KUALA LUMPUR, May 11 – Fruit retail chain operator, MBG Fruits Sdn Bhd (MBG) aims to multiply revenue to RM123 million in the next three years. Its Managing Director Adnan Lee Chong Fatt Abdullah said the target to double revenue would be made possible by having more outlets through the company’s
KUALA LUMPUR, May 11 – Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has reassured Malaysians that the country stands to gain from an expanded market base by joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) as the current 12 countries negotiating the pact will potentially increase to 20 in time to come. The Prime Minister
PUTRAJAYA, May 10 – Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin called on all Malaysians to sustain healthy lifestyle in a bid to produce healthy human capital. He said being able to sustain a good health and fitness level would lead to a happy life. “Our high level of education, positions, properties
SINGAPORE, May 10 – Singapore authorities have seized 2.2kg of drugs worth about S$170,000 and arrested seven people, including a Malaysian national. A joint-statement issued by the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) and the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) today, stated that the Malaysian man driving a Malaysia-registered car was stopped by
GEORGE TOWN, May 10 – The media centre for the Bukit Gelugor parliamentary by-election run by the Ministry of Communications and Multimedia has started operations Saturday The ministry’s Principal Assistant Secretary (Media Coordination Division), Suwadi Guliling said the centre, located at the MARA Building, Weld Quay, would play a relations role and
KUALA LUMPUR, May 10 – A man was killed while five others were injured when shot at close range in Jalan Ipoh, early Saturday morning. Sentul District Police chief ACP Zakaria Pagan said they were eating at a restaurant when a man in a Perodua Myvi approached them at 4.30am. “The suspect
GEORGE TOWN, May 10 – The Federal Agricultural Marketing Authority (FAMA) plans to widen the Mosque Farmers’ Market programme throughout the country following the launch of the first one at Bandar Baru Air Itam Mosque, here. FAMA chairman, Tan Sri Badruddin Amiruldin said that according to plans, the mosque farmers’ market
KUALA LUMPUR, May 9 – The Defence Ministry will table a proposal on the implementation of the sea-basing system before the Cabinet as soon as possible in an effort to strengthen security off Sabah waters. Its minister, Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein said the sea-basing system entailed deployment of military assets
TAIPING, May 9 – The Counter Terrorism Division of the Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM) continues to hunt down fugitive militants hiding in this country. Home Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said the hunt for the militants is to ensure that Malaysia does not become a training ground for militant
RANKFURT, May 9 – The Frankfurt Office of the Malaysia Industrial Development Authority (MIDA) was instrumental recently in nudging three Belgian companies to either invest in projects or further strengthen their existing presence by increasing their investment in Malaysia. Belgium and Netherlands, besides Germany, are part of the jurisdiction served by
GERIK, May 9 – The visit to the Belum-Temenggor Rain Forest by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and wife, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, provides the couple with an opportunity to experience the culture of the Orang Asli community there. After opening Phase two of the Belum Rainforest Resort, Najib
KUALA LUMPUR, May 9 – The Federal Territory Islamic Religious Council’s Zakat Collection Centre (PPZ-MAIWP) targets to increase zakat collection from salary deduction to RM313 million this year from RM270.41 million in 2013. General Manager of Operations Mohammed Hassan said for the first quarter of 2014 covering January through March, PPZ-MAIWP
KUALA LUMPUR, May 9 – A strong earthquake, measuring 6.6 on the Richter scale, hit Guerrero in Mexico at 1am Friday. The Malaysian Meteorological Department, in a statement issued here, said the earthquake’s epicentre is at 240km east west of Mexico City, Mexico, and 15,031km north-east of Sandakan, Sabah. However, the quake
NILAI, May 9 – The ranking of local universities at the international level is not the main consideration in accelerating the country’s higher education towards excellency, Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said Friday. He said this was because most of the criteria and the yardstick used to gauge the
GEORGE TOWN, May 9 – A headless body of man, from the waist to the calf, was found floating at Pantai Ocean View, Bandar Sri Pinang, here Thursday. An identity card belonging to S.Moneymaran, 50, of 13-1B Block 4E Jalan Semarak Api 1, Bandar Baru Ayer Itam , was found on
NEW YORK, May 8 – Speaking on the “Korean Peninsula and Peaceful Reunification Diplomacy” at the International Peace Institute in New York on Tuesday, visiting South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se said that his country actively pursued the goal of unification with North Korea. “Germany was reunited in 1990 and a
TAIPING, May 8 – Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, Thursday spoke of the need for tighter enforcement of security in the Eastern SabahSecurity Command (ESSCom) and the provision of a monitored passage for entry and exit in the waters off Sabah. The Prime Minister said people using the passage would have
KUALA LUMPUR, May 8 – Malaysia Airlines (MAS) and its low cost carrier, Firefly, have issued a warning of a travel package scam in the market. In a statement today the airlines said Musflyz Privilege, a local travel agent, not affiliated to either MAS or Firefly, was offering travel packages branded as “Masflyz”. The
KUALA LUMPUR, May 8 – The UMNO General Assembly which was scheduled for the end of October, will instead be held from Nov 25 to 29. Party secretary-general Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor, Thursday said the five-day assembly would start with the delivery of the President’s Message on Nov 25,
BANGKOK, May 8 – The media covering the ongoing political conflict in Thailand have increasingly become the target of harassment although many incidents affecting them have gone unreported. In recent months, some local and foreign journalists have chosen not to report attacks on them and acts of intimidation in the hope
