SHAH ALAM, April 7 – The Sultan of Selangor, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah, Monday expressed his sympathy over the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines (MAS) Flight MH370 that is believed to have ended in the southern Indian Ocean. He said that though the search for the missing plane was still ongoing, he
PUTRAJAYA, April 7 – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak had a four-eye meeting with his Singaporean counterpart, Lee Hsien Loong in conjunction with the fifth Malaysia-Singapore Leaders’ Retreat at the Prime Minister’s Office, Perdana Putra Building, here Monday. Later both prime ministers will attend a delegation meeting before holding
PERTH, April 7 – The search for a missing Malaysian airliner entered its 31st day today, with 12 aircraft and 14 ships expected to scour an area of 234,000 sq km in the southern Indian Ocean. The search teams are expected to follow up on the pulse signal detected thrice by
KUALA LUMPUR, April 7 – Developing a new technology to continuously facilitate transmission of flight data, including those from the black box, to a data centre on the ground is not an impossible task. Noting that the idea had already been developed by some international researchers, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM)’s Office
KUALA LUMPUR, April 7 – Following is the chronology of the missing Malaysia Airlines (MAS) Flight MH370 : * March 8 – Flight MH370, carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew, left the KL International Airport at 12.41am and disappeared from radar screens about an hour later while over the South China
NEW DELHI, April 6 – World number one Datuk Lee Chong Wei won the men’s single title for the second consecutive year at the Yonex Sunrise-BWF Metlife India Open Super Series badminton championships here Sunday. He beat China’s Chen Long 21-13, 21-17.
NEW DELHI, April 6 – World No 1 men’s singles shuttler Datuk Lee Chong Wei dedicated his second consecutive India Open victory to his son Kingston Lee, who will be turning one on April 12. He beat world number two, China’s Chen Long 21-13, 21-17 at the Yonex Sunrise-BWF Metlife India
PUTRAJAYA, April 6 – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak Sunday night hosted an official dinner in honour of Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and wife, Ho Ching, at the River Cruise Tasik here. Also present was Najib’s wife, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor. Lee and his delegation were here on
KUALA LUMPUR, April 6 – The 2013 Auditor-General’s First Series Report on the federal government, federal statutory bodies and state governments will be tabled in Parliament Monday. According to a statement by the Auditor-General today, an audit of the performance of 54 departments and 19 administrative audits of government-linked companies at
PERTH, April 6 – Another pulse signal was detected in the southern Indian Ocean Sunday by Australian Defence Vessel (ADV) Ocean Shield while searching for the missing Malaysia Airlines (MAS) flight MH370. Earlier a Chinese ship, Haixun 01, detected two short pulse signals also known as acoustic signal 36 hours ago
PERTH, April 6 – As the search for a missing Malaysian airliner entered its 30th day Sunday, the Australian Joint Agency Coordination Centre (JACC) said it could not as yet confirm that a pulse signal detected in the southern Indian Ocean by a Chinese vessel came from the Malaysia Airlines
KUALA LUMPUR, April 6 – Ten people are feared lost while hiking on Gunung Tok Wan, Bukit Broga here, Saturday morning. Selangor Fire and Rescue Department operations assistant director, Mohd Sani Harul, said they were reported missing at about 11.54 am. “On receiving a phone call, the fire brigade rushed to the
KUALA LUMPUR, April 5 – An independent investigation team comprising an airworthiness group, operations group and a medical and human factors group, will be set up to investigate the disappearance of the Malaysia Airlines (MAS) flight MH370. Acting Transport Minister, Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein said Malaysia will appoint an independent
BANGKOK, April 5 – Thousands of government supporters from United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) or the Red Shirts gathered on a main road at the outskirt of Bangkok to begin a rally in support of embattled caretaker government of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. The a three-day rally in western
KUALA LUMPUR, April 5 – The Chinese patrol vessel Haixun 01, which is searching for the missing Malaysian Airline (MAS) Flight MH370, detected a pulse signal in southern Indian Ocean waters Saturday. China news agency Xinhua in its online news, xinhua.com said the vessel detected a pulse signal with a frequency
KUALA LUMPUR, April 5 – Acting Transport Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein said investigation on the crew members of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 was still ongoing and nobody has been cleared. “I don’t think anybody has been cleared from any investigation. As far as the manifest list, it include the
HANOI, April 5 – Twenty-five countries are helping Malaysia in the search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 because of the goodwill and strong relationships that Malaysia has with them, said Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak. The Prime Minister said the countries were willing to commit themselves to the search operation
PERTH, April 4 – The search for a vanished Malaysian airliner in the southern Indian Ocean went submarine (underwater) today, to scour the treacherous waters to hunt for the black box ‘pinger’ of Malaysia Airlines MH370. Nevertheless, the aerial search for the Boeing 777-200ER was still ongoing, said Joint Agencies Coordination
KUALA LUMPUR, April 4 – In the wake of the missing Malaysia Airlines (MAS) plane tragedy, Malaysia will host the aviation industry ICT experts’ meeting next month to find ways to enable black box information be channelled directly to the earth data centre base. Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) chairman
KUALA LUMPUR, April 4 – The local media should be proactive in repelling all negative and inaccurate reports by the foreign media regarding the Malaysia Airlines (MAS) flight MH370 missing since March 8, said Malay Consultative Council (MPM) secretary-general, Datuk Dr Hasan Mad. He said the move was essential to protect
