KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 8 – The incident sparked fresh questions on social media about the Malaysian airline’s safety record as it struggles in the aftermath of the loss of AirAsia flight QZ8501 in late December with 162 people on board. “One auto-thrust not functioning properly. Actually okay to fly but we
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 8 – Live air traffic website Flightradar24 this afternoon posted an image of Jeddah bound AirAsiaX Flight D7172’s flight path, hovering over the Straits of Malacca for four hours before making its way back to Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2 (KLIA2). According to a tweet by the website, it
GEORGETOWN, Feb 8 – LOGO, marking Malaysia’s latest and most exciting upscale fashion retail store, unveils its first inaugural official launch concept store with luxury brands’ limited edition collections of Women’s and Men’s at Gurney Paragon Mall, the premier shopping paradise for all in Penang. LOGO design is inspired by a mixture
GEORGETOWN, Feb 8 – Genenews Diagnostics Sdn. Bhd. announces the grand opening of its research and development facility at Osel Clinic, Penang. Osel Clinic is a unique boutique medical clinic with strong focus on wellness, diagnostics and regenerative medicine. It offers sophisticated screening and diagnostic services that have attracted many local and foreign patients
GEORGETOWN, Feb 8 – This is a beautiful and wonderful morning indeed. We are all standing at about 750 meters above sea level, breathing in the cool fresh air of Penang Hill, the most important icon of tourism in Penang as well as having a magnificent view of George Town and
TAIPEI, Feb 4 – At least nine people were killed and dozens were unaccounted for after a Taiwanese TransAsia Airways plane with 58 passengers and crew on board crash-landed in a Taipei river, officials and domestic media said. Dramatic pictures taken by a motorist and posted on Twitter showed the plane
SEBERANG JAYA, Feb 4 – This year’s Chinese New Year season, Sunway Carnival Mall is immersed in joyous and eloquent festivity to usher the brand new year from 30 January to 8 March 2015 by hoping all shoppers to embrace this auspicious season with abundance of good fortune, luck and
GEORGE TOWN, Feb 3 – A record crowd converge at the Balathandayuthapani Hilltop Temple here Tuesday to celebrate Thaipusam. Devotees gathered since Monday with many staying the night at various hotels in the vicinity and also at the Natukotai Chettiar Temple. The crowd was the thickest at half a kilometre leading
GEORGE TOWN, Feb 3 – Cambodian Polen Ly won the top prize at Tropfest Southeast Asia (SEA) beating 15 other finalists from five countries last night. The 25-year-old, who had won second prize at the festival last year, bagged the coveted grand prize this year with his touching short film titled Colourful
Michael Laverty Micheal Laverty, Managing Director of Tropfest was born in South Africa and immigrated to Australia in 1999. He is on Australian citizen and lives with his family in Sydney. Michael has manages the Trpfest festival since 2002 and is a passionate supporter of the short film community. Micheal
GEORGETOWN, Feb 1 – There are a few legends on the origin of Lion Dance.The actual history of Lion Dance remain undefined.Anyhow,the Lion Dance tradition has been passed down and practice by Chinese people for more than 1,500 years.Chinese people believe that performance of Lion Dance will bring a good
TOKYO, 1 Feb – A video has been released online purporting to show the beheading of Japanese hostage Kenji Goto by Islamic State militants. The video comes less than a week after news of the beheading of another Japanese man, Haruna Yukawa. Mr Goto, 47, is a well-known freelance journalist and film-maker
PENANG, Jan 31 – Tropfest’s official conversation series, Roughcut, Makes its return to Penang today, bringing with it a host of luminaries and a-list stars from the film industry for a day of talks and candid conversation about creativity. Roughcut is supported by the Motion Picture Association, working together with
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 30 – The government lost in its suit against former Bersih 2.0 co-chairperson Datuk S.Ambiga and 14 of its steering committee over damages that incurred during the Bersih 3.0 rally on April 28, three years ago. In dismissing the suit, High Court judge Datuk John Louis O’Hara ruled
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 30 – The government will ensure that the Malaysian Indian community continues to progress and, at the same time, safeguards its language and culture, said Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak. The prime minister said the Indian community in Malaysia had contributed significantly to the progress of the country
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 30 – Moody’s has affirmed its A3 positive rating outlook for Malaysia, saying the outlook remains positive. Its latest decision is based on the government’s intention to adhere to its fiscal deficit reduction and the economys’s credit strengths. By strengths, it refers to macroeconomic stability, domestic capital market
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 30 – The weatherman has forecast Category One north-easterly winds with speeds of 40 to 50 km per hour and waves as high as 3.5 metres in the waters off Kelantan, Terengganu, Pahang, eastern Johor and Sarawak and the West Coast, Interior and Sandakan divisions of Sabah
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 30 – Maxis today launched MyMaxis App, a customer service app, for its postpaid customers. “With the app, customers can view their account information, access self-service features quickly, download and pay their bills, check data usage and even buy data passes,” it said in a statement today. Maxis
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 30 – The Australian government remains committed to searching for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, its Joint Agency Coordination Centre (JACC) said today. It also gave the assurance that Australia would continue to work collaboratively with the governments of Malaysia and China in the service of the
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 30 – Astro Malaysia Holdings Bhd is expecting to generate RM500 million in annual revenue by 2019 via its new joint-venture home shopping company, Astro GS Shop Sdn Bhd. Sixty per cent owned by Astro Malaysia and 40 per cent by Korea’s GS Home Shopping Incorporated, the company
