PETALING JAYA: All eyes, and taste buds, are set to focus on Klang Valley street food with the launch of The Star People’s Food Awards. The country’s largest daily joins major newspapers around the world in presenting awards to reward and celebrate the best in the local food industry. The monthly aw …

KUALA LUMPUR, May 26 (Bernama) — Malaysia Airlines (MAS) is revising its checked-in baggage policy. Effective May 28, passengers will be allowed to check-in a maximum of two pieces of baggage, within the generous 30, 40, and 50 kg free baggage allowance included in their travel on Economy, Bus …

The Suluks in Sabah face unwelcome attention and discrimination, no thanks to history, politics and the Lahad Datu armed intrusion. YOU mean to say they were not all Suluks?” said a top security officer from peninsular Malay­sia. We were in Lahad Datu town in the east coast of Sabah and we were disc …

PETALING JAYA: At least six toll roads offering construction jobs worth RM20bil are coming on stream in the next 18 months. Two of them, the RM5.04bil West Coast Expressway (WCE) and the RM1.18bil extension of the Duta-Ulu Kelang Expressway or Duke (pic), have achieved financial close, indicating th …

KLINIK 1Malaysia (K1M) was launched in 2010 to provide basic medical care for the urban poor in the country. While statistics from the Ministry of Health (MOH) have shown that the number of people seeking the services of K1M located throughout the country has increased from 1.32 million in 2010 to 4 …

KANGAR: Forty-five passengers cheated death after the tour bus they were travelling in skidded and plunged into a ravine in a hilly area in Wang Kelian near here. Perlis Fire and Rescue Department director Mohd Fadzil Haroon said the passengers were injured in the mishap which occurred at 9.40am. Th …

GERAKAN president Datuk Mah Siew Keong admits it is a risk for him to contest the Teluk Intan parliamentary seat because, if he loses, it might cost him the party presidency. A UK law graduate, Mah served as Teluk Intan MP for two terms before he was defeated in the seat in the last two general elec …

GEORGE TOWN: Bone cancer patient Thum Mei San finally had her “burden” lifted after undergoing an arm amputation surgery because of a 20kg tumour growing on her left shoulder. Though weak from the five-and-a-half hour surgery at the Penang Hospital, Thum looked happy after regaining consciousness. “ …

PETALING JAYA: Some 150 people gathered in a café in Kelana Jaya here to sign a petition to kick-start a campaign seeking justice for an old dog brutalised by a resident in a housing estate near Kajang recently. The Rottweiler, which was sick with severe tick fever and partially blind, was shot with …

Moderate Malaysians have the right to tell our politicians that we want the liberal, secular and plural ways. SOME of our politicians seriously need to have their heads examined. They need psychiatric treatment and the sooner they get it, the better it will be for Malaysia because they are a danger …

BALIK PULAU: It was love at first bite for Swedish student Gabriel Granback when he first tasted durian two weeks ago. Now, the 23-year-old can consume about 10 durians a day either for breakfast, lunch or dinner. “I first tasted durians in Thailand. I thought it was really good. Later, I did some r …

TELUK INTAN: More than a third of the Chinese voters in Teluk Intan are expected to vote for Barisan Nasional. Chinese comprise over 41% of the 60,000 voters in the constituency and their support is crucial for the coalition, says Teluk Intan MCA chairman Datuk Seri Kuan Peng Soon. He put the suppor …

NEW DELHI: China continued to set the benchmark for women’s badminton after marching to their 13th Uber Cup title with a 3-1 win over Japan at the Siri Fort Indoor Stadium. On Saturday, China conceded the first point in this year’s competition after losing the first doubles but met little resi …

PETALING JAYA: The China Daily Asia Weekly is the latest newspaper to be part of the CIMB-Asean ePaper collaboration just as Malaysia and China celebrate 40 years of bilateral relations. The weekly newspaper will now be made free in digital for all The Star’s 80,000 ePaper subscribers, providing mor …

From Ahmad Fuad Yahya ASTANA (KAZAKHSTAN), May 23 (Bernama) — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Abdul Razak said Asia must come to terms with greater economic integration to help increase the power of middle nations and raise the living standards for all in the era of globalisation. Simultan …