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Ewon and Abu Bakar vow to carry on legacy
Printer Friendly Putra Jaya: Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Datuk Dr Ewon Ebin and his deputy Datuk Dr Abu Bakar Mohamad Diah have vowed to carry on the legacy of the ministry's previous leadership. Ewon, who is a law graduate from Universiti Malaya and has been an Assistant Minister and Minister in the Sabah Cabinet, described his new federal ministerial responsibility as a ...
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Kukusan squatters moving out
Tawau: Occupants of some 40 houses in Kg Tanjung Batu Tengah near Bukit Kukusan - where a huge boulder came crashing down during blasting by a quarry firm recently - have started to vacate following expiry of the eviction notice to move out from the 8.06 acre site, Monday. Lawyer Evan Chee Vu Seong, Representing the land owner company, said the order was actually issued by the court on Aug. 24, ...
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Over 5000 Skan squatter homes demolished
Printer Friendly Kota Kinabalu: The Sandakan Municipal Council demolished 4,620 squatter units between 2000 and 2008 and another 1,080 from 2009 to 2010. "In 2008, SMC also implemented a new policy whereby we contact the land owner(s) concerned if the squatter colony is on private land, to enable us to demolish the units for a fee," the Council's Head of Squatters Unit, Kassim ...
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Not right now Zahid
Printer Friendly Kuala Lumpur: The identities of three opposition leaders, who were said to be behind the Lahad Datu armed incursion, will not be divulged to avoid prejudice when the case is brought to court, said Home Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. He said all documents and detailed information acquired by the police and the Defence Ministry on the trio, two of them from the ...
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Rape accused marries his victim 13 so case put off
Printer Friendly Kota Kinabalu: A 40-year-old restaurant manager who was charged with raping a 13-year-old girl is now married to the victim, the Sessions Court here heard Monday. The prosecution must now decide whether to proceed with the case. Riduan Masmud's counsel Loretto J. Padua told Judge Ummu Kalthom Abd Samad that Riduan and the victim went for a lawful marriage under Syariah ...
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Sgor Sultan wants say on ratio of State exco posts
Printer Friendly PETALING JAYA: Selangor deputy PAS commissioner III Khalid Abdul Samad said the line-up of Selangor executive councilors are being further negotiated as the Selangor Sultan, Sultan Sharafuddin Shah, wants to see a differing ratio of exco members. "We were made to understand the Sultan wants to see an exco line-up made out of six Malays and four non-Malays. This is ...
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Pat on the back for Sabah Customs
Kota Kinabalu: Sabah Customs Department won kudos for being the pioneer in managing the Marine Customs Division, the first in the Royal Malaysia Customs Department. Its Deputy Director General (Prevention and Confiscation Branch) Sanusi Mohamad Sapian praised the department's Marine Division for being the most active in curbing trafficking activities. He said based on records and revenue ...
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Malay Press Youth claims to have voted twice
Reset KUANTAN (May 21): A youth alleged today that he voted twice in the 13th general election in an effort to question the efficacy of the indelible ink.According to Malay daily Sinar Harian today, Mohd Fadhli Khaharruddin, 23, claimed he did not submit his ballot paper after entering the polling station to vote for a second time. Instead, Mohd Fadhli alleged that he kept the ballot paper and ...
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Analysts maintain outperform call on Pos Malaysia
] (POSM) and has increased its target price to RM4.90 from RM4.20 previously."Management is banking on higher profits from its profitable courier and logistics segment through leveraging on its numerous Pos Laju centres in the country."The group is also strengthening its retail segment, making it a one-stop solution centre, especially with the growth of its Islamic pawn-broking ...
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iGate sacks chief executive Murthy after sexual harassment probe
for not disclosing a relationship with a subordinate after investigating one of India's best-known IT executives for sexual harassment. Murthy was replaced with immediate effect by ...
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Eversendai Q1 earnings slip 13.1 to RM23.68m on timing differences
's earnings fell 13.1% to RM23.68mil in the first quarter ended March 31, 2013 from RM27.25mil a year ago mainly due to timing differences. The structural steel turnkey and power plant contractor said on Tuesday that revenue fell 2.3% to RM243.18mil from RM248.96mil a year ago. Its earnings per share were 3.06 sen compared with 3.52 sen. Eversendai executive chairman and ...
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Ex-Penang Hindu Endowment Board secretary urged to help in missing gold bars case
wants former board secretary R. Siva Nathan to assist in the investigations into the three missing gold bars valued at RM250,000. A police report was lodged on Friday after staff found the gold missing from the safe deposit box. Dr Ramasamy said Siva Nathan, who resigned from his post on August 11 last year, was the only person who held the key to the safe deposit box and knew its combination ...
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Let us find common ground on water issue Ongkili tells Selangor
(pix), has called on the Federal and Selangor government to find a 'common ground' in solving the water problem. In expressing his wish to meet Mentri ...
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Blogger denies he is Papa Gomo
KUALA LUMPUR: Blogger Wan Muhammad Azri Wan Deris has denied he is the owner or publisher of the Papa Gomo blog. Wan Muhammad Azri, 30, is being sued by PKR ...
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Perdana Petroleum bidding for over RM1b contracts
is bidding for over RM1bil worth of contracts locally and expects its financial performance to improve this year. The company also said on Tuesday it has 13 vessels and it expected the delivery of two more vessels in the next two months. Going forward, the company expects an improved financial performance this year. In its first quarter ended March 31, 2013, it posted net profit of RM11.09mil ...
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IOI Corp Q3 earnings up just 2.8 to RM567.8m
's earnings rose 2.8% to RM567.80mil in the third quarter ended March 31, 2013 from RM552mil a year ago but expected to better in the final quarter. It said on Tuesday the increase was due to the better performance from manufacturing and property segments. However, it was mitigated by lower translation gain on foreign currency denominated borrowings and lower profit contributions from ...
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Tenaga lifts KLCI property stocks in focus
were traded higher at midday, with the FBM KLCI up nearly seven points, while property stocks saw strong rising interest. At 12.30pm, the KLCI was up 6.99 points to 1,784.14; bucking the lacklustre key Asian markets. Turnover was 1.74 billion shares valued at RM1.43bil. There were 526 gainers, 332 losers and 264 counters unchanged. Bloomberg reported the yen weakened against all of its 16 major ...
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Abu Zahar sworn in as Senate president for second term
at Parliament House. Abu Zahar, 69, former president of the Council of Former Elected Representatives (Mubarak), was reappointed senator on April 26 for a second term. He was appointed president of the Dewan Negara on April 26, 2010, to ...
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Amazon wins key cloud security clearance from US Govt
has been given a security clearance by the U.S. government that will make it easier for federal agencies to use its cloud computing services. Amazon Web Services, known as AWS, was certified to operate as a cloud service provider for three years under the government's new FedRAMP program. The accreditation covers all AWS data centers in the United States, the company said on Tuesday. ...
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Malaysia Perkukuh Hubungan Antarabangsa Untuk Pelaksanaan Ghs
KUALA LUMPUR, 21 Mei (Bernama) -- Malaysia akan mengukuhkan hubungan antarabangsa menerusi usaha sama dan kerjasama yang selari dengan pelaksanaan Sistem Pengharmonian Global (GHS). GHS menawarkan asas untuk pengharmonian peraturan mengenai kimia pada peringkat nasional, serantau dan seluruh dunia, yang merupakan faktor penting bagi memudahkan perdagangan. Timbalan Ketua Setiausaha ...
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U.S. asks judge to deny SPs motion to dismiss fraud lawsuit
(Reuters) - The Justice Department on Monday asked a federal judge to deny Standard & Poor's motion to dismiss a government lawsuit against the ratings agency, saying its statements on certain financial products were fraudulent and not mere ...
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CIMB maintains outperform on UMW Holdings
group and upgraded its earnings per share (EPS) forecasts to 1% to 7% with higher realised net asset value-based target price of RM15.90 from RM14. "We upgrade our EPS forecasts by 1%-7% as we bring UMW Holdings (UMWH) currency assumptions for its auto business in line with the sector. "Key catalysts for the stock are the oil and gas (O&G) initial public offering (IPO) and capacity ...
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Ahmad Zahid Armed forces police collaboration to be strengthened
. "There are currently 17 National Blue Ocean strategies in place and we will be looking at introducing several new measures to further strengthen collaboration between the Home Ministry and Defence Ministry," he told reporters this after attending a farewell ceremony at Wisma Pertahanan here. He said the swapping of ministerial portfolios between him ...
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Takeover of bus terminal leads to stand-off
GEORGE TOWN: The Penang Municipal Council's attempt to take over the operations of the Sungai Nibong Express Bus Terminal has led to a stand-off. About 50 enforcement officers from the council and policemen and some 10 staff members of the operator, Aspirasi Utara Engineering (AUE), were engaged in a heated discussion that lasted some 30 minutes from 8.30am at the terminal on Tuesday. The ...
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What’s the problem Malaysia
On May 6 Malaysia re-elected its ruling coalition government, the National Front, to another five-year term after vociferous campaigning and debate on the issue of corruption. In the first of a three-part series looking at whether the election's attention on corruption will produce results, we illustrate the economic impact of corruption. The second part will describe the discussion of ...
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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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