KUALA LUMPUR, Jun 30 – City folks who wish to return to their hometowns for Aidilfitri still have the opportunity to purchase bus tickets at the Terminal Bersepadu Selatan (TBS) for trips between July 1 and 5. TBS Operation senior manager Faizal Redza Redzuan said of the 80,000 tickets made available
JEMPOL, Jun 30 – An allocation of RM300 million has been set aside to solve the problems plaguing existing telecommunication towers which have yet to have the connectivity, or the so-called ‘naked towers’ nationwide. Communication and Multimedia Minister Datuk Seri Dr Salleh Said Keruak (pix) said the allocation had been approved by Prime Ministers
PUTRAJAYA, Jun 30 – The Ministry of Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry ensures the supply of chicken and meat in the country is sufficient ahead of the the Aidilfitri celebration. Its minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Shabery Cheek also assured that there would be adequate food supplies during the month of Ramadan. He said the
KUALA LUMPUR, Jun 30 – Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) today announced that the Malaysian government has declared an Imbalance Cost Pass-Through (ICPT) rebate of 1.52 sen/kilowatt hour (kWh) effective July 1 until Dec 31, 2016. This ICPT rebate amounts to RM758.03 million and is made possible by lower liquefied natural gas and
GEORGE TOWN, Jun 30 – Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng gave a press conference at the Penang Town Hall after bailed out from Penang High Court. He delivered a fiery speech and said, “I’d rather die standing than to live on bended knees. He said this is a political travesty.
GEORGE TOWN, Jun 30 – Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng and businesswoman Phang Li Khoon have been charged at the Sessions Court over their bungalow deal last year and also charge relating to a land application. Lim arrived at the courthouse in George Town at about 10.05am on Thursday to face two
AMSTERDAM, Jun 30 – Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, has been selected to provide its LinqUs On-Demand Connectivity (ODC) subscription management solution and embedded SIMs (eSIMs) for KDDI, a leading operator in Japan with over 40 million subscribers, to enable secure connectivity for connected cars
TOKYO, Jun 30 – Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE:6501, “Hitachi”) announced that along with Mitsubishi Electric Corp. and Intel K.K. (Japan), it proposed, and received approval for Factory Automation Platform as a Service (FA PaaS) Testbed in the field of next-generation factories at the Industrial Internet Consortium(IIC). The goal of this testbed
SINGAPORE, Jun 30 – Asia Pacific made the greatest progress globally in terms of real estate transparency over the past two years, according to JLL’s Global Real Estate Transparency Index (GRETI) 2016. The index measures transparency by looking at factors including data availability, governance, transaction processes, and the regulatory and
GEORGE TOWN, Jun 29 – A crowd of 500 people gather outside Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) headquarters here chanting Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng to be release. Protesters chanted “Bebas Guan Eng” and “Tangkap Najib” from 8.30pm, carrying placards condemning the arrest. Meanwhile, there were also candlelight vigil and singing song to stand solidarity with
SELANGOR, Jun 29 – Many young smokers in Malaysia start smoking when they are attending secondary school and rationalise that the benefits of smoking are greater than its risks, according to recent studies in the Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities (JSSH). Substance abuse involves the misuse or overdose of
KAWASAKI, Jun 29 – Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. today announced the development of highly accurate predictive technology for such metrics as temperature and humidity, enabling energy-saving operations of air-conditioning equipment in data centers. With the aim of preventing global warming, there is a demand for energy-saving in data centers, particularly with air-conditioning
TOKYO, Jun 29 – Fujitsu today announced that it has built an accounting system that complies with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) for the Central Bank of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar. This construction, and subsequent launch of operations in April 2016, was based on a contract with
GEORGE TOWN, Jun 29 – Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng was arrested by the Malaysian Anti Corruption Commission (MACC) at his office in Komtar here today. According to a tweet by state executive councillor Dr Afif Bahardin, an arrest warrant has been issued to Chief Minister by MACC Officers and Lim
TOKYO, Jun 29 – FASTER, a consortium of six international companies, together with its supplier NEC Corporation, today announced that construction and end-to-end testing of a new trans-Pacific submarine cable system, the “FASTER Cable System,” has been successfully completed and will start service on June 30, 2016. The 9,000km trans-Pacific
GEORGE TOWN, Jun 29 – Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng was arrested by the Malaysian Anti Corruption Commission (MACC) at his office in Komtar here today. According to a tweet by state executive councillor Dr Afif Bahardin, an arrest warrant has been issued to Chief Minister by MACC Officers and Lim
KUALA LUMPUR, Jun 29 – Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin’s plan to continue his political struggle by joining another party or setting up a new party will have no impact on Umno, said former prime minister Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. He said that the support for Umno is still strong. He told this
GEORGE TOWN, Jun 29 – About 200 taxi drivers gathered at The Esplanade, here, this morning as a mark of protest against the Uber and GrabCar, as well as in anticipation of the cabinet’s decision on the ride-sharing app. Penang Taxi Associate Association (Gabungan) secretary Muhamad Shahimi Hadzri urged the Federal government to Stop
KUALA LUMPUR, Jun 29 – Malaysia today condemned “in the strongest terms” the terrorist attack on Istanbul’s Ataturk airport yesterday that resulted in 36 dead and close to 150 injured. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak, expressing shock at the news of the attack, extended his “deepest condolences” to the people
GERIK, Jun 29 – UMNO’s decision to sack Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin and Datuk Mukhriz Mahathir was made after the Supreme Council discussed a report from the party’s disciplinary committee, said party vice-president Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein. “The decision was made based on the arguments and facts contained in the
