PETALING JAYA, Nov 20 – The Penang Bridge will be temporarily closed on Nov 26 from 12am and 10am to make way for the Penang Bridge International Marathon 2017, PLUS Malaysia Bhd (PLUS) said in a statement. PLUS advises the public to use the 24 hours ferry services or the Sultan Abdul
KUANTAN, Nov 20 – The Pahang state government does not intend to raise water tariff even though Pahang Water Management Berhad (Paip) incurred a deficit of about RM10 million a month. State Basic Facilities and Environmental Committee chairman Datuk Seri Mohd Soffi Abdul Razak said the decision was made by Mentri
BAGAN DATUK, Nov 19 – The Ministry of Finance is looking into the possibility of raising fuel subsidies to ensure that fuel prices do not continue to increase in the market. Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said the matter would be brought to the National Economic Council meeting
LABUAN, Nov 19 – The Labuan Airport, which was temporarily closed at 2pm on Saturday, due to the emergency belly landing of a Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) C130 Hercules transport aircraft, was reopened at 6am this morning. Labuan Airport manager Ahmad Fikri Samsuddin said the airport received the first aircraft
KLANG, Nov 19 – The Sultan of Selangor, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah today officially opened the Klang Third Bridge which was built at a cost of RM199 million and named it Jambatan Raja Muda Nala (Raja Muda Nala Bridge), here today. The first two bridges in Klang are known as Jambatan Kota
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 18 – Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi today visited PKR de facto leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim who is recuperating from surgery at the Kuala Lumpur Hospital. “Just visited Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim who had undergone surgery on the right shoulder at HKL recently.
ALOR STAR, Nov 18 – Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad (KTMB) will furnish another nine electric train service (ETS) sets by the end of next year, said its chairman Datuk Nawawi Ahmad. He said it involved an allocation of about RM540 million, for travel from Gemas-Kuala Lumpur-Padang Besar, to overcome congestion on weekends
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 17 – The ringgit is expected to continue its upward momentum against the US dollar next week, propelled by Malaysia’s third-quarter gross domestic product growth as well as the possibility of the central bank revising the overnight policy rate (OPR). The Malaysian economy grew at a faster pace
IPOH, Nov 18 – Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) is willing to ‘give its seats’ to Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (PPBM) and Parti Amanah Negara (Amanah) in the 14th General Election (GE14). Its deputy president, Datuk Seri Azmin Ali declined to disclose the number of seats to be ‘given’, and instead left
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 17 – The Meteorological Department has forecast thunderstorms, heavy rainfall and strong winds in several districts in Kedah, Penang, Perak, Pahang, Sabah and Sarawak up to the early evening today. It said in a statement that the districts to be affected included Yan, Kuala Muda, Kulim, Baling, Pendang,
GEORGE TOWN, Nov 17 – “Give me the chance as husband, father and son to carry out this final responsibility.” This is the wish of Tanjong MCA youth chief Lim Swee Bok to manage the funeral of his wife, two children and mother who perished in a fire at their house in
Apple has released the iOS 11.1.2 software update for iPhone and iPad. The update includes a fix for unresponsive iPhone X screen at cold temperatures. Apple previously promised a fix for the issue last week. Prior to today’s release, Apple shipped iOS 11.1.1 to resolve the notorious auto-correct bug that turned ‘I’ into
SINGAPORE, Nov 16 – AirAsia today announced its plan to enhance air travel experience through digitalisation, setting Singapore Changi Airport Terminal 4 (T4) as the model airport of the future for low-cost carriers (LCC). AirAsia will use data from its operations at Changi T4, which boasts the Fast and Seamless Travel
GEORE TOWN, Nov 17 – The world is marking World Antibiotics Awareness Week on 13-19 November. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that the world is running out of new antibiotics to fight the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance. Malaysia is also affected and must take urgent action on this
KUCHING, Nov 16 – Sarawak DAP chairman Chong Chieng Jen retracted an allegation against the State Secretary following a motion moved by Tourism, Arts, Culture, Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah. Abdul Karim moved the motion to seek the approval of the Assembly members to suspend Chong from
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 16 – More than 1,000 flood victims have sought treatment since the floods that hit Penang recently, said Health Minister Dr S. Subramaniam. However, he said there was no rise in the number of specific health cases which could be attributed to the natural disaster. “Most of the health
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 16 – The results of the 2017 Ujian Pencapaian Sekolah Rendah (UPSR) examination will be announced on Nov 23, said the Ministry of Education in a statement today. It said in a statement that candidates could get their results from their respective schools after 10am on that day. “Candidates
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 15 – The failure of Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (PPBM) to hold its first annual general meeting as required by the Registrar of Societies (RoS) is due to the fact that it has yet to do so at the branch and division levels. The party’s chairman Tun Dr Mahathir
CHENGDU, Nov 15 – The first Malaysian-born giant panda Nuan Nuan arrived at the Dujiangyan base of the China conservation and research centre for the giant pandas in southwest China’s Sichuan Province Wednesday, China’s Xinhua news agency reported. Keepers said Nuan Nuan was tired after the long journey, and was reluctant to
GEORGE TOWN, Nov 15 – Nine Barisan Nasional (BN) assemblymen walked out of the Penang State Assembly sitting today after a motion by one of them was amended. The motion tabled by Datuk Dr Muhamad Farid Saad (BN-Pulau Betong) among others, asked for all hillslope development in the state to be stopped
