SEPANG, April 30 – Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2 (klia2) is safe for operation and has fulfilled all international standards as required, says acting Transport Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein. He said this was based on the assurance given by international expert bodies including the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO)
SUBANG, April 30 – The daily, 10-hour duration set for the operation to locate the vanished Malaysia Airlines (MAS) Flight MH370 aircraft was an arduous task for the crew of the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) C-130 Hercules aircraft. However, the crew of the aircraft which departed for the Pearce Royal
KUALA LUMPUR, April 30 – Share prices on Bursa Malaysia opened marginally higher amid cautious trading over the outcome of the US Federal Open Market Committee meeting. At 9:28 am, the benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) was 1.32 points better at 1,860.66 points after opening 0.62 point lower at
KUALA LUMPUR, April 30 – The Dewan Negara created history Tuesday when the sitting lasted until past midnight to enable all matters at hand to be resolved. This is the second time that Parliament faced such a situation after the Dewan Rakyat sitting was adjourned at 3.22 am on April 20,
REMBAU, April 30 – Youth and Sports Minister Khairy Jamaluddin today said that he saw great chemistry between the United States (US) President Barack Obama and Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak throughout the former’s three-day visit to Malaysia last week. Khairy, who is the president’s minister-in-attendance for the
PETALING JAYA, April 29 – Astro (M) Holdings Bhd, the official broadcaster of the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil, anticipates 300,000 downloads solely for its Astro Go 2014 FIFA World Cup application by the public. Astro Go 2014 FIFA World Cup application is an application where football pass holders can watch
KUALA LUMPUR, April 29 – Petronas unit, Progress Energy Canada Ltd and Pacific Northwest LNG have signed transaction agreements with China Petrochemical Corporation (SINOPEC) for the Canadian LNG project. In a statement here Tuesday, Petronas said SINOPEC is now the fourth partner in a consortium of LNG buyers which PETRONAS is
PUTRAJAYA, April 29 – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak says the entrepreneur community must be developed based on “quality ideas, quality people” and not “whom you know.” “It is not whom or who you know but what you should know. It’s not who, but know-how and know what,” he
KUALA LUMPUR, April 29 – The Integrity Commitment Report 2009-2013 which details the progress of the National Integrity Plan (NIP) in the past five years will be tabled at the cabinet meeting tomorrow. Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, Datuk Paul Low Seng Kuan said after tabling the report, “we will
KUALA LUMPUR, April 29 – Malaysia and its international partners are verifying the credibility of information that the wreckage of missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 plane could possibly be in the Bay of Bengal. Acting Transport Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein said this was in line with Malaysia’s consistent stand
KUALA LUMPUR, April 29 – The usage of 1Malaysia Book Voucher (BB1M) to purchase items other than academic books, journals and magazines will be prohibited from Thursday. According to an Education Ministry statement Tuesday, the measure was taken after it received complaints on the misuse of BB1M to buy non-academic goods. “The
KAJANG, April 29 – Another individual believed to be involved in militant activities was detained in Kuala Lumpur this morning, raising the total number arrested to 10 individuals. Yesterday, nine people including a woman aged between 25 and 26, were arrested by the Counter Terrorism Division, Special Branch, Bukit Aman police,
BANTING, April 28 – The government will enact the National Aviation Policy to accelerate the aviation industry’s growth, Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said. He said the policy would recommend measures to be taken to enhance the aviation ecosystem and the industry’s service network, among them upgrading the existing
KUALA LUMPUR, April 28 – Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) Rembau division chairman Badrul Hisham Shaharin better known as Chegubard and two others were given discharge not amounting to acquittal ((DNAA) by the Sessions Court here Monday from a charge of organising an illegal rally on New Year’s Eve to protest
PUTRAJAYA, April 28 – Board members of the Malaysia-America Foundation paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak here Monday. The meeting at the Prime Minister’s Office lasted 45 minutes. Present at the meeting were the foundation’s co-chairs Tan Sri Dr Munir Majid for Malaysia and James Keith
KUALA LUMPUR, April 28 – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and US President Barack Obama today witnessed the signing of US$2 billion worth of commercial deals between Malaysian and American companies in the aviation, biotechnology and insurance sectors. Speaking at the event, Obama said the close trade and investment
KUALA LUMPUR, April 28 – The Sustainable Energy Development Authority (Seda) is inviting interested parties in Sabah and Labuan Federal Territory to apply for the feed-in approval (FiA) for renewable energy quota allocated for the areas. This follows the recent opening of the Seda office in Kota Kinabalu to provide additional
KUALA LUMPUR, April 28 – Barisan Nasional (BN), especially MCA, once again has to shoulder a heavy responsibility in wooing the Chinese to its side in the Bukit Gelugor by-election on May 25. Based on Penang BN’s electoral seat distribution, the Bukit Gelugor parliamentary constituency is allocated to MCA, and this
KUALA LUMPUR, April 28 – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak today wishes a happy 80th anniversary to the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN). “The navy has served and sacrificed for the country for eight decades. Happy 80th anniversary to our navy servicemen,” he said in his Twitter account Sunday night. The
KUALA LUMPUR, April 28 – United States President Barack Obama said countries in Southeast Asia as well as America should embrace the can-do spirit of the ‘Malaysia Boleh’ mantra, which loosely translates as ‘Malaysia Can Do It’, in forging closer bonds for a brighter future. “I’ve have been only in Malaysia
