GEORGE TOWN, Jan 19 – Preparations for the Thaipusam festival which falls on Jan 31, are underway as scheduled, with thousands of Hindu devotees from across the country expected to flood the Arulmigu Balathandayuthapani Temple in Jalan Kebun Bunga here. Temple chairman Datuk R. Subramaniam said there would be a difference in
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 18 – Communications and Multimedia Minister Datuk Seri Salleh Said Keruak today questioned Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad on who were those labeling him a dictator. Salleh said the former prime minister had come out with a blog posting titled ‘The Dictator’ yesterday, which was basically an exercise in
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 18 – On Jan 31, the people in Malaysia will have the opportunity to witness a spectacular combination of three lunar phenomena dubbed the Super Blue Blood Moon, a total lunar eclipse which last occurred 152 years ago. The Super Blue Blood Moon phenomenon, which was last observed
GEORGE TOWN, Jan 17 – The Consumer Association of Penang (CAP) today calls on the authorities to promulgate laws to ban the use of fragrances in public places as it is hazardous to health. The ban should include the use of air freshener and perfume. Its president, S. M. Mohamed Idris,
PORT DICKSON, Jan 17 – The Federal Agricultural Marketing Authority (Fama) is targeting to record sales of RM3.5 billion this year, backed by the increase in online sales activities and in the number of marketing outlets, such as the farmers’ market and the AgroBazaar Rakyat. Fama chairman Tan Sri Badruddin Amiruldin
PUTRAJAYA, Jan 16 – A total of 3.6 million Malaysians who have attained the age of 21 as of September 2017 have yet to register as electors, the Election Commission (EC) said today. EC secretary Datuk Abdul Ghani Salleh said that as of the third quarter of 2017, the electoral rolls
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 16 – Pos Malaysia Berhad (Pos Malaysia) issued the first stamp series of 2018 themed “Animals with Various Special Roles – Working Dogs”. Pos Malaysia Stamp and Philately Unit commercial postal and courier head, Diyana Lean Abdullah said the stamp series would be available from Thursday (Jan 18), featuring
GEORGE TOWN, Jan 16 – The Penang Island City Council (MBPP) has terminated the service of parking management company, Perkhidmatan Alam Indah Sdn Bhd, effective today. City Mayor Datuk Maimunah Mohd Sharif said the service termination was due to the fact that the company, which was appointed to manage the parking system
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 16 – Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak today confirmed that the forensic audit and police investigation into land worth RM200 million belonging to the Federal Land Development Authority (Felda) in Jalan Semarak here would proceed even though the agency had reclaimed ownership of it. “Alhamdulillah, Felda’s land in
SINGAPORE, Jan 16 – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak starts the Malaysia-Singapore Leaders’ Retreat today with a four-eye meeting with his counterpart, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at Istana here. The meeting is expected to take about 45 minutes followed by a delegation meeting which will last about one
STOCKHOLM, Jan 16 – More than 1,000 youths in Denmark are to be charged with spreading sex videos of two 15-year-olds through Facebook, Danish police said on Monday, in the nation’s largest case of its kind. Facebook had received reports of two videos and an explicit photo from 2015 being spread
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 15 – Interpreting sonar data into credible image scenes will be the primary challenge for the Seabed Constructor vessel during the fresh search for Malaysia Airlines jetliner MH370 which went missing in March 2014, aviation experts opine. Universiti Kuala Lumpur (UniKL) test pilot Prof Dr Mohd Harridon Mohamed Suffian
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
