KUANTAN: The Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) and Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) rescued a tanker with RM12mil worth of oil and gas cargo from a group of armed pirates in the South China Sea on Friday. Commander of Naval Region 1 First Admiral Datuk Mohamad Roslan Mohamad Ramli said the […]
KUALA LUMPUR: Unicef (United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund) has asked corporate, school and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to support its latest campaign, ‘Teach Respect’. The support involves helping to promote two new public service announcements (PSAs). At an exclusive video preview of ‘Teach Respect’ PSAs for the media, Unicef Representative to Malaysia Hans Olsen […]
Source / Courtesy: China Daily KUALA LUMPUR – About 5,000 Malaysian Muslims rallied at a stadium near Kuala Lumpur on Saturday in a move to defend their religion and protest against what they saw as a trend of proselytization among Muslims in the country. They were also pressing for new laws to penalize […]
“The rise in personal wealth in Indonesia has been stunning since the year 2000” VIVAnews – It is estimated that the number of millionaires in Southeast Asia doubled compared to last year. Singapore is at the first place, followed by Indonesia and Malaysia. The three countries have an estimated 190,000 […]
KUALA LUMPUR: Peaceful assemblies can be held in stadiums as shown by Himpunan Sejuta Umat (Himpun)’s calm gathering, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak. Najib compared Himpun’s peaceful gathering at the Shah Alam Stadium on Saturday to the street demonstration by Bersih 2.0 in July and said there […]
PETALING JAYA: A burst water pipe caused massive jams on the Federal Highway and other roads leading to and out of it Monday. Police said the burst pipe located near the PAWS Centre along the Subang Airport Road caused congestion for about 10km right up to the Mid Valley Megamall. Scores of motorists […]
KUALA TERENGGANU: Terengganu and Kelantan are bracing for the upcoming monsoon and flood season with various preparations already implemented, including several flood mitigation projects in flood-prone areas and distribution of emergency supplies. Terengganu Drainage and Irrigation Department director Mat Hussin Ghani said among the flood mitigation projects set to be […]
KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has announced a RM1mil special fund to help children of retired and former policemen with their education. The Prime Minister said the money, a contribution from the 1Malaysia Development Bhd Foundation, would be channelled to Yayasan Pengaman Malaysia. “I leave it to the […]
And so, as it happens time and again, there appears to be yet another diplomatic spat looming over the horizon between Malaysia and Indonesia. The cause of it, this time round, is a dispute over border-land markers somewhere in East Malaysia/Kalimantan that appear to have been moved by persons yet […]
PETALING JAYA: DAP and PAS have agreed to disagree on the hudud issue, following a high-level meeting between Pakatan Rakyat allies Monday. “Hudud is not the common agenda of Pakatan Rakyat for the forthcoming general election,” DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng said, adding it would not be a common policy […]
KOTA KINABALU: Shark hunting is expected to be illegal in Sabah by early next year, state Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister Datuk Masidi Manjun said. He said his ministry was ready with the appropriate paperwork to seek a total ban on all forms of shark hunting in the state. “Our […]
JAKARTA: Issues concerning the Malaysia-Indonesia border in West Kalimantan which were played up by the Indonesian media, caused a group of Indonesians to stage a demonstration outside the Malaysian embassy here Wednesday. However, the protest went out of control resulting in a glass panel at the guard post at the […]
PETALING JAYA: Turtle conservation in Malaysia will enter a new era from Dec 1 when the country enforces its inter-governmental agreement on the Conservation and Manage-ment of Marine Turtles and their Habitats within the Indian Ocean and South-East Asia (IOSEA) region. Malaysia is the 33rd state to join the agreement, […]
PUTRAJAYA: The Government is giving local authorities RM44.4mil more to spend, besides the RM182mil already budgeted for the year. Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Chor Chee Heung, who announced this, said RM29.4mil was for 98 local authorities in the peninsula while the rest was for Sabah and Sarawak. He […]
PETALING JAYA: The right education and attitude, coupled with less politicking and more innovation, will help the nation become a high-income economy, a conference on the making of a high-income nation here heard. “One challenge is to ensure that the bottom 40% of the economy is not neglected and that […]
GEORGE TOWN: At the age of 79, many will slow down and spend their time with their family members. But not retiree Musa Jaafar. He has just received his degree in Social Science from Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM). Musa, who is believed to be one of the oldest graduates in […]
NEW YORK: Two New York-based Malaysian chefs presented their version of popular Chinese dishes at a two-day International Chinese Culinary Competition which ended Friday at Times Square here. The two Malaysian brothers, Erik Cheah and James Cheah, owners of the Penang and RhongTiam Restaurants in New York respectively, served Kung […]
KAMPAR: The Government will not implement hudud law in Malaysia, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak. He said even though the law was “God’s law”, its implementation needed to be based on realities. “If we ask the ulamas, Islamic law cannot be implemented unless we take into consideration the environment and the […]
BATU GAJAH: The hullabaloo over the Islamic state and hudud raised by PAS spiritual leader Datuk Nik Aziz Nik Mat “is nothing more than repeating an old issue for the sake of gaining attention,” Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said. He said PAS took the stance after it […]
KUALA LUMPUR: Have you seen any strange debris?. If you have, NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) of the United States wants to know you. What you have found could be debris from one of its satelite that have plunged back to earth. Members of the public are advised not […]