A generation of Malaysians and readers around the world have grown up with Seah Chiang Nee’s columns on Singapore. Illness, however, has forced him to ease up and he has decided to stop being a columnist in The Star. In this farewell interview with Soo Ewe Jin, Seah gives his readers an insight into …
Read More »General : Najib Opens Banding Memory Gallery
GERIK, May 9 (Bernama) — Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak today opened the East-West Highway Banding Memory Gallery located opposite the Belum Rainforest Resort here in memory of soldiers serving at the frontier. Accompanied by Perak Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir, Emkay Group chairm …
Read More »Jilted woman falls to her death
KOTA KINABALU: Almost two hours after posting her goodbye message on Facebook, jilted housekeeper Hasrina Chee (pic) fell to her death at the Centre Point shopping mall here. The 21-year-old is believed to have fallen from the mall’s sixth floor car park at about 11.30pm following her Facebook post …
Read More »General : University Ranking Not The Basis For Excellent Education, Says Muhyiddin
NILAI, May 9 (Bernama) — The ranking of local universities at the international level is not the main consideration in accelerating the country’s higher education towards excellence, Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said today. He said this was because most of the criteria …
Read More »Vehicle and son driven off while dad takes a leak
KOTA KINABALU: A three-year-old boy is missing after the pick-up car he was sleeping in was driven off. Low Yee Sheng, 31, left his son in the vehicle with the engine running next to a petrol station to use the toilet at 5.50am yesterday. He found the vehicle later but the boy, Low Min You, was nowh …
Read More »General : Umrah Pilgrims Urged To Wear Masks To Ward Off MERS-CoV
KUALA LUMPUR, May 9 (Bernama) — Umrah pilgrims have been urged to wear surgical masks to reduce the risk of contracting the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Virus-Corona Virus (MERS-CoV). Director-general of health Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the masks were able to prevent inhalation of …
Read More »Don't feed or pet guide dogs, public urged
PETALING JAYA: Don’t be surprised when you run into a guide dog wearing a vest telling people not to feed it or pat it in public spaces. That’s probably a guide dog for the blind, Lashawn Chan, which started guiding Stevens Chan, the founder and CEO of the Malaysian chapter of social business enterp …
Read More »Singapore Airlines plane headed to Hong Kong from Changi turned back after cargo door problems
SINGAPORE: A Singapore Airlines (SIA) plane to Hong Kong was turned back mid-flight after a cargo door warning light was triggered. Flight SQ866, an Airbus A380 superjumbo, “was en route from Singapore to Hong Kong when there was a warning light that came on with regards to the cargo door, so …
Read More »Business : Matrade To Create Business Opportunities In Saudi Arabia
KUALA LUMPUR, May 9 (Bernama) — The Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (Matrade) will coordinate the participation of 22 Malaysian exhibitors at the Malaysia Services Exhibition (MSE) 2014 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, from May 11-14. The exhibition is being held in conjunction with th …
Read More »Singapore Airlines plane headed to Hong Kong from Changi turned back after cargo door problems
SINGAPORE: A Singapore Airlines (SIA) plane to Hong Kong was turned back mid-flight after a cargo door warning light was triggered. Flight SQ866, an Airbus A380 superjumbo, “was en route from Singapore to Hong Kong when there was a warning light that came on with regards to the cargo door, so …
Read More »Thai protesters launch 'final fight' as government clings on
BANGKOK: Thai protesters vowed Friday to besiege television stations and police positions as they launched a launched a “final fight” to topple a government that is on the ropes after its leader was dismissed. Several thousand protesters left their main encampment in a park in the city&# …
Read More »General : Najib Sparks Move For Belum-Temenggor Rainforest To Be World Heritage
GERIK (Perak), May 9 (Bernama) — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak on Friday urged the relevant agencies to consider whether the Belum-Temenggor rainforest can be recognised as a Unesco world heritage site. He said if the 300,000-hectare expanse of the rainforest in Perak met the crite …
Read More »CCTV footage of Haadyai bombing suspects released
HAADYAI: Police here have released CCTV footage of the four suspects involved in the bombing of the city. The footage showed one suspect riding off with an accomplice after parking the bomb-strapped motorcycle outside the 7-Eleven in Ponpichai Road. Another clip showed the driver of a black pick-up …
Read More »Woman loses house and cash in two separate scams
JOHOR BARU: A gullible single mother has lost everything – including her house – after falling victim in two separate scams. In the first scam, the 30-year-old was duped into paying RM3,200 to bogus courier agents to release a parcel purportedly containing valuables and cash totalling US$ 800,000 (R …
Read More »Business : Malaysian Firms’ Sales At HK Gift Fair Hit RM10.65 Mln
KUALA LUMPUR, May 8 (Bernama) — Malaysian companies participating at the Hong Kong Gifts and Premium Fair, held on April 27-30 in Hong Kong, reported sales of RM10.65 million. The fair was Asia’s leading gifts and premium show and one of the largest in the world, said Malaysia External T …
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