KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 15 – Malaysia Airlines System Bhd (MAS) will hold an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) on November 6 for minority shareholders to decide on a buyout proposal from Khazanah Nasional. Bernama reported today that the minority shareholders, who currently hold a 30.63% stake in the company, can exercise their
GEORGE TOWN, Oct 15 – The Penang state government will continue efforts to overcome flash floods by upgrading the drainage systems in Jalan Transfer, Jalan Hutton and surrounding areas. State Local Government, Traffic Management and Flood Mitigation committee chairman Chow Kon Yeow said the state government planned to boost the capacity of
GEORGE TOWN, Oct 15 – A group of Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) researchers have designed a fuel-saving device which can reduce the use of petrol and diesel by up to 45 per cent. Head researcher of Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Assoc Prof Dr Soib Taib said
SYDNEY, Oct 15 – Australian authorities have released their first update on the latest underwater probe for missing flight MH370, saying more than 670 square kilometres had been searched without success. The Malaysia Airlines aircraft carrying 239 people vanished en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8 and
HONG KONG, Oct 15 – Civic Party members Chen Jian Chao, on Wednesday morning when the police executed the Lung Wo Road clearance operation, he was assaulted by the official police when his hands were tied up with a rope. Amnesty International said the police beatings must accept legal sanctions. Amnesty International
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 15 – Private institutions of higher learning (IPTS) are not ready to implement a higher Malaysian University English Test (MUET) score as entry requirement into university. Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said although the government wanted to standardise the raise in entry requirement, however, they must take
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 15 – Malaysia is intensifying negotiations with the Ukrainian government and separatist group to allow the investigation team to re-enter the Malaysia Airlines (MAS) flight MH17 crash site in eastern Ukraine before the onset of the winter season. Transport Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai told the Dewan Rakyat
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 15 – Police arrested 13 people who were planning to join the Islamic State terrorist group during a raid in Shah Alam, near here, last night. Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar said the men and women were nabbed by a team of Special Branch’s
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 14 – States leading consumer media, Astro Malaysia and Moving Visuals International (MVI), based in Singapore signed a cooperation agreement to launch a documentary channel – Spark Asia. High definition channels is expected to start airing in the first half of 2015. The contents will cover genres
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 14 – Clean water supply in the federal capital and Selangor which faced an unscheduled disruption due to contamination in Sungai Selangor on Saturday has been 97.4 per cent restored as of 9am Tuesday. Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor Sdn Bhd (Syabas) assistant general manager (Corporate Communication and Public
KUALA LUMPUR, OCT 14 – After a 216-day search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, Chinese vessel Haixun 01 returned to its base port in Shanghai on Sunday. Known for its breakthrough in China’s maritime search and rescue work, the ship was tasked to scour areas that included the Straits of Malacca,
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 14 – An odd-job worker angered by the recent fuel subsidy cut is now in hot water over a photo of him holding a slipper against the face of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak on a poster. M. Krishnan, 58, was arrested by police on Saturday at
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 14 – The government is constantly watching out for militant ideologies and extremism in the country, stressed Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak. The Prime Minister said this included on those involved in militant activities in Syria and Iraq and also the Islamic State (IS). “And as we know, arrests have been
ALOR SETAR, Oct 14 – At least 15 homes in two locations respectively in Pendang and Kuala Kedah reportedly damaged after the tornado hit, this afternoon. Scene about 4 pm, also caused a school in Alor Besar in Pendang are affected when the building’s roof and damaged the computer lab
GERMANY, Oct 14 – A United Nations medical worker who was infected with Ebola while working in Liberia has died in Germany. His death further raises questions of just how equipped health officials are in dealing with the disease. The 56-year-old man was Sudanese, a spokesman for the St. Georg hospital
KOTA KINABALU, Oct 14 – The shortage of water supply to the residents of Kota Kinabalu City, Penampang and Putatan districts since Oct 7, will be back to normal, Tuesday, said Sabah Water Department Director, Ag Mohd Tahir Mohd Talib. He said water pressure to the affected areas would also be normalised
CYBERJAYA, Oct 14 – Judging by how global sugar prices have fallen sharply in recent months, the commodity should now be cheaper in Malaysia. This was confirmed today by Deputy Finance Minister I Datuk Ahmad Maslan after a briefing at the Inland Revenue Board headquarters here on new taxes proposed last
JOHOR BARU, Oct 14 – An oversized billboard placed on the metal roof of a pedestrian bridge had probably contributed to it being blown off on Sunday afternoon. Two professors from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) said yesterday they believed the incident, attributed to the “torsion effect, caused the metal roof
IPOH, Oct 14 – The father of Perak Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir has passed away. Abdul Kadir Muhammad, 73, succumbed to a heart attack at 1.10 am this morning at Hospital Desa Pangkor, Pulau Pangkor. A statement from the Menteri Besar’s Office said the deceased would be buried at
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 14 – Lim Kit Siang should refer to his son’s actions before accusing the Prime Minister of secretly advocating a “you help me, I help you” policy, MCA advised. MCA Penang State Liaison Committee deputy chairman Tan Teik Cheng in a statement said Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan
