SEOUL, Oct 12 – Suprema, a global provider of leading biometrics and security solutions, today announced that the company is officially launching BioEntry P2, a mullion-type fingerprint access control device that offers highest matching performance, slim design and multi-card reading in a package to provide comprehensive access control features, on
JAKARTA, Oct 12 – Mount Sinabung volcano in Karo district, Indonesia’s North Sumatra province erupted earlier Thursday, spewing a column of ash 2km into the sky, Xinhua news agency reported a disaster agency senior official as saying. The eruption took place at 2.45am Jakarta time, followed by tremors with ash sliding
SEPANG, OCT 12 – AirAsia today unveiled its new Kung Pao Chicken dish, the latest addition to the Santan inflight menu. The new meal features tender chicken in delicious Kung Pao sauce – a bold blend of dark soya sauce, garlic, ginger and dried chili – topped with roasted peanuts, served with
HONG KONG, Oct 12 – Colt Technology Services today announced further network optimisations to two of the company’s key low-latency routes in the APAC region. Connectivity is available for service now and provided through the company’s private Ethernet-based Colt IQ Network*1. Latency for the Hong Kong-to-Singapore route has been reduced
HONG KONG, Oct 11 – Regional multichannel TV and digital video trade body CASBAA today announced the key themes (and workshop programme) for the CASBAA Convention 2017 to be staged at Studio City in Macau, from 6-8 November. The line-up for the three-day CASBAA Convention 2017 has been designed “to capture
PUTRAJAYA, Oct 11 – The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) will be ranking each ministry on the issue of corruption and abuse of power, said its Chief Commissioner Tan Sri Dzulkifli Ahmad. He said the list (containing the rankings) which had been completed and validated by the experts involved would be announced to
GEORGE TOWN, Oct 11 – The Sultan Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah Bridge (JSAHMS) or Penang Second Bridge will be closed to all traffic from 12 midnight to 10am on Saturday to give way to Music Fun Run in conjunction with the 2017 National Sports Day. Jambatan Kedua Sdn Bhd (JKSB) corporate
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 11 – The Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM) have disallowed the Opposition rally planned for Saturday at Padang Timur, Petaling Jaya, citing security reasons. Inspector-General of Police, Tan Sri Mohamad Fuzi Harun said they had received four reports from local residents who objected to the rally in the area and
GEORGE TOWN, Oct 11 – The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) wishes to differ from the Malaysian Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Penang (MICCI) president Datuk N. Gobalakrishnan’s opinion and that of the Penang Island City Council (MBPP) on the setting up of temporary canopies in Little India. It is
SEPANG, OCT 11 – AirAsia Berhad, the world’s best low cost airline has been named Malaysia’s Best Company for Investor Relations (IR) this year. AirAsia Berhad Chief Executive Officer, Aireen Omar received the award on behalf of the airline from Bursa Malaysia Chief Executive Officer, Datuk Seri Tajuddin Atan at the
SANTA ROSA, Oct 11 – Firefighters battled wildfires in California’s wine region on Tuesday as the death toll rose to 15 and thousands were left homeless in neighbourhoods reduced to ashes. “The homes are gone, they are like dust,” said Jack Dixon, a personal trainer who lives in Santa Rosa, a city
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 11 – Police confirmed the explosion at the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station construction site in Bandar Malaysia this evening was from an old unexploded bomb from the Second World War. Kuala Lumpur police chief Datuk Amar Singh Ishar Singh confirmed the matter when contacted here last night. “From
TOKYO, Oct 10 – Japanese truck maker Hino Motors Ltd plans to build a 3,000-trucks-a-year factory in Moscow, likely investing tens of billions of yen, the Nikkei business daily reported on Tuesday. The plant, Hino’s first in Russia, will begin production in 2019, the paper said, without citing its source. A
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 10 – Nationwide as at Sept this year, 259,882 of 1Malaysia People’s Housing (PR1MA) units have been approved for construction, of which, 141,661 are in various stages of development. PR1MA Corporation Malaysia chief executive officer Datuk Abdul Mutalib Alias said 8,475 PR1MA units had been completed with 934 keys
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 10 – Communications and Multimedia Minister Datuk Seri Dr Salleh Said Keruak says DAP leader Lim Kit Siang has very cleverly outmanoeuvred PKR de facto leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim from the top post and used Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad to camouflage his political intentions. “That is why
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 10 – The DAP will continue to rule and make use of anyone, including former Umno leaders as well as friends in the opposition camp for its political survival, says Umno Information chief Tan Sri Annuar Musa. He said Lim Kit Siang’s ability to tackle political figures such
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 10 – The Federal Agricultural Marketing Authority (FAMA) will ship 5,000 kg of frozen durian to Qinzhou in Guangxi, China in conjunction with the first Nanning Durian Festival 2017 from Nov 3 to 5. FAMA chairman Tan Sri Badruddin Amiruldin said the delivery of the fruit in the
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 9 – The fresh re-election of DAP’s Central Executive Committee (CEC) will be held on Nov 12 at the Ideal Convention Centre Shah Alam, Selangor. DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng told a special media conference here Monday that the date had been agreed to by the Registrar of Societies (RoS) Department. He
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 9 – AirAsia X announces Jeju, South Korea as its latest destination today, setting its course to commence 4 times weekly exclusive direct flights from Kuala Lumpur to the idyllic island on 12 December 2017 with promotional all-in fares from RM199 one-way. Therefore, the special promo of all-in fares
CHICAGO, Oct 9 – Galen Rupp became the first American man in 15 years to win the Chicago Marathon on Sunday while Ethiopia’s Tirunesh Dibaba, a three-time Olympic champion, captured the women’s crown. It was only the fourth career start at the 42.16km distance for Rupp, who was second in April’s Boston
