese defeated three other candidates to secure the vice-president post, with a
KUALA LUMPUR, March 14 – Debt ridden state investor 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) has used up RM600 million of the RM950 million standby credit provided by Putrajaya, news portal Astro Awani reported today. According to the report, Second Finance Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah said that 1MDB is expected to
Samsung might finally be kicked the curb when it comes to who gets the lion’s share of Apple’s chipmaking business. According to analysts Olivia and Rick Hsu from Daiwa Securities, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) is likely to snap up 70 percent of all Apple’s A9 and A9X orders, leaving rival chipmaker Samsung out in the (relative) cold. The
GEORGETOWN, March 14 – The Malaysian state of Penang will be hosting the inaugural Penang Anime Matsuri – Summer Party, PAM2015, a family friendly festival (Matsuri) focusing on Anime, Cosplay, Game (ACG) and Japan pop culture set in the beautiful UNESCO World Heritage Site of George Town on the 23rd and
KUALA LUMPUR, March 14 – The Bar Council’s annual general meeting (AGM) began this morning with an unprecedented attendance of some 1,600 members, believed to be due to a motion to censure outgoing president Christopher Leong for critical remarks against the judiciary over the Federal Court’s verdict on opposition leader
