HONG KONG, Mar 22 – MarketingPulse, Asia’s premier conference and rendez-vous for marketers and brands, launched with a debut edition yesterday at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. Hosted by the HKTDC, more than 1,200 corporate executives, marketing and advertising agency representatives and brand reps from across Asia attended
PUTRAJAYA, Mar 22 – The Barisan Nasional government will stick to the goods and services tax (GST) since the tax system has proven to be efficient for Malaysia, said Second Finance Minister Datuk Seri Johari Abdul Ghani. He said GST, which had been implemented by over 170 countries, could help eliminate the
SINGAPORE, Mar 22 – Asian video industry association, Casbaa, held its annual OTT Summit, Asia’s OTT industry marquee event, on 20 & 21 March. New to the event this year, which has been expanded to two days, was the OTT Anti-Piracy Seminar on March 20th; sponsored by 21st Century Fox.
TOKYO, Mar 22 – CB International Co., Ltd. (JCBI), the international operations subsidiary of JCB Co., Ltd., announced the launch and issuance this month of a new Platinum card by Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC), one of the top universal banks in the Philippines, through its Card Servicing entity, RCBC Bankard
BANGSAR, Mar 22 – Ejen Ali and AirAsia launched the MATA Spy Jet, an AirAsia Airbus A320 aircraft decked out with Ejen Ali livery design during a press conference held today. The launch is a culmination of the #MisiAspirasiAirAsia campaign, a partnership between Ejen Ali and AirAsia that emphasises four values –
KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 21 – Azrin Zizal, former media officer to Datuk Seri Mukhriz Mahathir, has slammed the former’s statement’s yesterday about Cambridge Analytica’s advice for the Kedah Barisan Nasional’s campaign for the 2013 general election, saying it contained outright lies. According to Azrin, Mukhriz’s statement claiming that he was his
GEORGE TOWN, Mar 21 – The Penang Hospital (HPP) is seeking the next-of-kin of a man whose body has been not been claimed from the hospital’s Forensic Medical Department since Feb 28. HPP director Datuk Dr Norsidah Ismail said the man, Chew Tek Sim, 54, died due to liver cancer. “The identity
KOTA KINABALU, Mar 21 – Malaysia’s 6% Goods and Services Tax (GST) is among the lowest in the world, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak said today. In fact, he said, the government remained concerned and had exempted the GST on 578 essential goods. “Usually, the middle-men will raise the prices
GEORGE TOWN, Mar 21 – Police will call Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng to record his statement on a video showing him instigating children to hate the federal government at a launch of a tuition programme in Jelutong , near here, last Saturday. Penang police chief Datuk A.Thaiveegan said besides Lim,
GEORGE TOWN, Mar 21 – There will be water supply disruption in Jalan Tun Hamdan Sheikh Tahir, Bertam here from 10pm on March 23 till 8am the next day due to pipe connection work from the road till Taman Mekarsari, according to a statement from Perbadanan Bekalan Air Pulau Pinang Sdn
PUTRAJAYA, Mar 21 – The Education Ministry today condemned what it claimed to be a move by Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng to use the education platform to make students hate the government. Minister Datuk Seri Mahdzir Khalid said the act reflected the extreme politics of the DAP secretary-general who
KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 21 – The High Court today was told that the Vietnamese woman Doan Thi Huong, who is accused of murdering Kim Chol or Kim Jong-nam, the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, did not know that the oily liquid she rubbed on the victim’s face was
PUTRAJAYA, Mar 20 – Gerakan is finalising the negotiation to swap five parliamentary and state seats with component party MCA, ahead of the looming 14th General Election (GE14). Gerakan president Datuk Seri Mah Siew Keong said the move was necessary to ensure that Barisan Nasional (BN) wins with a bigger majority. “If
KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 20 – The MH370 Response Team described a report that the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 had been discovered as ‘unfounded and baseless’. MH370 Response Team head Datuk Seri Azharuddin Abdul Rahman said they were aware of a widely circulated report titled ‘MH370 found on Google Earth’. The team,
KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 19 – After waiting for more than 11 years, the country’s number one singer, Datuk Seri Siti Nurhaliza Tarudin, 39, gave birth to a 3.55kg baby girl via caesarean section at a medical centre in the capital, at 8.17am this morning. Her husband Datuk Seri Khalid Mohamad Jiwa,
SYDNEY, Mar 19 – Barisan Nasional (BN) may announce its candidates for the 14th general election (GE14) earlier than the previous practice of announcing it two or three days before the election. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak, who is also BN chairman, said this would allow BN to solve
JOHOR BARU, Mar 19 – MCA plans to hold a giant rally in the Ayer Hitam parliamentary constituency to give a clear signal that the party will fight with all its might to defend the seat from falling into the opposition’s grasp in the 14th General Election (GE14). It was announced
SERDANG, Mar 18 – Bagan Datuk in Perak is set to be transformed with a sizeable development allocation of RM2.3 billion. Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said the funds were approved by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak and would be channelled through various ministries and agencies for spiritual and
JOHOR BARU, Mar 18 – The Johor Barisan Nasional (BN) is prepared to defend four parliamentary seats currently held by MCA, namely Ayer Hitam, Tebrau, Labis and Tanjung Piai, in the 14th general election (GE-14). Its chairman, Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin, who is also Menteri Besar, said all BN component
KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 18 – Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak today congratulated his China counterpart, Xi Jinping on the latter’s re-election for the second term. Najib, who is currently attending the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit in Sydney, in his ‘Congrats Twitter’ also described China-Malaysia ties as having hit new highs under their
