BAGAN DATUK, Feb 17 – Visiting his family friend Beh Song Wan is a must for Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi for the Chinese New Year celebration at Taman Desa Bersatu, Hutan Melintang this morning. Beh, 55, who is a close friend of Ahmad Zahid since 27
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 17 – More than 250,000 Chinese tourists are expected to visit Malaysia during this Chinese New Year celebration compared to nearly 200,000 during the celebration last year. Malaysian Inbound Tourism Association (MITA) president Uzaidi Udanis said the association was confident of the arrival of more tourists from China
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 16 – Malaysia has received support from leading European Union (EU) countries over its stand in opposing any discriminatory measures against palm oil. Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Datuk Seri Mah Siew Keong said this was conveyed to him during his just-concluded trip to Europe where he led
KOTA MARUDU, Feb 16 – The top level of the Kota Marudu market where textiles were sold was destroyed in a fire early this morning. Kota Marudu Fire Station Chief Rony Sikawan said an emergency call came through at 3.07am and a team of fire-fighters arrived at the scene which was about
GEORGE TOWN, Feb 16 – About 30,000 guests including politicians and state leaders turned up to Penang Chief Minister Chinese New Year open house at SPICE Arena, here, today. The open house was held from 10am until about 12pm with the present of Penang Governor Tun Dr Abdul Rahman Abbas, Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng and
PUTRAJAYA, Feb 16 – The Election Commission (EC) has decided there is no need for a by-election for the Paya Besar parliamentary seat in Pahang, which fell vacant following the death of its incumbent, Datuk Seri Abdul Manan Ismail. EC chairman, Tan Sri Mohd Hashim Abdullah (pix) said this was in
SHAH ALAM, Feb 16 – The Selangor government has handed over all documents related to the land issues in Ijok to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), said Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali. He said the documents were handed over to the MACC a few months ago following reports lodged
GEORGE TOWN, Feb 16 – The urine and blood samples of two more victims who experienced extreme fatigue and dizziness after drinking a type of pre-mixed coffee were found positive for syabu. Penang police chief Datuk A.Thaiveegan said the results were obtained last week but police were still waiting for the
PUTRAJAYA, Feb 15 – Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi today received a courtesy call from four newly-appointed Malaysian envoys at his office in Perdana Putra Building here today. They were Malaysian High Commissioner-designate to South Africa Mohamad Nizan Mohamad, Malaysian Ambassador-designate to Poland Chitra Devi V.Ramiah, Malaysian
GEORGE TOWN, Feb 15 – It was a pleasant picture of pressmen across the mediascape enjoying a night of merrymaking, taking a break from their usual pursuit of news stories. With pens and papers down, some 300 media members were busy engaging in incessant chatters and clinking wine glasses, a gathering
KUALA TERENGGANU, Feb 14 – The Ministry of Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism (KPDNKK) office in Terengganu crippled an online business scam involving fake Adidas branded products. Its director Saharuddin Mad Kia said the operation conducted yesterday was based on information from a purchaser who found he was deceived after purchasing
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 14 – Several areas in Shah Alam and Klang are experiencing temporary water supply disruption and low water pressure. Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor Sdn Bhd (Syabas) in a statement said the areas involved were Section 16 to 20 as well as Section 23 to 25 in Shah Alam and
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 13 – There will no more open car park in the federal capital in 20 years as the city will be transformed into a green area with micro housing and pocket parks or urban jungles. Director of Knowledge Management and Advisory of Urban Wellbeing Centre of Excellence (Urbanice) Malaysia,
SEREMBAN, Feb 13 – The Negri Sembilan government, together with the state MCA and Gerakan, are holding an open house in conjunction with the Chinese New Year (CNY) celebration at the Seremban Municipal Council Hall (MPS) here this Friday (Feb 16). State MCA chairman Datuk Seri Dr Lim Chin Fui said
KAMPAR, Feb 13 – Five individuals, including two women selling an array of 32 types of firecrackers and fireworks in the form of hampers were detained by police in two separate locations in Jalan Eu Kong near Gopeng, here yesterday. Kampar district police chief Supt Ng Kong Soon said police on
KUANTAN, Feb 13 – Paya Besar Member of Parliament Datuk Seri Abdul Manan Ismail died at his home in Taman Melawati, Kuala Lumpur, at 6.45pm today. He was 70. His brother, Datuk Seri Muhammad Safian said Abdul Manan, who is Paya Besar Umno chief, died after falling in the bathroom. “So far, the
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 13 – The Sessions Court here today dismissed the application by video news portal KiniTV and two of its directors to refer the constitutionality of the two charges against them to the High Court. Judge Zaman Mohd Noor made the ruling after finding that the charges faced by
KOTA KINABALU, Feb 12 – A couple and their 11-month-old daughter were scalded in a fire which destroyed their house in Kampung Mempias, Jalan Sinua, about 80km from Keningau town last night. The victims were identified as Yesmin Jubilik, 26, who was scalded on the leg, his wife, Petronella Jems, 38,
TOKYO, Feb 12 – NEC Corporation and Tohoku University applied new technologies developed by NEC, which use AI to predict the characteristics of unknown materials, to the joint development of cutting edge thermoelectric conversion technology known as a thermoelectric (TE) device using spin current, and achieved 100 times better thermoelectric
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