HONG KONG, Oct 21 – Hong Kong’s Beijing-backed leader Leung Chun-ying told media that if the government met pro-democracy protesters’ demands it would result in the city’s poorer people dominating elections. In an interview with foreign media, carried in the Wall Street Journal and International New York Times, the embattled chief executive reiterated his
SEATTLE, Oct 21 – Microsoft Corp’s new Chief Executive Satya Nadella has become one the technology industry’s biggest earners, with a total compensation package worth $84.3 million (Rs 514.23 crore, $1 = Rs 61) this year, according to a document filed with securities regulators on Monday. The outsize number is mostly
SHAH ALAM, Oct 21 – In the true spirit of 1Malaysia, five non-Indian staff of SkyPark Subang Terminal helped to create the traditional ‘rangoli’ motif (kolam) at the entrance of the Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in conjunction with Deepavali Wednesday. Subang SkyPark group corporate communications manager Sreekala Nambiar said it
BANGKOK, Oct 20 – Thailand today celebrated its National World Food Day with performances, demonstrations and exhibits honouring the important contribution to food security by smallholders and family farmers in this major Asian agriculture producing nation. In recognition of this year’s World Food Day theme, “Feeding the World, Caring for the Earth,”
LONDON, Oct 20 – The world’s third largest retailer, Tesco, will state next week that it overestimated earnings by less than the £250 million (RM1.3 billion) which it previously announced, Sky news reported on Saturday, citing a banking source. Sky said on its website when the group reports its delayed
PUTRAJAYA, Oct 20 – Malaysians need to stop eating excessively and start eating healthy, says Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr S. Subramaniam. He said this change was necessary as the community now faced a list of diseases which threaten their health. “We must become a calorie conscious society. That means every time we
Hong Kong, Oct 20 – Hong Kong’s embattled chief executive has said the city’s pro-democracy movement is “out of hand” and being influenced by “external forces” from outside the city. In a television interview with a local station that aired Sunday, C.Y. Leung said the protests, which have lasted more than
PUTRAJAYA, Oct 20 – The Federal Court has allowed Youth and Sports Minister Khairy Jamaluddin to appeal against a lower court ruling that previously rejected his bid to defend himself in a RM100 million defamation suit by citing Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s Sodomy II conviction. Khairy’s lawyer Tan
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 20 – The Bukit Aman Special Tactical Intelligence Narcotics Group (STING) seized eight packets of syabu or methamphetamine weighing 37.3kg valued at RM4 million that was smuggled into the country through the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) cargo terminal, yesterday. Bukit Aman Narcotics CID director, Datuk Seri Noor Rashid
CANADA, Oct 20 – The need to protect wild baby salmon was key in the delay in a study by the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEAA) on whether to approve the Petronas-led Pacific NorthWest LNG’s proposed US$11 billion (RM36 billion) export terminal, reported The Globe and Mail. The Canadian newspaper reported that
GEORGETOWN, Oct 20 – Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Nancy Shukri cannot run and hide from her responsibility over the Datuk Ibrahim Ali Bible-burning controversy, DAP said. Secretary-general Lim Guan Eng took the embattled de facto law minister to task today for saying she had only read out the decision
BUSAN, Oct 20 – The main challenge in growing the digital economy is no longer the infrastructure, but the development of a country’s workforce and its capability to maximise that infrastructure, said Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Shabery Cheek. He made this point when addressing delegates from 52
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 20 – A 13-year-old boy with dyslexia has filed a suit against the director of the Malaysian Examinations Board and the government for negligence in the handling of this year’s Primary School Achievement Test (UPSR) examination papers, some of which he had to resit. K. Mangala Bhavani filed the
AFRICAN, Oct 20 – It’s been 42 days since the last new case. The World Health Organization declared Nigeria free of Ebola on Monday, a containment victory in an outbreak that has stymied other countries’ response efforts. The milestone came at about 11 a.m. local time, or 6 a.m., E.T. The
SHAH ALAM, Oct 20 – Selangor Menteri Besar Azmin Ali has urged the Energy, Green Technology and Water Ministry (KeTTHA) to clarify the advise of the Attorney-General’s office about revealing the water agreement to the public. According to Azmin, revealing the agreement to the public should be allowed because it did not
As promised, Apple has released its iOS 8.1 update, which brings back the much-missed Camera Roll, enables Apple Pay on iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus devices and adds support for sending text messages from your Mac. With iOS 8.1, you can test the iCloud Photo Library beta. You can find the 117MB download
JAKARTA, Oct 19 – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak arrived here Sunday afternoon to attend the swearing-in of Joko Widodo as Indonesia’s new president here tomorrow. The special aircraft carrying Najib, who was also accompanied by his wife, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, landed at the Halim Perdanakusuma airport here at
GEORGE TOWN, Oct 19 – Two fishermen feared drowned after a boat is believed to have sunk in the waters near Pantai Jerejak, here, just now. Small boat carrying two men believed to have sunk after a leak while fishing around 2.50pm yesterday. Region Marine Police Commander (1) Penang, Assistant
HONG KONG, Oct 19 – Assault by the police on Friday cleared “dismantle” the temple of Mong Kok, to reproduce the assembly area at night, adjourned incense. At 9 pm, the center is located in the Outer Banks Nathan street, nickname “Hobbit” rallies people, remove wooden tables, for the fruit and
PUTRAJAYA, Oct 19 – Education is a basic human right in shaping the future and producing holistic individuals with the right values, competency and skills, said the Education Ministry’s secretary-general Tan Sri Dr Madinah Mohamad. Emphasising that education was vital in shaping the future of a society, she said it was imperative
