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Tasty Facebook party poopers
, taking lots of pictures of food can indicate health or mental problems. I don’t know if it is a sign of mental illness but the picture you took is certainly a great advertisement for many food and beverage (F&B) outlets provided the food is great. And it could probably get bad publicity for F&B that has lousy food or services. Many F&B outlets are trying to get more followers ...
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Adnan Multi-racial party in place of BN will be there soon enough
said it was just a matter of time before a new multi-racial party is formed to replace the ruling coalition. "We are working towards evolving Barisan. I do not know if this will take place in the immediate future or whether it will need more time, but believe me, it will happen," he said yesterday. Tengku Adnan said numerous suggestions had been made over the name and structure of the ...
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More can be done to promote private retirement scheme
PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF) believes that more can be done to encourage the public to take up the private retirement scheme (PRS). ';The PRS is something positive for retirement but I think a lot of things need to be done for it to be more attractive and viable,'; ...
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Tycoon may be planning IPO of football club Cardiff City
is exploring an intial public offering (IPO) of UK football team Cardiff City for as early as this year, people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters, in a deal that would follow the team’s recent promotion to the Premier League. A listing for the Welsh team would follow Manchester United’s debut on the New York Stock Exchange last year, which raised US$233.2mil (RM707.65mil) in ...
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MFEA sees sales of home-made furniture abroad declining 10
GEORGE TOWN: The Malaysian Furniture Entrepreneurs Association (MFEA) expects overseas sales of locally-made furniture to decline by 9% to 10% in the first quarter of this year. ...
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CREC-TBM’s overseas plans hinge on machines sold to Malaysia
said the company hoped the machines would perform well and convince potential clients in Singapore, which it wanted to break into. ';We have a registered company – China Tunneling Equipment Overseas Company – in Hong Kong for about four months now. Following this, we set up our branch offices in Kuala Lumpur and Singapore. ';They are responsible for our operations in places ...
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Thousands turn up to pray for peace and good health in JB
JOHOR BARU: Thousands of Buddhists gathered at a Wesak Day ceremony at SJKC Foon Yew 1 here to pray for health and peace in the country. Despite the rain, many devotees turned up at the event organised by the Johor branch of the Malaysian Buddhist Association. They also participated in the bathing of Buddha ritual and a procession later in the evening. Bank officer Tay Kim Mai, 54, who attended ...
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YKGI eyes Indonesian Thai markets
said the range of products to be exported included pre-painted galvanised iron coils, galvanised iron coils and cold-rolled coils. ';We are targeting to export 1,000 tonnes of the steel products each per month to Indonesia and Thailand in the first 12 months. Every month, we hope to export between RM6mil and RM7mil worth of the products,'; he told StarBiz after the company’s AGM ...
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Walk the talk says Kit Siang to politicians
's speech to end race politics and ease escalating racial polarisation. "My wish on Wesak Day is for all leaders, starting with the Prime Minister, to walk the talk of their Wesak Day messages. I urge Najib to show leadership by example in his call on the people to set aside their differences at all levels of society," he said in a statement here yesterday. He challenged Najib if ...
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Malaysians urged to be ready for digital wave
KUALA LUMPUR: With digital as the new world order, Malaysians should prepare themselves to face this ';new wave'; to keep Malaysia in pace towards achieving developed country status by 2020, says an expert. Over the last decade, digital technology has shaped more economic change and social progress than any other new innovation, said Karthi Palanisamy, organising chairman of ...
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Running under a giant canvas for good tidings
IPOH: Hundreds of devotees unfurled a giant canvas painting of Sakyamuni Buddha at the Enlightened Heart Buddhist Centre in Tambun here, in conjunction with Wesak Day. It is a traditional practice to unfurl the thangka in the temple compounds for it to draw power from the sun. Devotees would also run under the 60m by 12m canvas to receive blessings from Buddha. Buddhists also thronged other ...
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Misif Mergers vital for local steel millers to compete
KUCHING: Local steel millers may need to merge in order to have at least five million tonnes of production capacity per annum. Malaysian Iron & Steel Industry Federation ...
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Ipoh Timor MP to be charged over ‘illegal rally’
IPOH: Ipoh Timor MP Thomas Su Keong Siong is expected to be charged at the Sessions Court here on Monday with violating the Peaceful Assembly Act 2012. The charge is believed to be in connection with a rally organised by the Perak DAP on May 9 here. Su said he would fight the charge, describing the provision in Section 9 (1) of the PAA as "ridiculous". "I got the call earlier ...
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Putrajaya undergoes transformation for fest
PUTRAJAYA: The serious business of running a government took a back seat in the administrative capital as it was transformed for the Putrajaya Youth Festival 2013. Taking place along Persiaran Perdana known as the Putrajaya boulevard and its surrounding areas, the festival drew thousands of youths to join in the hundreds of activities that will run until tomorrow. Youth ...
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Malaysian Bar slams arrest of activists and politicians
PUTRAJAYA: The Malaysian Bar has slammed the arrests and prosecution of activists and opposition politicians as "regressive" actions that do not reflect the Government's aspirations of establishing a world-class democracy. Malaysian ...
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HyppTV goes for bigger market share
’s (TM) Internet protocol television (IPTV) service HyppTV, which is fast becoming more significant part of the group, is upping the ante to grab a larger market share. Executive vice-president of new media Jeremy Kung tells StarBizWeek that HyppTV is currently the country’s fastest growing IPTV where over ...
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Ghani assists single mum to secure a home for her family
MUAR: Gritty single mother A. Nagamah is not one who wallows in self pity when a series of bad luck befalls her and her family of 12. Instead she took matters into her own hands and gate-crashed a meeting between former Johor Mentri ...
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Matrix Concepts building Negri houses for KL commuters
, which is en route to a Main Market listing next Tuesday. The property developer is raising RM137.5mil from the initial public offering (IPO) of 62.5 million new shares at RM2.20 a piece. The IPO was 11.3 times oversubscribed for the 10 million shares allocated for retail investors. Describing himself as a Negri man born and bred, with almost his entire career spent in the property industry of ...
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Let’s elect senators Govt urged
is calling on the Federal Government to enact a parliamentary statute to elect senators. He said this was in accordance with Article 45(4)(b) of the Federal Constitution, adding that he would make the proposal by way of a Private Members Bill at the next Parliament sitting. "It is important for all states, both under Barisan Nasional and Pakatan Rakyat, to conduct an election to elect their ...
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Growth in personal loan segment causing concern
CONCERN seems to be building with the year-on-year (yoy) portfolio growth seen in the personal loan sub-segment of the lending business in the country. The risks to holding these in a lender’s portfolio have generally been acknowledged and recognised in the industry given their volatile nature especially during an economic slowdown. Despite this, there has been considerable focus on the ...
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Klang Valley a haven for UOA Dev
, does not keep to any rigid sales targets. Yet it is no less competitive. The group posted record sales of RM1.71bil in 2012 and it is poised to top that with RM2bil this year. In its just-ended March quarter, UOA Dev raked in sales worth RM929mil, with unbilled sales standing at RM1.1bil. Even more impressive are its margins. UOA Dev enjoys pre-tax margins of between 40% and 50%, double the ...
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Anyone can challenge me for top post says Palanivel
is open to be challenged for the top post, putting to rest speculation that party state chairmen have been told to pass a "no contest" resolution for the president's post. "I did not ask the states to do that. If anyone wants to challenge me, it is up to them. I am not thinking about it right now. People can challenge me or return me unopposed. That is not important to me. My ...
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Mixed views on direction of inflation
may maintain the benchmark overnight policy rate (OPR) given that domestic demand has remained resilient in the first quarter despite the gross domestic product (GDP) growth coming in slower-than-expected in the first quarter due to a weaker external environment. That is in spite of some central banks lowering their interest rates this month in order to spur economic growth – among which ...
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‘Rallies only meant to raise attention about electoral fraud’
wants the party to "move forward" but, at the same time, continue with its rallies to protest the general election results. He extended the olive branch to all parties, calling an end to the political impasse while offering bipartisan engagement. Referring to the opposing political parties as well as those in the civil society, he said the sentiment on the ground was that voters wanted ...
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Living through your midlife
MANY times our wake-up call comes at midlife in the form of a meltdown. It is at midlife that we are brought to a situation where we need to change our behaviour, attitude, beliefs or even lifestyle. It is a period when you feel lost or confused and it may be even your lowest. The cause can be anything from stagnation in personal development, career crisis, unhappy marriage, stressful ...
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Malaysia's 10th MP sets focus on education
On the 10th of June, 2010, the 10th Malaysia Plan was revealed to Malaysia’s news media, outlining what is essentially the government’s budget plans for the next five years. The 10th Malaysia Plan will therefore be in effect during 2011 to 2015. Malaysia is a vast country and the plan is therefore vast as well, a thick and complicated document, but one of the most important aspects of the plans announced in parliament were those that involve the education departments of the country.
Malaysia has an extensive public schooling system, operated under the belief that every child has a right to equal and fair opportunity in the country, a right that is enshrined in the constitution. The government spends around RM 7 billion on public education throughout the country, and in the 10MP, extremely important plans were outlined, aimed at increasing pre-school attendance from 67% of the population currently, to 87% by 2012. Read more
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