Malaysia’s movie industry was hit today by the passing of entertainer Aziz Sattar, as actors and directors from different eras paid their respects to the eternal Bujang Lapok star. The death of actor and comedian Datuk Abdul Aziz Sattar, 89, hit the entertainment industry hard early Tuesday mo …
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General : Services And Quality Of Water In States Under PAAB Has Improved Drastically – Mahdzir
KUALA LUMPUR, May 6 (Bernama) — Services in terms of quality and supply has shown vast improvement in states where water is managed by Pengurusan Aset Air Berhad (PAAB) or Water Asset Management Company (WAMCO), a wholly owned company under the Minister of Finance Incorporated, the Dewan Negar …
Read More »Bomb blasts rock Hat Yai
HAT YAI: Four separate bomb blasts hit the Hat Yai district of Songkhla on Tuesday causing injuriy to five people. A fifth bomb found near the entrance to apartments inside Prince of Songkhla Hospital was safely diffused. The first bombs separately went off at about 1.30pm in front of 7 Eleven conve …
Read More »Business : Three Students Receive Bank Negara Kijang Emas Scholarship
Nurizati Ali (right) and Alicia Grace Loh Hui Rem (wheelchair) and Justin Lim Kai Ze with their Kijang Emas Scholarship award certificates after receiving from the Bank Negara Governor, Tan Sri Dr Zeti Akhtar Aziz at the Central Bank today.Pic: Azhar PidekKUALA LUMPUR, May 6 (Bernama) — Three …
Read More »PSG, Man City face squad caps, fines over FFP breaches
LONDON (Reuters) – Paris St Germain and Manchester City face fines of 60 million euros (49.3 million pounds) and limits on their Champions League squads for next season for breaching UEFA’s Financial Fair Play rules, a source close to the process told Reuters on Tuesday. UEFA said last w …
Read More »General : Temporary Partial Lane Closure At Jalan Damansara
KUALA LUMPUR, May 6 (Bernama) — The will be a temporary partial lane closure at Jalan Damansara (LDP Highway-bound) beginning this Friday. Mass Rapid Transit Corporation Sdn Bhd (MRT Corp) in a statement Tuesday said that the right-most lane of the slip road at Jalan Damansara (LDP Highway-bou …
Read More »MH370 search to enter new phase
KUALA LUMPUR: The search for the missing MH370 plane will enter a new phase with intensified probe over a larger area of the southern Indian Ocean following a tripartite meeting in Canberra between Malaysia, China and Australia. Australian Deputy Prime Minister Warren Truss said there would be meeti …
Read More »Business : SEDA Malaysia Denies Granting Feed-in Approval For Geothermal Resources To Any Company
PUTRAJAYA, May 6 (Bernama)– Sustainable Energy Development Authority of Malaysia (SEDA Malaysia) has not granted any feed-in approval for geothermal resources to any company, including Tawau Green Energy Sdn Bhd (TGE). Chief Executive Officer Datin Badriyah Abdul Malek said although geothermal …
Read More »Azmin Ali starts to flex his muscles
Incumbent looks unstoppable as his lead over his two rivals widens in the race to retain the PKR deputy presidency. PERMATANG Pauh was the centre of attention for PKR last weekend. PKR circles were expecting Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim to use the Permatang Pauh division meeting to issue some sort of am …
Read More »Harvest rainwater, users urged
PETALING JAYA: As the biggest users of treated water, domestic consumers should harvest rainwater to help maintain dam levels, said Association of Water Energy Research president S. Piarapakaran. Based on 2012 statistics, he said 61.7% of the treated water supply in Malaysia was used by domestic con …
Read More »Immigration bottleneck at LCCT resolved
SEPANG: Clearing immigration is faster now at the Low Cost Carrier Terminal (LCCT) after more counters were opened following Sunday’s bottleneck where about 1,000 travellers were affected due to a lack of officers. The affected travellers had also complained about faulty air-conditioning and escalat …
Read More »General : UTC Kotaraya Begins Operations In June
JOHOR BAHARU, May 5 (Bernama) — The Urban Transformation Centre (UTC) in Galleria@Kotaraya, near here will begin operations on June 1. State Secretary Datuk Ismail Karim said 80 percent of the renovation works covering 138,557 square feet had already been completed. “Thirty-nine agencies …
Read More »'Baa Stool': The cute furry footstool inspired by sheep
You could be forgiven for thinking this nebulous-looking seat belonged in a field, but the Baa Stool is in fact the latest quirky design to hit the world of interiors. Is it a furry stool, a fluffy cloud or a fuzzy sheep? Whatever it is, wouldn’t you like to have one? Set to go on display at Clerken …
Read More »General : Malaysia-Indonesia Relationship Must Not Confine To Diplomatic Area Alone – Herman
SINTOK, May 5 (Bernama) — Relationship between Malaysia and Indonesia must not be limited to diplomatic and bilateral segments alone but rather expanded to other areas said Indonesian Ambassador to Malaysia, Herman Prayitno. Herman said relationship between Malaysia and Indonesia which has bee …
Read More »General : Timeline Of The Search For MH370
KUALA LUMPUR, May 5 (Bernama) — The search for the missing Malaysia Airlines (MAS) Flight MH370 enters its 60th day tomorrow as Malaysia and several other countries consider a new phase of scouring the floor of the southern Indian Ocean. The focus has shifted to the ocean floor after an aerial …
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