KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 18 – More Umno/BN leaders and ministers are sending their children to private and international schools of late, locally or abroad, due to lack of confidence in the national education system. DAP veteran Lim Kit Siang said the phenomenon was worse now than during former Prime Minister Tun Dr
KUALA TERENGGANU, Nov 18 – The number of flood victims in this area increased when five family again in Gong Badak moved to evacuation centers, up to 2 hours this afternoon. It involves the transfer of 17 people, bringing the total flood victims in Terengganu increased to 55 people. Five
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 18 – Malaysians have been warned against accepting wholesale leaked satellite pictures allegedly showing a Ukrainian fighter jet firing at Malaysian Airlines flight MH17. Channel News Asia reported Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein as saying the public should question the contents of the satellite photos released by
ASTANA, Nov 18 – Tourism Malaysia’s new office in Almaty, Kazakhstan, which will also serve as a branch office of the Malaysian Embassy, is expected to be officially opened early next year. Malaysian Ambassador to Kazakhstan Datuk Hidayat Abdul Hamid said the tourism authorities decided to set up an office in
PETALING JAYA, Nov 18 – The road bully who spat on the windscreen, damaged the wiper and bent the side mirror of a woman motorist along the Subang Jaya USJ — Shah Alam stretch yesterday has been detained by police. It is learned that the man was detained about midnight at
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 18 – AirAsia X Bhd was the most active stock this morning, declining three sen to 71.5 sen as at 9.46 am on the back of news that the airline as in greater turbulence due to payment problems. A total of 12.116 million lots changd hands. A news report
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 18 – At 3pm today, there were 352 gainers, 329 losers and 319 counters traded unchanged on the Bursa Malaysia. The FBM-KLCI was at 1,813.59 up 7.11 points, the FBMACE was at 6,452.54 up 114.25 points, and the FBMEmas was at 12,516.07 up 40.10 points. Turnover was
KOREA, Nov 18 – After nearly a year of unprecedented attention given to allegations of widespread abuse and torture within North Korea, one question is being repeatedly asked: When will the international community do anything about it? On Tuesday, a United Nations General Assembly committee is expected to consider a
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 18 – 1. When we became independent in 1957 we had a clear idea about education in Malaysia. We wanted every Malaysian child to go to national schools where the medium of teaching would be the National Language based on the Malay language, the language of indigenous people.
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 18 – The retail price of RON97 petrol will be reduced by 20 sen a litre, from RM2.75/litre to RM2.55/litre throughout the country effective midnight tonight. Deputy Finance Minister Datuk Ahmad Maslan confirmed the matter on his Twitter account Tuesday. A copy of the letter to the effect sent
KOTA KINABALU, Nov 18 – Umno Supreme Council member Datuk Seri Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim headed the list of 375 recipients of state honours and awards from Sabah Yang Dipertua Negeri, Tun Juhar Mahiruddin at the Banquet Hall, State Legislative Assembly Building, here today in conjunction with his 61st birthday
NAIROBI, Nov 18 – Kenyans took to the streets of Nairobi on Monday to send a message to men: Stop attacking women because of the way they dress. The protests followed the latest incident of a woman stripped naked in the capital by a group of men who accused her
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 18 – Searchers for missing flight MH370 remain optimistic that the latest phase, focusing on a new area farther south-west, will locate the wreckage and give families of the 239 passengers and crew members on board the plane a sense of closure. According to Judith Zielke, chief coordinator of
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 18 – A landslide, caused by heavy rain, forced the closure of the Km 4.2 heading towards Genting Highlands earlier this morning. It is understood that the midnight downpour had caused the soil on the slope to loosen. The fallen soil, however, buried a patrol car which
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 18 – Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) will look at the future prospects of the global economy, alongside the current recession in Japan, before adjusting monetary policy to support the country’s economic growth, said its Governor, Tan Sri Dr Zeti Akhtar Aziz. “Monetary policy is forward looking. So, we
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 18 – Malaysia will share intelligence with the United States (US) Marine Corps Forces to combat the ‘so-called IS militant group’s threat’ in this region. Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein said Malaysia and Asean nations could not take such threats for granted. “The US experience in dealing with
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 18 – The National Land Council (MTN) today agreed that the minimum price of the property to be purchased by foreigners increased from RM500,000 to RM1 million per unit. In a meeting chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin today, MTN agreed that the Guidelines
GEORGETOWN, Nov 18 – Barely one week after Penang crushed any hope for 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) to build profit-making luxury properties in Ayer Itam, the state government now wants to meet the sovereign wealth fund on its plans for the 234 acres of land there. Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 18 – THE government will share the pros and cons of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) at Parliament before it decides on signing the trade partnership, International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed said. He said a cost-benefit analysis on Malaysia’s involvement in the TPPA was
HONG KONG, Nov 16 – A Hong Kong court notice ordering the eviction of democracy demonstrators from parts of the main protest site they have occupied for seven weeks has been published in leading newspapers, the first such public circular that empowers authorities to start clearing rally sites. Protesters have been
