KOTA KINABALU, Nov 16 – The ePerolehan (ePC) Centre at the Urban Transformation Centre (UTC) Sabah here, will offer companies registration services for the Goods and Service Tax (GST). Suriati Mohd Said, Deputy President, Corporate Communications and Marketing, Commerce Dot Com Sdn Bhd, Said the ePC will offer the service
BERA, Nov 16 – The government aims to produce about 50 percent of the country’s food supply needs including meat, by 2020, said Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob. Last year, the country’s beef and buffalo meat production was 54,000 metric tonnes which could only meet 30
LENGGONG, Nov 16 – The National Higher Education Fund Corporation’s (PTPTN) decision to cut its loan amount by five and 15 percent, will only affect approximately 200,000 students who receive the loan from Nov 1, 2014, PTPTN chairman Datuk Shamsul Anuar Nasarah said. As such, he said some 400,000 existing PTPTN borrowers,
GEORGE TOWN, Nov 16 – Penang UMNO denied if the Penang state government’s intention to continue to raise taxes in this country. Umno liaison chairman Datuk Zainal Abidin Osman, said the increase would burden the people as a whole because of the need to pay high taxes due to the
NUSAJAYA, Nov 16 – Government hospitals in Johor are prepared to treat and have quarantine procedures to suspected Ebola cases here. Johor Health and Environment Committee chairman Datuk Ayub Rahmat said medical officers in the state are also competent in treating Ebola-related symptoms such as fever, headache, muscle ache, vomiting,
KOTA KINABALU, Nov 16 – Stateless children in Sabah will not be given birth certificates, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said today, amid state leaders’ fears that the move would see them granted automatic citizenship. Najib said that the offspring of stateless individuals in Sabah would be given a
GEORGE TOWN, Nov 16 – A hop-on-hop-off double-decker bus service is set to become the latest tourist attraction in Penang with its launching Sunday. Elang Wah Sdn Bhd managing director Syed Azhar Syed Nadzir said Penang was picked for the service after Kuala Lumpur because it had suitable attractions and connectivity. “We
GEORGETOWN, Nov 16 – Kenyan runners once again dominated the 2014 Asics Penang International Bridge Marathon by sweeping the top three positions in the men’s and women’s open categories. Alex Melly clinched the men’s open title after finishing the gruelling race in two hours 19 minutes, followed by Hosea (2’21:24.2s) and Joseph Kiio
GEORGETOWN, Nov 14 – The Penang DAP government has denied that it had agreed to change the Voluntary Patrolling Unit (PPS) to the community policing unit. Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng said the state government had never held a meeting with the Home Ministry on the PPS issue after the unit was
TORONTO Nov 14 – BlackBerry announced partnerships with Samsung Electronics Co and other high-profile tech players on Thursday, broadening the reach of its new mobile-device management and security platform, and sending its shares 7% higher. BlackBerry and Samsung, the world’s No. 1 smartphone maker, will offer a “highly secure mobility solution” for
The US government warned iPhone and iPad users to be on the alert for hackers who may exploit a vulnerability in Apple Inc’s iOS operating system that would enable them to steal sensitive data. There was the potential for hacks using a newly identified technique known as the “Masque Attack,”
NAY PYI TAW, Nov 14 – Japan expressed a desire to participate in international bidding process speed train project between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore. Japan’s intention was conveyed to the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Razak by his counterpart, Shinzo Abe at the bilateral meeting between the two leaders on
SHANGHAI, Nov 14 – Malaysia’s tourism sector is expected to register a positive growth in Chinese tourist arrivals in the last quarter of the year due to year-end holiday season and the increased confidence of the Chinese people. While acknowledging Malaysia’s tourism had been hit hard since the disappearance of flight
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 14 – The number of companies registered for the Goods and Services Tax (GST) stood at 141,494 as of Nov 13, 2014, up by 2,316 from the previous day, said the Royal Malaysian Customs Department. In a statement Friday, the departement said the data showed a continuing increase
UNITED STATES, Nov 14 – A surgeon infected with Ebola will be transported from Sierra Leone to The Nebraska Medical Center for treatment, a U.S. government official familiar with the situation said. The doctor, a Sierra Leone national and legal permanent resident of the United States, is expected to arrive this
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 14 – The Selangor Menteri Besar thanked Sultan of Selangor Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah for “his foresight and initiative” in seeking the best way to resolve the seized Bibles issue. In a press statement, Mohamed Azmin Ali also commended the Selangor Islamic Religious Council (Mais) and the Association
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 14 – Scheduled water supply will be implemented in 27 areas in Petaling on Nov 26 (Wednesday) from 9 am to 9 pm. Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor Sdn Bhd (Syabas) in a statement today said the measure was necessary following upgrading of water supply system works at Kolam Talu,
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 14 – PKR vice-president Chua Tian Chang or better known as Tian Chua was freed by the Sessions Court over a sedition charge pertaining to UMNO’s involvement in the Lahad Datu intrusion March last year. Judge Norsharidah Awang acquitted and discharged Chua, 51, without calling him to
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 14 – Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad stressed the need for Islamic scholars and thinkers to unite in an intellectual way in a bid to set their ‘political fiqh’ thoughts free from the foulness of dictatorship. The former prime minister on Thursday said the scholars and thinkers should do so
WASHINGTON, Nov 14 – Organizational confusion, gaps in training, a series of communication failures and more allowed Omar Gonzalez to jump a fence and enter the White House in a September incident that led to the Secret Service director’s resignation. The Department of Homeland Security published an in-depth review of the
