JAKARTA, Jan 15 – At least 75 people were injured Monday when a mezzanine floor at Indonesia’s stock exchange building collapsed into the lobby, police said, with victims carried out of the debris-filled building on stretchers. Dramatic CCTV footage showed a group of some 40 visiting students on a balcony section
HONG KONG, Jan 15 – Co-organised by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Government and the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), the 11th Asian Financial Forum (AFF) opened today and will run for two days (15-16 January) at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC). Under the
HONG KONG, Jan 15 – Organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), the 49th edition of Hong Kong Fashion Week for Fall/Winter started its four-day run today and continues through 18 January at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC). Featuring some 1,400 exhibitors from 13 countries
PUTRAJAYA, Jan 15 – Putrajaya magistrate’s court today extended the remand on two ‘Datuk’ in the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission’s investigation into the Penang undersea tunnel project, for another five days. The duo are a senior executive director of a company aged 59 and a property development company chairman aged 50. The men
GEORGE TOWN, Jan 15 – Penang Works Committee chairman Lim Hock Seng has explained the payment for a project involving three major roads and the undersea tunnel project, following a request by the Barisan Nasional (BN) for details of payment for the project. On Penang Gerakan/ BN chairman Teng Chang Yeow’s
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 14 – Malaysia topped the chart for the ideal place to retire among Asian countries in 2018, according to a new Retirement Index from International Living.com. According to the latest index which took into consideration criteria such as cost of living, healthcare and climate by the aforementioned site,
VILNIUS, Jan 14 – Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Saturday urged Baltic Nato states to support pressure on North Korea, as he hammered home his hawkish message that Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile programmes pose a global threat. Despite a recent cooling of tensions in the run-up to the Winter Olympics in
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 14 – Come September, commuters on the Electric Train Service (ETS) will have an option of the business class seat, which offers a more comfortable and spacious seating. Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad (KTMB) chief executive officer Mohd Rani Hisham Samsudin said the first of nine coaches are expected to
ARAU, Jan 13 – Pakatan Harapan (PH) has failed to find the right candidate for interim prime minister due to the confusion among its leaders, according to Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Dr Shahidan Kassim. He said such a situation also showed that the plan by PH to make
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 13 – The Bilateral Agreement for Rapid Transit System Link (RTS) between Johor Baru and Woodlands, Singapore will be signed during the upcoming Malaysia-Singapore Leaders’ Retreat scheduled on Jan 16, in the island republic. Transport Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said the RTS was expected to be
CYBERJAYA, Jan 13 – Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad admits Mentri Besar Selangor Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali is a capable leader to be the next prime minister if Pakatan Harapan (PH) wins the 14th General Election. The PH chairman however said although Mohd Azmin was very capable, the latter was however not
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 13 – Runway 3 at KL International Airport (KLIA) is temporarily closed from 10.30am to 4pm today to facilitate urgent maintenance work on the runway as part of safety procedures, Malaysia Airports Holding Berhad (MAHB) said in a statement. “We are working closely with our airline partners to
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 13 – The ongoing investigations by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) into the controversial Penang undersea tunnel has now shifted towards the payment of RM305 million to the companies that conducted the feasibility study of the mega project. According to the sources, the MACC investigating team was in
LAS VEGAS, Jan 13 – Facebook on Thursday announced a major update that will put friends and family above pages or celebrities in a user’s news feed – and likely result in people spending less time on the leading social network. The change to the way Facebook ranks posts will put
TOKYO, Jan 13 – US President Donald Trump’s use of the word “s***hole” to describe some countries has sparked fury in some quarters and left many media scratching their heads on whether to repeat the slur. But spare a thought for the non-English language media outlets that had to translate the president’s
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 13 – Kampung Baru, in the heart of Kuala Lumpur, which is 118 years old, should have its identity retained and be developed gradually in tandem with the economic strength of the Malays in the area, said Second Finance Minister Datuk Seri Johari Abdul Ghani. He said that
PADANG TERAP, Jan 12 – Pakatan Harapan is a coalition set up merely to serve the self-interest of the component parties to enable them to contest in the 14th general election (GE14). Umno Supreme Council member Datuk Seri Mahdzir Khalid said this could be seen through the allocation of 165 seats
ISTANBUL, Jan 12 – Turkey’s deputy prime minister on Friday slammed as “wrong” a ruling by the Constitutional Court that two veteran writers arrested in the wake of the failed coup should walk free as their rights had been violated. Sahin Alpay and Mehmet Altan had been accused – in separate cases
JOHOR BARU, Jan 12 – Deputy Home Minister Datuk Nur Jazlan Mohamed is irked by statements issued by Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim since he is in jail and needs approval of the director-general of Prisons Department. “Lately, several statements have been issued by Anwar. I wonder whether he really made the
GEORGE TOWN, Jan 12 – The new executive director of the United Nations’ Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), Datuk Maimunah Mohd Sharif has been listed in the Malaysia Book of Records (MBOR) as the first individual and woman in Asia to hold the post. Maimunah, 56, who is Penang Island City Council
