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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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Bring back English schools
It is unhealthy for race relations when the student population in Chinese schools is 99.9% Chinese, Tamil schools is 100% Indian and national schools, dubbed Malay schools, is 80% to 90% Malay. SERIOUSLY, the government should allow the use of English as a medium of instruction in schools again. If there are Chinese and Tamil primary schools alongside national schools, there is no reason for ...
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MIC to discuss party polls and GE13 sabotage
PETALING JAYA: With the general election over, the MIC is set to work on the party polls that had been postponed since last year. Newly-appointed ...
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Great memories as Foon Yew High School turns 100
JOHOR BARU: At the age of 77, Poon Kim Boon has gone back to school this time, to celebrate the 100th year anniversary of the Foon Yew High School. The grandfather of two, who was among the first batch of 38 students to graduate from the school in 1957, relished the memories that came flooding back to him the moment he stepped inside the compound. "Looking at the familiar arch at the ...
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Security guards chopped up like meat at Cheras condo
KUALA LUMPUR: Three security guards were slashed with machetes and "chopped up like meat" at a condominium in Cheras here. Four foreign guards were on duty at the condominium when two men wearing motorcycle helmets attacked the guard- house of Vistaria Residency condominium at 7.30am yesterday. One of them escaped unhurt. Resident ...
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New minister Abdul Rahman wants more homes to be affordable
KOTA KINABALU: The rebranded Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government Ministry will work closely with the state governments to bring more affordable homes to the people. "Our concern is to see these housing projects take off and completed without any hitches," said ...
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Sabah conservation effort doing good
KOTA KINABALU: Sabah's turtle conservation effort, dating back nearly half a century, is bearing fruit. Certain pristine areas along the state's east coast is now home to an increasing number of these marine creatures. For example, at Pulau Mabul, off Semporna, a 2km stretch of coral reef is home to more than 140 turtles. "That is a good sign," said Universiti Malaysia Sabah ...
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Umno disciplinary board to probe into reports of sabotage
KUALA LUMPUR: Investigations are being carried out following reports of sabotage by Umno members against the party during the 13th general election. Umno disciplinary board special committee ...
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My home my school
More and more Malaysian parents are turning towards homeschooling today for various reasons. IF you ask Jeremy Lee* how much he likes school, chances are you'll get a rather frank reply. "I don't like school. I get very restless, and then the teacher will make me stand in the corner and pull my ears," he says. Until three years ago, Jeremy, 11, was in a public school. And he ...
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Be wary of banking Trojans
Online banking users in Malaysia need to be wary of sophisticated Trojans. IMAGINE a burglar hiding in your house and slowly cleaning out your valuables, bit by bit, without you even realising it. According to security firm Symantec, that is the common modus operandi of banking Trojans today, which have grown so sophisticated that they are almost impossible to detect and very difficult to get ...
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Anwar Malaysia’s Opposition Leader Takes to the Streets
KUANTAN, Malaysia -- Not long ago he was flirting with the idea of semiretirement, maybe a teaching job at an American university. But now Anwar Ibrahim, the leader of the Malaysian opposition, former political prisoner and longtime bugbear of the establishment, says those plans are firmly on the ...
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EU cites Chinese telecoms Huawei ZTE for trade violations
NEW YORK -- Europe's top trade official for the first time late on Friday officially cited Chinese mobile telecommunications equipment makers Huawei and ZTE Corp. for violating anti-dumping and anti-subsidy ...
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Penangites throng Esplanade for thanksgiving rally
GEORGE TOWN: The state government's rally to thank voters drew a large crowd of Pakatan Rakyat supporters at the Esplanade in Padang Kota lama here on Saturday. The supporters, mostly clad in black attire, had arrived as early as 6.30pm to hear the speakers, among them, ...
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Water shortage due to maximum output at treatment plants says Syabas
KUALA LUMPUR: Supply of clean water in Selangor and Kuala Lumpur is steadily decreasing due to water treatment plants reaching maximum production levels, according to Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor (Syabas). It said the treatment plants could no longer cater to increasing demand from consumers. "The problem is not linked to rainfall or supply of raw water which are sufficient," the ...
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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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