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Sudirman Cup Malaysia Humiliated By Taiwan In Opening Match
: Malaysia suffered a shocking 3-2 defeat to minnows Taiwan in their opening Group C Sudirman Cup match at Putra Stadium in Bukit Jalil on Sunday. The embarrassing loss, especially by the top men's double pair Koo KienKeat-Tan Boon Heong, drew flak from even the Badminton Association of Malaysia's(BAM) coaching staff.Koo-Tan, the former All England men's doubles champions, lost ...
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New Minister of Tourism for Malaysia
She was considered an extremely efficient and dynamic Minister of Tourism, and she can be credited with many initiatives such as boosting home stays and promoting new tourism activities such as art tourism. But unfortunately, she was also highly unpopular among the tourism trade as well as voters. Most people found her to be totally disconnected from the real world and looked down on others. ...
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Results from Malaysia buoy Fonterra
David Ross, managing director of Fonterra Brands in Malaysia, says the milk giant's success comes from identifying and meeting nutritional needs. Photo / Sarah Ivey Fonterra's Malaysian operation has doubled its revenue in local currency terms over the past five years. David Ross, managing director of Fonterra Brands in Malaysia, said the forces at work there are similar to ...
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Malaysian election results deepen country’s bitter ethnic divides
The result of Malaysia's 13th general election poses more questions than it answers. Yes, the National Front coalition has won, although their margin of victory is smaller than the "political tsunami" of 2008. This cannot be a good sign for the incumbent Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak.Perhaps of greater significance is the fact that the National Front only secured about 47 percent ...
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Four killed in freak car crash on MRR2
KUALA LUMPUR: Four people were killed after their car, heading towards Ulu Klang on the Middle Ring Road 2, was rammed by a car careering down Bukit Antarabangsa. In the mishap, the two men in the other car, suspected of having sustained brake failure, were seriously injured and rushed to the Kuala Lumpur Hospital. Ampang Jaya OCPD Asst Comm Amiruddin Jamaluddin confirmed the accident happened ...
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Forest fire razes 40ha in Dungun
DUNGUN: A 12-hour fire, suspected of being started by the open burning of rubbish, razed more than 40ha of forest in Kuala Abang here. Dungun Fire and Rescue Department senior officer Abdullah Ahmad said the fire was believed to have started about 2pm in an open area off Kampung Kuala Abang and spread eight km up to Kampung Rhu Batil. "The fire destroyed some agriculture, private and ...
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EC mulls action against those who slandered it
PETALING JAYA: The Election Commission has collected evidence against those who have slandered it and is now mulling the next course of action, said its ...
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Unscheduled water disruption in Gombak and KL
said in a statement Sunday, that a number of areas in Gombak and Kuala Lumpur experienced water disruption and lower pressure due to a critical dip in levels at its main reservoirs, since Saturday. The areas were Lembah Jaya Utara, Desa Lembah Permai, Kampung Muhibbah, Kampung Tasek Permai, Kampung Ampang Campuran, Kampung Tasik Tambahan, Taman Sri Baru and Taman Dagang Jaya in Gombak. And ...
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Palanivel Special team to focus on forest hill destruction
KUALA LUMPUR: The Natural Resources and Environment Ministry will set up a special team with the respective state governments to look into the destruction of forests and hill slopes in the country. Its ...
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Khalid is new IGP Bakri deputy
Printer Friendly Kuala Lumpur: Deputy Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar will replace Tan Sri Ismail Omar as the new Inspector-General of Police (IGP), effective this Friday. The Prime Minister's Office, in a statement issued here Tuesday, said Federal Police (Bukit Aman) Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Director Datuk Seri Bakri Zinin will take over as the new ...
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Two riders in motorcycle convoy die in mishap
JOHOR BARU: A convoy of 40 motorcycles from Selangor to Desaru ended in a tragedy when five of the machines brushed against each other and resulted in two riders dead at KM22.5 along Jalan Kulaijaya-Kota Tinggi here. In the incident, Muhammad Fadzirul Hakimi Abd Rahim, 21, and his friend Muhammad Adib Jasmani, 23, were killed when their motorcycles fell across the road. Kota Tinggi OCPD Supt ...
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Foresty DG Less than 1 of forest reserves in peninsula affected by illegal logging
IPOH: Less than one per cent of 4.7 million hectares of forest reserves in Peninsular Malaysia have been affected by illegal logging, according to Peninsula Forestry ...
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PAS gets four Selangor exco posts
PORT KLANG: The Selangor State Executive Council (Exco) will be represented by four candidates from PAS and three each from PKR and DAP, said Mentri ...
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Dr Chua Tee’s appointment to Johor exco will be discussed by MCA central committee
. "But I would like to stress that the party did not recommend Tee for the position in the Johor executive councillor line up and we have clarified a lot of times that the appointment was solely the Johor Sultan's wish," he said here Sunday. Dr Chua said that Tee's case would also be passed to the party's disciplinary board for evaluation and Tee would have the ...
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Malaysia’s rigged electoral system
As the smoke clears after the Malaysian election battle it has become clear that under the current electoral system defeat of the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) was never quite on the cards, even without the electoral roll and election day cheating and vote buying claimed by the opposition. Indeed all other factors being equal it would probably take another 4 percent swing against the BN for the ...
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Taib wants infrastructure development issues resolved
wants all Sarawak members of parliament appointed to the Federal Government to resolve the state's infrastructure development issues which are unique, as compared to those in the Peninsular. ...
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More want English as medium of instruction in schools
PETALING JAYA: Should the Government allow the use of English as a medium of instruction in schools again? "Yes" was the most popular response given by Malaysians on Twitter responding to the question using the hashtag #MyEnglish, initiated by The Star Online on Sunday. English teacher Sheila Victor @SheilaVictor2 was in favour of the language to be brought back as a medium of ...
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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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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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