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It can take longer to get a passport for time being
PETALING JAYA: It's the start of the school holidays and do get that all important "document" ready before you plan to travel overseas. It is no longer a hassle-free process to get a new passport or renew your existing one because the Immigration Department is battling to overcome a snag following a server upgrade to produce the new polycarbonate passport. Long queues are the ...
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Too blessed to be stressed
Sometimes, spending quiet moments alone in the garden can offer lessons that remind us to put things in perspective. WE all go through moments when everything is totally meaningless. There are days when nothing seems to go right, and we are overwhelmed by circumstances that we cannot control. On Friday morning, I woke up early, put the laundry to wash, and prepared my regular breakfast of two ...
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Penang halts online passport applications
GEORGE TOWN: The Immigration Department here has stopped processing online passport applications since last week. This is to familiarise photo studios on the latest security specifications for passports, said a state immigration officer. Passports issued in Penang and several states now contain an identification page that uses polycarbonate material, making it difficult to forge. ';The new ...
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Mission schools ready to provide English-medium education
PETALING JAYA: Mission schools have indicated that they are ready to provide English-medium education should the Government allow it. Methodist Council of Education ...
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Authorities move to prevent abuse of social media
PUTRAJAYA: The Communications and Multimedia Ministry will review all aspects of the law, control and education, pertaining to the abuse of social media. Its ...
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The case for English-medium schools
PETALING JAYA: English-medium schools should be re-introduced to help address the declining proficiency in the country’s second language, an academic said. Mahsa University ...
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Building English confidence among rural kids
HULU TERENGGANU: Growing up in the rural area of Kuala Telemong, 18-year-old Norshafiqa Rahim never had any reason to master the English language. The Form Six student of SMK Kuala Telemong had no friends or family members to speak English with. She had no chance to practise the language outside her English class. That all changed after the arrival of American teacher Andrew ...
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The Wall Street Journal Anwar asked Jusuf to broker deal over GE13
over the 13th general election. However, the Opposition leader turned his back on the peace deal, Jusuf told the paper in a recent interview. He said Anwar had approached him about an agreement two months ago and they met at his Jakarta home, where the PKR adviser asked him to reach out to Najib and secure his (the prime minister's) commitment for a peaceful election outcome. Jusuf, who had ...
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English-medium schools will improve usage of language says Vincent Tan
KUALA LUMPUR: The re-introduction of English-medium schools is an option in improving the usage of the language among youngsters, says billionaire and ...
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Anwar GLC positions not reserved for PKR leaders
has rejected a suggestion by a Selangor assemblyman that positions in government-linked companies (GLC) be reserved for PKR members as a "training platform" to prepare them for national leadership. The PKR adviser said GLC positions were not to be reserved for party leaders. "It is not our right. It doesn't matter whether he or she is a party member or not, as long as the ...
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50 NGOs take part in Suara Rakyat 505 rally
PETALING JAYA: The Suara Rakyat 505 rally at Padang Timur here attracted thousands of people. Members of about 50 non-governmental organisations and civil bodies, called the People’s Voice 505, participated in the gathering. Most of them were wearing black T-shirts and some arrived as early as 4pm. Many of the participants were seen waving flags of the Pakatan Rakyat parties and blowing ...
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Selangor Pakatan queried over RM30mil allocation for community programmes
PETALING JAYA: A delegate has questioned the whereabouts of Selangor Pakatan Rakyat's RM30mil allocation for community programmes. Mai Mat Zin said the PKR women's wing had been told that there was such an allocation for community-based programmes in Selangor. "However, when we submitted proposal papers for the allocation for our programmes, we were told to seek the funds from our ...
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PKR rejects Najib’s ‘insincere’ call to reconcile
said that it did not make sense to call for a reconciliation when the Barisan Nasional government's actions spoke otherwise. "Your mouth says you want to reconcile, but at the same time you arrest our activists. "If this is the reconciliation that Najib is talking about, then we reject it completely," he said in his winding up speech at the party's annual congress here ...
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Kok denies wanting four Chinese reps in exco line-up
KLANG: Selangor DAP chief and former state executive councillor Teresa Kok has denied a news report that she wants four Chinese representatives from her party in the state exco line-up. She told online news portal The Mole that she had not made such a remark. A vernacular daily reported that Kok had said the DAP was insistent on acquiring four seats in the Selangor executive council and that she ...
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DAP’s Ngeh in hot water over subservient tweet
accepting an executive councillor post in Johor, after several parties described it as an affront to the Johor Sultan. Ngeh's tweet on May 15 read: "MCA is subservient to Umno, now subservient to Sultan? MCA can't make any stand on its own? How to represent the people?" Several police reports have already been lodged against Ngeh, with the latest being one made by the ...
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Why field candidates against allies asks Shamsul
to task over the party’s decision to field candidates against its allies in GE13. Shamsul, in his policy speech at the party’s ninth congress here yesterday, called on the leaders of the respective parties in the Pakatan Rakyat to expel their members who had contested against candidates from other Pakatan member parties, thus forcing multi-cornered fights. Responding to Shamsul ...
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Saiful marries TV3 newscaster decked in Zang Toi finery
KUALA TERENGGANU: Saiful Bukhari Azlan tied the knot with TV3 newscaster Nik Suryani Megat Deraman in a private affair here. The akad nikah (solemnisation) ceremony was held at the Crystal Mosque yesterday. It was officiated by former state Islamic Affairs Department ...
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Sabah Islamic Department taken to task over Riduan’s marriage
KOTA KINABALU: Action could be taken against the Sabah Islamic Affairs Department (JHEINS) staff who allowed Riduan Masmud to marry the young girl he was alleged to have raped without getting official consent to take a second wife. "We hope the incident does not mar the reputation of the Syariah Court," said state Community Development ...
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Get to the bottom of death in custody Zahid and IGP urged
PETALING JAYA: Suara Rakyat Malaysia (Suaram) has condemned the police for the death of N. Dharmendran who died in their custody recently. It urged ...
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Indian warships visit Malaysian waters
PORT KLANG: Four Indian frontline battleships on an operational deployment to the South China Sea and the Western Pacific have made a port call here. The vessels deployed on a goodwill visit between mid-May and mid-June are the INS Satpura, INS Ranvijay, INS Kirch and INS Shakti. All four vessels collectively carry more than 800 crew members. The five-day visit to Malaysia is led by Rear Admiral ...
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Shutterbugs capture best shots of heritage area
GEORGE TOWN: Participants of a photography competition turned up bright and early in the heritage enclave here to snap beautiful shots of the scenery and sights of the city. The shutterbugs, who comprised mostly youths, set out at 9am yesterday to capture their best shots during the two-hour time frame given by George Town World Heritage Incorporated, which organised the competition. They spent ...
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Crime Prevention Department gets support
chief executive officer Datuk Seri Perkasa Juniur Khoo said the private security sector was ready to cooperate with the police in coming up with crime prevention policies. "We play a supplementary role compared to the huge responsibility of the police force, but I feel we can help lighten the burden of the force if we can successfully prevent crime on private property," he said. Khoo ...
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Here’s your Honda CRZ multimedia design dude
PETALING JAYA: A multimedia designer has won a Honda CRZ worth RM123,000 in Red FM’s Dude Where’s My Car finale. Mohd Syairazi Mohd Zikri, 26, bested 80 other finalists in seven challenges before qualifying for the final round. The challenges included getting the highest score in reaction game Bop-It, picking out red balls from critter-infested boxes and completing a puzzle game in ...
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Theme parks and long holiday help fill Johor hotel rooms
JOHOR BARU: It’s a long holiday break and hotels here are doing brisk business, with many registering full occupancy. One of the main reasons for this is the theme park attractions, especially in Nusajaya. M Suites ...
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Spotlight on Barisan’s Indian leaders
THERE are murmurings in the Indian community over posts and positions in the Cabinet, with some individuals questioning the Prime Minister's appointment of ...
Kuala Lumpur Spotlight
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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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