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The Christian Federation of Malaysia has expressed “outrage” over the government’s announcement that a threat to burn the Bible is not a crime as it was in defence of Islam. In a strongly-worded statement, CFM chairperson Eu Hong Seng said the move gives a “carte blanche or free rein” to extremists …

The Income Tax Act does not bar the government from revealing the total amount of income taxes collectively paid by the richest people in Malaysia, Kelana Jaya MP Wong Chen said. This is in contradiction of what Deputy Finance Minister Ahmad Maslan said, when replying to a question by Opposition Lea …

PARLIAMENT | Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim has urged the government to reveal the tax collected from 20 billionaires, including Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s son. Apart from Mokhzani Mahathir, he also named business moguls with close ties to the former premier such as T Ananda Krishnan and Vincent Tan. &q …

The state government will write to Putrajaya to request the details of the water restructuring be made public, said Selangor Menteri Besar Mohamad Azmin Ali. "We still do not have a copy of the (water restructuring) agreement. "We will write to the ministry to have the document made a publ …

The Penang government was unable to explain clearly why it had dropped PAS' Iszuree Ibrahim from the three sub-committees in the municipal council (MPPP) without conducting an inquiry. The council decided this in a meeting on Sept 25. Grilled by reporters today, the chief minister's politi …

Maria Chin Abdullah | Open Government Partnership for Malaysia? The unprecedented response from the Hong Kong people to the Occupy Central movement has pushed the question of democratic reform to the forefront for the Chinese government, who seemingly is used to the Tiananmen-type response. The more …

By Mohd Khairi Idham Amran KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 1 (Bernama) — The Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (Matrade) hopes the government will provide allocation in Budget 2015 to reduce the burden of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the oil and gas (O&G) industry to enable them …

FREE: Microsoft Malaysia has honoured the Malaysian government with the “eGovernment Excellence Award” for its initiatives to leverage on innovative technologies to transform the country. Malaysia gets "eGovernment Excellence" awardwww.kinibiz.comMicrosoft Malaysia has honoured the Malaysi …

The government has decided to announce the findings of the Special Committee to Determine Cash Payments from Petroleum in the East Coast of peninsular Malaysia to the rakyat. Gov’t announces decision on oil revenue payment studywww.malaysiakini.comThe special committee had briefed the cabinet on its …

TUMPAT, Sept 24 (Bernama) — The federal government has allocated more than RM1 million to help 166 members of the Tumpat Area Farmers Organisation (PPK) to carry out business activities since two years ago. Tumpat PPK general manager Tuan Mohd Ali Tuan Yusof said they included 50 members who r …

Income tax cuts in Budget 2015? KINIBIZ Kenanga Research says the government is looking to boost consumption. Income tax cuts in Budget 2015?

Penang PAS today lamented at its muktamar that the state government led by DAP was adopting BN's pro-developer policies at the expense of the rakyat. Penang delegate Iszuree Ibrahim said those from the village were being "slaughtered" in the courts by developers. "Pakatan Rakyat …

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 18 (Bernama) — The government expects the construction sector to sustain double-digit growth this year, riding on massive ongoing construction projects and potential new investments from the private sector. Minister of Works Datuk Fadillah Yusof said in the first half of thi …

The Sarawak government has been accused of flooding the Orang Ulu community with empty promises and lies in order to gain their support for the construction of the multimillion ringgit Baram Dam. “The government is taking advantage of the people’s lack of knowledge on the adverse effects of the Bara …

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 15 (Bernama) — The government is studying the possibility of creating what is called the “30 Per Cent Club” towards increasing women’s participation at the decision-making level. Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said the same initiative implem …