GEORGE TOWN, Sept 3 ― Developer Aspen Vision Land, IKEA franchisee Ikano Pte Ltd and the Penang Development Corporation (PDC) have entered an agreement for a RM8 billion integrated development in Batu Kawan that will be built around the Swedish furniture icon. The massive project will be headlined by a
Apple today released the seventh developer preview of OS X Yosemite bringing the latest build to 14A343f. The previous developer preview (build 14A329f) was released two weeks ago. Xcode 6 beta 7 was also released alongside new builds for OS X Server 4.0 Developer Preview and Apple Configurator 1.6 beta 5. If you
China Mobile has started accepting pre-orders for the iPhone 6. Yes, the one that hasn’t been announced yet. Apparently people are excited to finally get a chance to pre-order a phone they know nothing about, too, given that over 33,000 have reportedly already taken advantage of the offer. The carrier is
KOTA KINABALU, Sept 3 – Mysterious lights streaking across in the night sky here Tuesday had Sabahans abuzz in social media, with no one able to give a clear explanation on the incident. Meteorologists, policemen and firemen were unable to explain the pillar-shaped lights that moved across the sky in
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 2 — Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar today urged media practitioners not to pressure the next-of-kin of victims of the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 crash to the extent of causing disharmony. He said media organisations must understand the situation of the families and next-of-kin
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 2 — Fifty-seven years after independence, Malaysia remains a middle-income income nation due to a lack of quality in political and financial institutions, Financial Times (FT) said in its recent beyondbrics blog. Comparing the gross domestic product (GDP) per capita of seven countries which achieved independence from
Kuala Lumpur, September 2 – Maxis Communications Bhd (MCB), the single largest shareholder of Bursa-listed Maxis Bhd, has denied allegations of constricting business environments in India, in order to coerce Siva Ventures Limited (SVL) to sell Aircel Limited (Aircel) to it. MCB said in a press statement today that it
Cyberjaya, September 2 – A new policy is to be implemented making English a compulsory subject, besides Bahasa Malaysia, for students to pass at Malaysia’s public universities. Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin (pic), who is also the Education Minister, said he had discussed the matter with Prime Minister
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 1 ― After their Merdeka crackdown on members of the Penang Volunteer Patrol Unit (PPS), the police will shift their crosshairs on PAS’ Unit Amal corp, a senior minister said today. Home Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said he was confident the police are already in
SEREMBAN, SEP 2 – The ashes of Captain Eugene Choo Jin Leong, one of the Malaysia Airlines (MAS) Flight MH17 pilots, will be at his residence at Sri Carcosa near here until Thursday for family members and friends to pay their last respect. A representative of Choo’s family, Jacob Lim, 44, said
BAYAN LEPAS, Sep 2 – MH17 remains of the victims has arrived back home. The third contains seven Malaysian nationals and two Dutch nationals MH17 bodies of the victims, arrived this morning 8:25 KLIA big red lounge. This morning it began to drizzle, the General Assembly declared 8:58 start one
KUALA LUMPUR, Sep 2 – The commotion occurred during the arrival of three deceased MH17 passengers, a pair of Paul Goes, the Dutchman and his wife, Subashni Jretnam, and their children, Kaelamayajay Goes at Nirvana Memorial Centre, Sungai Besi, Kuala Lumpur. It occurs when one member of the family, suddenly attacked
156 Volunteer Patrol Penang (PPS) was arrested on 31 May 2014. They had been fully released on bail on 1st September 2014 at 10:20pm only after the police summoned two people back to the police station, was detained by the police grounds no record to the mouth of supply and
GEORGE TOWN, Sept 1, 2014 – Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng has challenged Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar to a debate on the Voluntary Patrol Team (PPS), if the latter thinks he’s in the right. “If he thinks he’s right in instructing for the arrest of the
GEORGETOWN, Aug 24 – Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng was the latest Malaysian to take up the ice bucket challenge today to help create awareness of Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), better known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease. Lim’s wife Betty Chew poured the freezing cold water on him, after he launched
Kiev, July 21 – The first Malaysian investigators to access the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crash ste has been confirmed. There has been a delay in getting international investigators, rescuers and forensic experts to the region after the Boeing 777 aircraft went down near the town of Grabovo, in the Donetsk
KUALA LUMPUR, July 22 – United States President Barack Obama spoke from the White House tonight, where he also addressed the tragedy of Malaysia Airlines (MAS) MH17 which was suspected to have been shot down over Ukrainian airspace on Thursday night. Obama also shared the same conviction with Prime Minister Datuk
KUALA LUMPUR , July 21 – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib tonight said the 282 bodies recovered from the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crash site will be sent to the Netherlands for further investigations before the remains of the Malaysians are brought home. He also announced that the Ukrainians had agreed
PETALING JAYA, July 19 – Looters are reported to have descended on the Ukrainian field where Malaysia Airlines (MAS) flight MH17 crashed last Thursday and ransacked victims’ possessions. According to witnesses, many pieces of luggage that were pulled from the charred crime scene had already been opened and rifled through, USA
PETALING JAYA, July 19 – Malaysia Airlines (MAS) will waive any change fees for passengers intending to make amendments to their flight itineraries to any MH destination, the carrier said Saturday. It added that passengers who wish to postpone or cancel travel plans can obtain a refund, including for non-refundable
