ALOR GAJAH, Apr 27 – The Malaysian Government is keen to promote the use of rubber in road construction to support the economic growth of the rubber industry said Works Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof. He said natural rubber is seen as a preference to multiply the quality of asphalt for road
BHUBANESWAR, Apr 27 – AirAsia marks another milestone as the first international airline in the world to operate direct flights from Kuala Lumpur to Bhubaneswar, India. The airline’s latest new route offers four times weekly direct flights from Kuala Lumpur to the beautiful capital city of India’s Odisha state. A receiving ceremony was held
KUALA LUMPUR, Apr 27 – The city’s largest urban entertainment, food and beverage (F&B) and retail hub, The Arch, is expected to open to the public by end-2018. According to the project developer, Focus Dynamics Group Bhd, the RM85 million venture will begin construction by the third quarter of this year, and
TAIPEI, Apr 27 – Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen said a direct phone call with US President Donald Trump could take place again and urged the self-ruled island’s political rival China to step up to its global responsibility to keep the peace as a large nation. “We have the opportunity to communicate
SEPANG, Apr 27 – AirAsia X announced today that the pioneering long-haul low-cost carrier is flying the national badminton team to Gold Coast, Australia in May to participate in the highly anticipated 2017 Total BWF Sudirman as part of the airline group’s #DARETODREAM sports initiative. A press conference hosted by Benyamin
LOS ANGELES, Apr 27 – As Donald Trump approaches his 100th day in office, AFP sought out two voters – one a supporter and another an opponent of the president – to gauge what they thought of his performance so far. Les Clark, 74, Republican Clark is an oil industry executive
KUALA LUMPUR, Apr 27 – Astro Malaysia Holdings Bhd has partnered Turner Asia Pacific to form a strategic joint-venture (JV) in Warner TV and co-production, distribution of Asian content for global reach. This is alongside the distribution of Astro content and carriage of the channel on Astro and Tribe. In a statement
Digital ad revenue grew to $72.5 billion in 2016, up 22 percent from the year before. That’s according to the latest Internet Advertising Revenue Report from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the Interactive Advertising Bureau (a trade group for online publishers and advertisers). The report also says that for the first time, mobile ads accounted for
SANDAKAN, Apr 26 – Six public parks under the Sandakan Municipal Council are gazetted as non-smoking areas effective June 1. The parks are the Tun Abdul Razak Memorial and Pavilion Park, Harbour View, Sea View, IJM Batu 6, Padang Bandaran and Sandakan Municipal Council Square. Sandakan district health officer Dr Johari Awang Besar
HONG KONG, Apr 26 – Two Hong Kong independence activists who were barred from taking up their seats as lawmakers last year were arrested and charged Wednesday over chaos at the city’s parliament. Baggio Leung and Yau Wai-ching were arrested at their apartments Wednesday morning and were charged with illegal assembly and
TOKYO, Apr 26 – Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Hitachi, Ltd., Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd., Keio University, KDDI Research, Inc. and Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. have jointly challenged the advanced future network for 2030 and beyond by conducting innovative studies on “Elastic Lambda Aggregation Network”. Elastic Lambda Aggregation Network
PETALING JAYA, Apr 26 – PR1MA homeowners are urged to apply for the special end-financing scheme, Skim Pembiayaan Fleksibel (SPEF), that has been made available since February this year. Perbadanan PR1MA Malaysia in a statement said those interested can apply for this scheme through their partner banks – Maybank, CIMB, RHB and
MANILA, Apr 26 – Southeast Asian leaders will express concern this week about an “escalation of activities” in the South China Sea but avoid directly criticising China, according to the draft of a summit statement. The statement, set to be released on Saturday at the end of a two-day leaders’ meeting in
YouTube Kids, the application offering a filtered version of YouTube that’s more kid-friendly, is now natively available on the big screen for the first time, Google announced today. Previously a mobile-only application, YouTube Kids will now be offered on a range of smart TVs, including those from LG, Samsung and Sony, which
BANGKOK, Apr 26 –Thai media came under fire Wednesday for publishing images of a man killing his infant daughter in a Facebook Live video, a grim case that sparked outrage and raised fears of copycat killings. The video, filmed Monday on the southern resort island of Phuket, showed Wuttisan Wongtalay hang
KUALA LUMPUR, Apr 26 – Malaysia is progressing in its digital transformation agenda, ranking 24th in the Huawei Global Connectivity Index (GCI) 2017, a notch higher from its 25th position last year. According to a report published on the GCI website, the United States topped the index’s list of 50 nations, followed
PETALING JAYA, Apr 26 – The new retail price for petrol RON95, RON97 and diesel for the fifth week of April will drop across the board by 6 sen, 5 sen and 7 sen per liter which will effective at midnight tonight. The new prices will come into effect on Thursday until May 3. The new price after Goods and Services Tax (GST), the
PUTRAJAYA, Apr 25 – The Ministry of Youth and Sports welcomes the decision of the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) to play all 2019 Asian Cup qualifying matches at Tan Sri Hassan Yunus Stadium, Larkin, Johor Baru. Its minister, Khairy Jamaluddin said the decision for the Malaysian national team to play their
WASHINGTON, Apr 25 – US President Donald Trump on Monday stressed the importance of remembering lessons of the Holocaust, underscoring the need to “remain vigilant against hateful ideologies and indifference.” Trump said every generation must learn and apply the lessons of the Holocaust so that such horror, atrocity, and genocide never
PUTRAJAYA, Apr 25 – Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak today handed an allocation of RM80 million to registered pondok schools, Sekolah Menengah Agama Rakyat (SMAR) and tahfiz (religious) institutions. The Prime Minister said the allocation under the Special Fund for Improvement and Maintenance of Schools as announced in Budget 2017 aimed at
