KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 18 – Searchers for missing flight MH370 remain optimistic that the latest phase, focusing on a new area farther south-west, will locate the wreckage and give families of the 239 passengers and crew members on board the plane a sense of closure. According to Judith Zielke, chief coordinator of
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 18 – A landslide, caused by heavy rain, forced the closure of the Km 4.2 heading towards Genting Highlands earlier this morning. It is understood that the midnight downpour had caused the soil on the slope to loosen. The fallen soil, however, buried a patrol car which
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 18 – Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) will look at the future prospects of the global economy, alongside the current recession in Japan, before adjusting monetary policy to support the country’s economic growth, said its Governor, Tan Sri Dr Zeti Akhtar Aziz. “Monetary policy is forward looking. So, we
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 18 – Malaysia will share intelligence with the United States (US) Marine Corps Forces to combat the ‘so-called IS militant group’s threat’ in this region. Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein said Malaysia and Asean nations could not take such threats for granted. “The US experience in dealing with
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 18 – The National Land Council (MTN) today agreed that the minimum price of the property to be purchased by foreigners increased from RM500,000 to RM1 million per unit. In a meeting chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin today, MTN agreed that the Guidelines
GEORGETOWN, Nov 18 – Barely one week after Penang crushed any hope for 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) to build profit-making luxury properties in Ayer Itam, the state government now wants to meet the sovereign wealth fund on its plans for the 234 acres of land there. Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 18 – THE government will share the pros and cons of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) at Parliament before it decides on signing the trade partnership, International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed said. He said a cost-benefit analysis on Malaysia’s involvement in the TPPA was
HONG KONG, Nov 16 – A Hong Kong court notice ordering the eviction of democracy demonstrators from parts of the main protest site they have occupied for seven weeks has been published in leading newspapers, the first such public circular that empowers authorities to start clearing rally sites. Protesters have been
KUALA TERENGGANU, Nov 16 – The Gagau-Menjejak Dinosaur Expedition 2014 carried out by the Mineral and Geoscience Department and Malaysian Geological Heritage Group (KWGM) has led to the discovery of a dinosaur fossil around Mount Gagau in Kenyir Lake, Hulu Terengganu. The 10-day expedition from Oct 13 to 22 involved researchers from
KOTA KINABALU,Nov 16 – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, has assured the government would review the proposal to make Sabah Sabah Ports in park near here as a transhipment hub east Malaysia. He said the matter would be considered as it can also address the issue of payment of
KUALA TERENGGANU, Nov 16 – The 2014 Terengganu International Timber Exhibition (Tints) has created two new records in the Malaysia Book of Records Sunday. The four-day exhibition, starting last Thursday, was recognised as the biggest sales carnival for agarwood and the first international timber exhibition in Malaysia. Tints was organised by the
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 16 – Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin has lambasted those who accused him of trying to attract public attention for wanting the transgender issue to be debated during the Umno General Assembly at the end of this month. He said the General Assembly held yearly was a platform for
ALOR GAJAH, Nov 16 – Any increase in house prices upon implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) in April next year is just temporary, as a number of measures are already in place to curtail the rise. Deputy Finance Minister Datuk Ahmad Maslan said among the measures are increasing the real
NEBRASKA, Nov 16 – A surgeon diagnosed with Ebola in his native Sierra Leone arrived Saturday afternoon in the United States, where he will undergo treatment at Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. Doctors judge him to be in “extremely critical condition,” the center said in a statement dated Saturday. While
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 16 – Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) president Mohd Khalid Atan criticised Malaysia Airlines (MAS) for sacking an employee without a fair investigation. According to Khalid, MAS’ management was “cruel” for giving an employee, who served them for 32 years and accused of sexually harassing a passenger, the
OCBC Bank (Malaysia) Bhd intends to ride on the growth wave of Penang’s services sector via the expansion of its premier banking offerings. Its chief executive officer Ong Eng Bin said while the manufacturing sector remains the state’s economic backbone, the bank had noted the emergence of sectors such as
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 16 – The Land Public Transport Comission (SPAD) detained 97 lorries over various traffic offences in operations conducted on the SILK Highway linking Puchong and Kajang since January. SPAD in a statement here today said the operations were conducted following complaints lorries were posing safety risks to other
GRABOVE, Nov 16 – Work began Sunday to remove the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 from rebel-held territory in eastern Ukraine, four months after it was shot down claiming 298 lives. An AFP journalist saw workers from the emergency ministry of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic begin cutting pieces of the
AUSTRALIA, Nov 16 – World leaders at the G20 summit have agreed to a series of measures aimed at boosting the global economy by more than $2 trillion. The plans, if they’re fully put into action, would lift the combined gross domestic product of G20 nations by an extra 2.1% by
CAMERON HIGHLANDS, Nov 16 – The relocation of residents occupying the river banks and river reserves especially in Lembah Bertam, Ringlet where landslides and mud flood hit the area recently is made difficult by the residents’ refusal to move to a new area. Natural Resources and Environment Minister Datuk Seri G. Palanivel said although a
