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Blackmail victim reaches end of tether
SANDAKAN: A housewife who has had enough of a blackmailer's regular threats to make her nude pictures public has sought police help to end her nightmare. The 29-year-old woman, who could not afford to pay the latest demand of RM3,000, decided to lodge a police report to end about three-years of constant extortion, said Sandakan police chief Asst Comm Rowell Marong. Rowell said that the girl ...
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PKR to postpone party elections
PETALING JAYA: PKR has pushed its party polls deadline to May 2014 from November 2013, extending the mandate of its leadership by up to six months. The PKR delegates unanimously agreed to the motion to put off the party polls proposed by ...
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Malaysias Vitriolic Election Shatters the Illusion of Democracy
election shows few signs of abating after the government charged three outspoken opposition figures with sedition, an antiquated and much-maligned law primarily used to quell dissent. The crackdown comes amid accusations of vote rigging during the May 5 ballot that saw the incumbent National Front coalition -- in power since independence from Britain in 1957 -- returned with Prime Minister Najib ...
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Malaysias May 1-25 palm oil exports down 5.2 pct - ITS
(Adds table) KUALA LUMPUR, May 25 (Reuters) - Exports of Malaysian palm oil products from May 1 to 25 fell 5.2 percent to 1,064,925 tonnes from 1,123,129 tonnes shipped during April 1 to 25, cargo surveyor Intertek Testing Services said on Saturday. Breakdown of ITS palm export figures for May 1-25 compared to a month ago (in tonnes): PALM PRODUCTS May 1-25 April ...
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Chinese premier criticizes EU move on trade measures
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang speaks during a joint news conference with Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari (not in picture) at President House in Islamabad May 22, ...
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Up close and personal with Datuk Richard Curtis
is not the Curtis who wrote the comedic scripts for the movies Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill, or the Mr Bean series. This is the Curtis leading Sarawak's largest ...
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News Corp to take charge of up to $1.4 billion this quarter
said on Friday it will write down the value of its Australian and U.S. publishing assets by up to $1.4 billion (925.4 million pounds), as the company prepares to split its business between its newspaper and entertainment operations.The company said the goodwill impairment charge was primarily for its Australia newspapers though it gave no more details. It also said it expected reduced cash flows ...
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Malaysia a favourite of Muslim travellers
BERLIN: Malaysia has been named, along with Turkey and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), as one of the preferred destinations for Muslim travellers, according to a survey. The survey, conducted by DinarStandard, the leading survey institute for Muslim travel market, was presented during the International Tourism Bourse (ITB) here, the world's largest travel and tourism show by organiser Messe ...
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DPM Turning BN into a single party must be evaluated in detail
said the proposal to turn Barisan Nasional into a single party is rational and needs to be studied in detail to ensure its continuous support from the people. He said the 13-party coalition should look at the existing Barisan structure to see if the time had come for the formation of a single party. "This means that each component party must self-evaluate and consider whether it is time to ...
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Chua Cops right to act against those inciting racial hatred
said MCA supported the police action against the people who incited racial hatred. "The Opposition has instilled such hatred before during and after the general election," Dr Chua said here yesterday. "National reconciliation requires cooperation from both sides of the political divide, not just the Prime Minister," he added. ...
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Syndicate linked to IC deal busted
KOTA KINABALU: A syndicate that cheats foreigners into paying RM80 as processing fee for Malaysian identity cards was busted in Sabah's interior area of Keningau. Police arrested four men and a woman, aged between 37 and 50, during a raid at a hotel room on Monday. Keningau Police Chief Deputy Supt Robert Salasip said initial investigations revealed that the syndicate used a copy of a ...
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All religions practise good teachings
has urged people to put the good teachings contained in all religions into practice. "By learning their respective religions, understanding them and practising good morals, we will all be able to live in peace and harmony," he added. Dhammaratana also called on all religious leaders to find ways to draw people back to religion. "We cannot use the old, traditional methods any ...
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Barisan mulls name change as part of its evolution
PETALING JAYA: Barisan Nasional is mulling changing its name as part of its evolution in responding to current needs, and among the names being considered is Parti 1Malaysia. According to The Star Online, the change will enable direct individual membership while retaining current parties in the coalition, which was formed in 1973. Barisan is the successor of the Alliance, a coalition of Umno, ...
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Painting of merry old couple covered up to prevent accident at Chew Jetty
GEORGE TOWN: An artist who painted a mural of a merry old couple on the wooden exterior wall of a house in Chew Jetty here has whitewashed it, ironically because of its popularity. Simon Tan, 48, said he decided to do so after receiving complaints from residents that the boardwalk at the alley might give way due to the many tourists who come to take photographs of the mural. The mural gained ...
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Politics of development pays dividend
has delivered and now market watchers are expecting Sarawak to be robustly rewarded. Collectively, Sabah and Sarawak delivered 47 seats out of the 133 seats that gave BN its simple majority. For the stock market, the large number of Sarawakian ministers being appointed is a strong sign of the political will to push through Sarawak’s infrastructure development, and thus ensure that mega ...
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Trio walk free after court turns down remand request
, PAS member Tamrin Ghafar and head of the pro-Opposition movement ABU Haris Ibrahim were ordered to be released by magistrate Norashikin Sahat who rejected the police's application of remand. According to a tweet by lawyer New Sin Yew, the grounds for the magistrate's decision on Tian Chua was that the reasons given were too general and did not refer to the details of the ...
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Ministry Marriage should not be way out for suspected rapists
PETALING JAYA: The Women, Family and Community Development Ministry has expressed concern that marriage would become an "excuse" to escape prosecution for cases of statutory rape. ...
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EC Blackout photo is a fake
KUALA LUMPUR: A photograph circulated on the Internet showing a "blackout" during a vote-counting process at the recent general election was staged, preliminary investigation by the Election Commission found. EC ...
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A thematic play seen
INVESTORS are back and participating actively in the stock market since the 13th general election. Counters across various sectors are up, notably led by blue chips followed by second liners. While investors are pouring money into the more volatile stocks in favoured sectors like construction and oil and gas, a trend that has seen Sarawak-based counters race ahead has also prominent. Some ...
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Sarawak counters hogging the limelight
, which is some 42.2% owned by the family of the Chief Minister of Sarawak, has always been seen as the main beneficiary and the best proxy to the many projects that will be taking off from the Sarawak Corridor of Renewable Energy (Score). It has been one of the top performers of Bursa Malaysia, with its share price gaining some 60.36% to RM5.35 on a year to date basis. Its market capitalisation ...
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Getting GST acceptance will be tough
AS soon as talk of introducing a goods and services tax (GST) was uttered, reaction to such a move has been swift. Opposition to a GST kicked off as soon as Minister in the Prime Minister’s ...
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A yen for the unloved dollar standard
TRAVELLING around the South-East Asian region last week, the mood was all about currency fluctuation and impact on markets. Things do look different when the Thai stock market daily turnover touches US$2bil and is higher than that of Singapore. But the headline that Thai growth slowed quarter-on-quarter but still grew 5.3% year-on-year gave rise to fears that export-driven economies in the ...
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Dance groups laud move to include more races in shows
said it was a welcome move that could give more opportunities for dancers to perform before a wider audience. "When hiring troupes to perform dances of a particular culture, it would be best to hire those who are experienced or well-versed as it will look more polished," she said. Indira, who has been teaching and performing Barathanatya dance for 47 years, said even if the ministry ...
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Make our pastime profitable
ALTHOUGH the magnetic corporate world always attracts more attention than the less glamorous small and medium-size enterprise (SME) industry, the latter is closer and perhaps more important to us than we realise. From the community grocer, the goreng pisang stall and to the pasar malam that we often get our kitchen supplies from, we are all surrounded and somewhat depend on these self-made ...
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Vujicic finds magic in helping youths
PETALING JAYA: Motivational speaker extraordinaire Nick Vujicic has a passion for helping youths, a message he conveys in the over 2,000 speeches he has made in six continents. Despite being born without limbs, he thinks it is worse for teenagers to be brought up in violent homes. "There are teenagers who are brought up in very violent homes and I believe that's worse than having no ...
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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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