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Malayasian Chinese leader asked to apologise to Indians
A Malaysian Indian politician of the Democratic Action party (DAP) has asked the party's Chinese-origin secretary-general to apologise to the Indian members of the party. N. Gobalakrishnan has asked Lim Guan Eng to apologise to over 700 Indian members of the party after they were stopped from attending the party's Central Executive Committee (CEC) meeting last year, the New Straits Times ...
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Police investigating organisers of Penang thanksgiving ceramah
GEORGE TOWN: Police are investigating the "Thanksgiving Mega Ceramah" organised by the DAP-led state government on Saturday as it was held without obtaining proper approval from the authorities. George Town OCPD Asst Comm Gan Kong Meng said the organiser had not informed them 10 days in advance as stipulated under Section 9 (1) of the Peaceful Assembly Act 2012. "A report had been ...
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Kit Siang slams new IGP for having double standards
for having double standards while investigating the alleged seditious remarks. Despite numerous reports lodged he said, police had yet to take action against former Court of Appeal ...
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Labourer charged with injuring a man during GE13 campaign period
GURUN: A 47-year-old labourer was charged at a Magistrate's Court here on Sunday with injuring a man during the recent general election. Musa Awang from Kampung Perupuk, Yan was charged with committing the offence at about 2pm on April 28 in front of a workshop at Batu 22, Jalan Yan near here. Musa was charged with causing injury to Rosli Hassan, 45, with a knife under Section 324 of the ...
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Karpal tells Tunku Aziz to cease attacks on DAP
to cease further attacks on the party or he would bring the latter to court. "He is completely getting out of hand. I have been watching him very closely. "The DAP leadership was guilty of serious misjudgement in having given Tunku Aziz membership for the party and immediately made a vice-chairman. "He is not grateful but an opportunist," he told a press conference after a ...
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Blind student successfully crosses Penang channel
BUTTERWORTH: Blind student, Faiq Adnan, 23 successfully swam across the Penang Channel on Sunday. He left the Swettenham Pier at 9.05am and arrived on the Bagan Ajam shoreline at 11.30am. Related ...
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Government to maintain food subsidies
KUALA LUMPUR: The Domestic Trade, Co-operatives and Consumerism Ministry will continue subsidising food and general goods to deal with the increasing cost of living. ...
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All eyes on Najib’s new Cabinet
unveiled his much-anticipated Cabinet line-up after his first voter mandate at the 13th general election. The following day, Najib chaired the first Cabinet meeting and reminded the ministers to work as a team and give their best to the people and the country. He also stressed that public expectations would be high, and his ministers must be prepared to come under intense public scrutiny. ...
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Hundreds train attention on spreading awareness on AIDS
KUALA LUMPUR: They rode the KTM Komuter and walked for about 2km, with some carrying candles to remember those who died from HIV/AIDS, show solidarity for those still living with the virus and spread awareness on the disease. The trains were filled with hundreds of people in red T-shirts to commemorate International AIDS Memorial Day, today. Once they got off the train at the Sungai Buloh KTM ...
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Hills in Cameron Highlands ‘raped’ at an alarming rate
CAMERON HIGHLANDS: Unsustainable land clearing is continuing on a staggering scale here, with pristine virgin jungle the size of numerous football fields chopped down to make way for agriculture conversion. A large portion of the land clearing is taking place away from the public eye, as excavators and tractors are kept busy deep in the heart of the jungle, a good hour's drive from the main ...
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Gunung Perdah ravaged for development and left exposed
CAMERON HIGHLANDS: This area of lush highland forests, scenic beauty and bio-diversity has lost yet another tourism and recreation destination. The Gunung Perdah hiking trail, situated in Sungai Ruil, Tanah Rata, is linked to Gunung Jasar, a forest reserve often visited by nature lovers. ...
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Blind man wants to raise awareness on retinal diseases
PETALING JAYA: Four decades ago, Dennis Lewis was a young bank officer in London ready to scale the corporate ladder. However, his career ended prematurely when he was diagnosed with macular dystrophy, a disease which affected his eyesight, at age 27. "My optician noticed the signs before I did, and it was a big shock to me. "I found it difficult to read, write, watch television, drive ...
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Expert Be very sure you need a mastectomy
, responding to the active social media discussions on the matter following the double mastectomy performed on Angelina Jolie, said the latter knew why she wanted to do it and the risks involved. She said the US actress also knew that it would not eliminate the cancer gene but only reduce the risk. ';Anyone who wants to do that (double mastectomy) has to adopt that framework of making an ...
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Kedah to freeze logging activities pending review
ALOR SETAR: The Kedah Government has temporarily stopped logging activities in the state pending a study on their impact on the environment and the people’s livelihood. Mentri ...
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Student activist Adam Adli arrested over his remarks at May 13 forum
KUALA LUMPUR: Student activist Adam Adli Abd Halim has been arrested for statements he made during a May 13 forum held at the Kuala Lumpur and Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall. City police chief Deputy ...
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My teacher my friend
It's such a blessing when you have, among your real friends, the teachers who not only taught you but also truly made a difference in your life. MY friend, a retired teacher, made a short trip to Kuala Lumpur recently. As time was limited, we arranged to meet at a shopping centre in Bangsar where we could enjoy a cuppa. Unfortunately, all the joints in that complex were on the classy side ...
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Home garden talk a hit with Malaysians
GEORGE TOWN: The training by the Consumers' Association of Penang (CAP) on how to create a home nutrition garden has proven to be a hit among health conscious Malaysians eager to learn about growing chemical-free vegetables. Among those who attended the training was housewife Connie Yap, 67, who had always been interested in gaining health-related knowledge. "The training was really ...
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Tee’s appointment had nothing to do with Umno says Khaled
accepted a state executive councillor post. Tee's appointment, said Khaled, was also not due to MCA bowing to pressure from Umno but was made according to the Johor Sultan's wish to have a Chinese representative in the state exco line-up. "There is no question of subservience. MCA only followed the decision made by the Ruler. Tee's decision in accepting the appointment was ...
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Pakatan ceramah held at Esplanade despite police not approving permit
GEORGE TOWN: Thousands of Pakatan Rakyat supporters turned up for a thanksgiving ceramah organised by the state government at the Esplanade last night despite the police not approving the permit for it. The supporters, mostly clad in black attire, arrived as early as 6pm for the event which started at about 8pm. Among those who spoke at the event themed "One Person, One Vote, Same ...
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Karpal Abolish the Senate
said the Senate should be abolished as it does not serve any purpose. The Bukit Gelugor MP said having the Dewan Rakyat was good enough. "The Federal constitution should be amended to abolish the Dewan Negara. "A unicameral parliament, with a single legislative chamber, as is the position in Singapore, would be best suited in the public interest," he told a press conference here ...
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Selangor exco to be sworn in after MB returns
returns from treatment for an old leg injury. Khalid, who will be departing for Frankfurt, Germany, tonight, said he has submitted a list of names for the Sultan’s review on the previous Friday. ';I expect to receive the feedback from the Sultan after I return next Friday. Our target is for the swearing-in ceremony to take place on the following week,'; he said here yesterday. ...
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Retract your statement Guan Eng urges Zahid
to retract his call for groups that do not accept the country’s electoral system to move to countries where the system suits them. ';If he does not do so, DAP parliamentary head Lim Kit Siang will propose for a censure motion to be made in Parliament. ';He ...
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Five men assault friend at Johor police station
JOHOR BARU: A group of parang-wielding men stormed a police station in Labis, about 150km from here, and attacked a man who had earlier rescued a constable. Policemen rushed to help the victim and arrested the five intruders in the 11am incident yesterday. They also seized four machetes. Earlier, it is learnt, one of the suspects had stopped a car carrying the constable, his wife and two friends ...
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Six new Perak exco members sworn in
KUALA KANGSAR: Six new faces have been sworn in to the new nine-man Perak executive council. They are Tualang Sekah assemblyman Nolee Ashilin Mohd ...
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Sabah unaffected by Sulu episode
KOTA KINABALU: Initial worries that the intrusion of armed Sulu gunmen would impact the state's tourism industry appear to be unfounded following an increase in the number of visitors to Sabah within the first three months of the year. State Tourism, Culture and ...
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City's major raw water project
It’s been in the pipelines for several years, but finally the Pahang-Selangor raw water transfer project has found its feet with an official groundbreaking ceremony held in April of 2010, the facility, when completed, will enable a massive region of the country, including Kuala Lumpur, Selangor and Putrajaya to cope with increasing demand for raw water treatment from industrial, residential and tourism sectors of the economy.
The raw water treatment project is a massive undertaking: a pipeline is to be constructed run from Sungai Semantan in Pahang to the Hulu Langat water treatment facility in Selangor, it will be 44.6 kilometers long, the longest tunnel of its kind in Asia and the sixth largest in the world. When operating at maximum capacity, over 1,800 litres of raw water will be pumped to Selangor and treated for conversion to fresh water, according to Kuala Lumpur news media. Read more
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