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PKR Youth chief rapped for criticising PAS chief
over the party’s decision to field candidates against its allies in GE13. Perak PAS Youth chief Mohd Zawawi Abu Hassan defended his party’s decision in fielding candidates and said that the statement by the PKR Youth movement reflected his immature political attitude. ';When the head of the PKR Youth dares to belittle and accuse our president without seeking a clarifications ...
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Thieves flee with RM126000 in ATM heist
KUALA LUMPUR: A gang of thieves carted away RM126,000 in cash after breaking into an ATM at a bank branch office here. The group of thieves had gained access through a tuition centre located on top of the bank at around 3.30am yesterday. Cheras OCPD Asst Comm Mohan Singh said after breaking into the tuition centre, the thieves, believed to be made up of four men, bore a hole through the wall ...
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Biker boys all set for epic ride
PUTRAJAYA: Five Malaysians have set their sights on an ambitious journey spanning more than 50,000km in a bid to set a world record as the first to travel the globe in a motorcycle convoy. Covering more than 40 countries in Asia, Europe and the two American continents, the team is close to fulfilling three years of planning as they approach June 16, when they start their six-month-long ...
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Prove authenticity of blackout pic says EC
PETALING JAYA: The Election Com-mission (EC) wants those claiming that a picture circulated on the Internet showing a blackout at a vote counting centre in Selangor during the May 5 polls to prove its authenticity. Its ...
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MIC to hold merger talks with political parties PPP IPF and Makkal Sakthi
KUALA LUMPUR: MIC will discuss merger possibilities with political parties representing the Indian community or those having many members from the community, ...
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Still no word on swearing-in date for Selangor executive council
KLANG: Although three weeks have passed since the May 5 polls, no date has been set for the swearing-in ceremony of the Selangor executive council. Many expect the announcement to be made this week, as Mentri ...
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Party to punish members who sabotaged candidates during GE
said. He said some of the complainants alleged that party officials had supported the Opposition to defeat MIC candidates. ';The disciplinary committee will meet this week to look into the complaints. We will issue show-cause letters to those who had worked against party interests,'; he said. Nijhar said errant members would be given two weeks to respond to the show-cause letter. If ...
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Do more volunteer work youths urged
KUALA LUMPUR: Youths should be more involved in volunteer work because it helps create a united and peaceful society, said the Prime Minister’s ...
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Instilling values in young Malaysians
. He added that this was a lifelong learning process as students would carry these values into their adult years when they enter the workforce. He said this when opening the 4th International Students’ Conference, organised by the St George’s Girls’ School, at the South-East Asian Ministers of Education Organisation-Regional Centre for Education in Science and Mathematics ...
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Grandma calls off hunger strike over Lynas plant
KUANTAN: A 72-year-old woman who has gone without food for a month to protest the Lynas rare earth refinery has called off her hunger strike. Well-wishers gave Tuw Ah Mei, a grandmother of 10, a plate of mee goreng to end the strike at a municipal council field here at around 10.30am yesterday. About 100 people gathered at the field to lend support and join her in the protest against the rare ...
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Cha Cha gang busted over car hijacking
PETALING JAYA: Police have busted a gang involved in hijacking luxury cars and robberies with the arrests of seven men this week. The members of the Cha Cha gang, aged between 18 and 40, were arrested in several raids in Damansara and Old Klang Road on Wednesday and Thursday. The raids, codenamed Ops Bumber, was launched after police received a tip-off. According to police sources, a team from ...
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Khaled lauds MCA for staying its course
has commended MCA on its focus on Barisan Nasional’s objectives although the party lost heavily in the just-concluded general election. He said MCA could have won easily if it had followed DAP’s tactics of making promises to the Chinese community that could not be fulfilled. ';MCA could have made empty promises, too, but its representatives did not do so as ...
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Pahang targets RM10.5bil in earnings
TEMERLOH: The Pahang state government has targeted RM10.5bil in earnings this year from RM9.8bil last year through the tourism industry. The state offered various holiday packages on its highlands, beaches, islands and other attractions, said Pahang culture and tourism ...
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Suspected drug addict found dead in police custody
GEORGE TOWN: A 40-year-old suspected drug addict was found dead while in police custody, just 19 hours after he was detained at the state police headquarters lock-up here. Penang deputy CID chief Asst Comm Mohd Nasir Salleh said R. Jamesh Ramesh was found unconscious when a policeman tried to wake him up at around 10.30am yesterday as they wanted to him take him to court for a remand order. ...
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Track record shows Msia can become high income economy even before 2020
ONE of the major structural weaknesses of the economy that our economic and government transformation programmes is trying very hard to address is the continuing decline in net trade the difference between exports of goods and services and imports. This is crucial if we are to make ourselves a developed economy by 2020 with an income of US$15,000 per person by then, our true north for our ...
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CIMBs Nazir AirAsias Fernandes and SP Setias Liew are best Asian CEOs
PETALING JAYA: Indonesian, Malaysian and Thai companies have been voted as some of the best managed companies in Asia in an annual poll of analysts and investors conducted by FinanceAsia, a monthly magazine owned ...
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Gerakan wants inquest into death of detainee
ALOR SETAR: Gerakan Youth wants an independent inquest to be held into the death of N. Dharmendran, who died in police custody in Kuala Lumpur recently. Kedah Gerakan Youth chief Tan Keng Liang said the inquest could be held pending the police investigations into the case. ';The inquest will be one of public importance since such an incident (death while in police custody), will tarnish ...
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MP Private land will not be acquired for marine park
would involve the acquisition of some 6km of private land were untrue. ';If these were true, we would join the people in protesting against such a move,'; he said, adding that the claims were fabricated by the Opposition during the recent general election. Speaking at the launch of the Marudu Bay carnival in the northern Kota Marudu town on Saturday, ...
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Malaysians dream of being debt free but not all debts are bad
Most Malaysians dream of being debt freeas soon as they can. However, not all debts are bad because certain types of debts give you the opportunity to acquire appreciating assets. However, some other types of debts (e.g. consumer debts) can be detrimental to your financial health. These debts need to be managed properly before they become a big financial liability which will take years to ...
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Plastic product makers see strong domestic and overseas orders
GEORGE TOWN: Strong domestic and overseas orders for food and beverage packaging materials are giving plastic product producers in the country a bullish feel for 2013. Meanwhile, engineering plastic product manufacturers, faced with a weakened consumer electronic market especially in the audiovisual segment, are turning to the automotive and power tool industries to look for fresh opportunities. ...
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Three killed in Ipoh double crash
IPOH: Three people were killed in two road accidents half an hour apart here. At about 2.45am yesterday, a 45-year-old motorcyclist died at the scene after crashing into an utility pole in Jalan Persiaran Industri Pengkalan. Thirty-minutes later, 34-year-old Foong Soon Hong, who was heading towards Falim, lost control of his car and veered into the opposite lane before crashing into motorcyclist ...
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Bright prospects for oil and gas companies in Malaysia
PETALING JAYA: Prospects for oil and gas counters remain bright and are expected to pick up in the second-half of the year despite the market perception that certain counters may be overbought or expensive as more contracts will be awarded. The latest set of financial results released by these counters have been mixed as the first three months of the year has usually been a slow period due to ...
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Decomposed body of Myanmar man found in bushes
BUKIT MERTAJAM: The highly-decomposed body of a man believed to be a 28-year-old Myanmar national was found in some bushes at Kampung Jalan Baru off Jalan Baru near here. Police went to the scene after receiving a call from the public. Central Seberang Prai deputy OCPD Supt Baharom Abu said the man was believed to have been dead for about two weeks. He said the case had been classified as sudden ...
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MISC sails through buyout bid
. To recap, Petronas first made a bid to buy all the shares of MISC on Jan 30 and had extended the deadline when it did not managed to exceed the acceptance threshold. Following that on April 5, Petronas revised the offer price to RM5.50, 20 sen higher than its previous offer. This was due to resistance from ...
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Varsity student talents in the spotlight at festival
PUTRAJAYA: Over 3,000 undergraduates participated in the Ekspresi Mahasiswa (Undergraduate Expres-sion) programme at the Putrajaya Youth Festival 2013. The event aimed at showcasing leadership talents and inculcating the spirit of unity among university students. ';It is hoped that the experience they gained during the programme will bring out their integrity potential. It is also to close ...
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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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