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Westports to see 25 cut in fuel costs with LWK transmission system
and Westports recently signed an MoU to develop and commercialise the transmission system. The strategic alliance, supported by Agensi Inovasi Malaysia (AIM), will see LWK retrofitting their new high-torque, fuel-saving and eco-friendly gearboxes into Terberg Tractors' prime movers. Compared to conventional gearboxes, initial tests showed the transmission system, dubbed efficient power ...
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Penang Telok Air Tawar rep Jahara Hamid elected opposition leader
has been elected the new state opposition leader. She is the first woman to be elected to the post in the state. Zainal Abidin, who made the announcement at Menara Umno in Jalan Macalister here, said Jahara's appointment has been fully accepted by all 10 Barisan Nasional assembly members and endorsed ...
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Owen indebted to Malaysian education
Michael Owen is reminiscing about a game against Argentina, though it is not the one you might think. The match being discussed took place exactly 369 days before he slalomed his way through ...
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Lynas drops defamation suit against Save Malaysia Stop Lynas
on Tuesday said solicitors had been instructed to discontinue legal action against the activist group. "There is no value in continuing disputes with members of our local community," he said in a statement. "Therefore, Lynas intends to instruct its solicitors to discontinue its defamation claim against the Save Malaysia Stop Lynas group." Noyrez said the group's comments ...
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Hibiscus Petroleum unit gets US$10m investment
. In a Bursa Malaysia statement on Tuesday, Hibiscus Petroleum said Triax would subscribe for 14,635 Hirex shares at US$683 (RM2,118) per share. To recap, Hibiscus Petroleum's ...
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UNHCR Resettlement of refugees takes years
PETALING JAYA: The process to resettle refugees takes years given their huge numbers and limited places for resettlement, said United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) spokesman Yante Ismail. There are 10.5 million refugees worldwide and only about 80,000 get resettled each year. Some 10,000 refugees from Malaysia were resettled to third countries last year. "This number is based ...
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Families of Batang Kali massacre send David Cameron please apologise postcards
KUALA LUMPUR: Several families of victims of the 1948 Batang Kali massacre and concerned groups submitted 10,000 postcards to British High Commissioner Simon Featherstone on Tuesday. The postcards, addressed to ...
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Myanmar temporarily stops supply of workers to Malaysia
PETALING JAYA: Myanmar has temporarily stopped sending workers to Malaysia due to safety concerns, following violence involving its citizens here. The Eleven Media in Myanmar reported that the Federation of Overseas Employment Agencies (Myanmar) had last week instructed overseas employment companies not to send any more workers to Malaysia. "The current violence there has forced us to do ...
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Aeon Credit Services to expand fee business
said the group plans to expand its fee business through its acquiring business, business process outsourcing, and Internet-related business. Speaking to reporters after the group's 18th AGM, he said that he expected further growth from the group's existing businesses such as credit cards, personal loans, and used car financing. "We want to increase the business in all our units, ...
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Sabah state assembly Argument over position of Opposition leader
KOTA KINABALU: It was the first day of the state assembly sitting and the expected showdown between Barisan Nasional representatives and their 12 opposition counterparts played itself out right on the dot. A heated argument erupted over the position and privileges of the Opposition leader ...
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MMHE Oil price to determine customers decisions on projects
said on Tuesday the group was always hopeful that it could do better. "Our earnings would depend on a lot of factors like how fast we can execute and how well we can manage cost of the projects," he said after the AGM. MMHE's net profit for its first quarter ended March 31, 2013 fell 34.8% to RM50.95mil from RM78.26mil a year ago. Its revenue, however, increased to RM921.82mil ...
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Operator of illegal music sharing site nabbed in Kelantan
PUTRAJAYA: An illegal music sharing website operating out of Kubang Kerian, Kelantan has been crippled with the arrest of the operator of popular website, jiwang.org. A team led by the Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Ministry's enforcement division raided the suspect's house on June 11, in a major operation against music pirates in the country. Enforcement chief, Mohd ...
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MIC elections will be completed this year says Palanivel
KUALA LUMPUR: MIC will complete its party elections, which was postponed due to the May elections, by this year following the advice of the Registrar of ...
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Malaysias 1MDB plans $1 bln IPO
Sovereign wealth fund 1Malaysia Development Bhd plans to raise about $1 billion through a public listing of its power assets in Malaysia next year, Dow Jones Newswires has reported. ...
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Malay Press No contest for Umno Youth chief post too
Reset PETALING JAYA (June 18): With more Umno leaders expressing support for the proposal that there be no contests for the top two posts in the party, Umno Youth too wants its chief post to remain uncontested. Berita Harian quoted Umno Youth economic and entrepreneurial development bureau chief Datuk Sohaimi Shahadan as saying that the decision was made at a Youth exco meeting recently to ...
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Malaysias BiotechCorp raises profile at Montreal World Congress
raised the profile of the country's drive to commercialise its bio-based industry, as it emerged as a major sponsor of the 10th BIO World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology 2013 in Montreal, Canada. BiotechCorp co-officiated the three-day conference -- the world's largest industrial biotechnology event -- for business leaders, investors, and policy makers in biofuels, biobased ...
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Sabah state assembly Sulu incursion nothing to do with sultanate claim says Musa
KOTA KINABALU: The incursion by Sulu gunmen in Lahad Datu in February has nothing to do with the longstanding Sulu Sultanate claim over Sabah, ...
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2014 Budget to be tabled on Oct 25
said. Najib also announced the setting up of a Fiscal Policy Committee aimed at reducing fiscal deficit, strengthening public finances and ensuring nation's long-term fiscal sustainability. Speaking at the 2014 Budget Consultation sessions, Najib, who is also Finance Minister, said he would chair the committee which would include selected Cabinet ministers and heads of departments. On the ...
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Temporary freeze on cyber cafe licences for KL and Labuan
KUALA LUMPUR: The issuance of cyber cafe licences in Kuala Lumpur and Labuan will be frozen temporarily as part of government efforts to check social problems at such ...
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Exclusive Mokhzani Mahathir No conflict of interest from Kencana stake in Yinson
] has not resulted in conflict of interest, Datuk Mokhzani Mahathir said."There is no conflict of interest. Why would there be a conflict of interest?" he told theedgemalaysia.com after speaking at the Perdana Leadership Foundation CEO Forum 2013 here today."No, I have not heard of any reports saying there is a conflict of interest" said Mokhzani who owns Kencana Capital.The ...
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1Malaysia Development Bhd to raise US$1b from floating power assets
is looking into the listing of its power assets in Malaysia, which could see it raising about US$1bil (RM3.154bil), wire reports said. The reports said on Tuesday the funds raised through the share sale would enable it to reduce part of its borrowings. In the energy sector, 1MDB recently ...
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Penang freak storm Menara Umno owner given 7 days to submit safety report
GEORGE TOWN: The Menara Umno building owner has been instructed by the Penang Municipal Council to appoint certified engineers to do a thorough check on the building. Penang ...
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Penang freak storm Cops get CCTV footage of Jln Macalister in probe to see how Lim Chin Aik died
GEORGE TOWN: The police have obtained a CCTV footage in Jalan Macalister to determine the death of economy rice seller Lim Chin Aik. State police chief ...
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Malaysian man shocked to find dead infant in his rented flat after living for one week
A man did not realise that there was a dead baby in his rented flat in Jalan Lintang Madrasah, Jelutong here, even though there was a strong stench in the premises for the past week. It was only when his girlfriend went over to his place that they stumbled upon the gruesome discovery - a highly decomposed body of a newborn baby boy. The infant, wrapped in a black plastic bag, was in a ...
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Securities Commission to host PRS exhibition
KUALA LUMPUR: The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) is organising a private retirement scheme (PRS) exhibition at the SC Building in Bukit Kiara on Saturday to provide the opportunity for individuals to engage with PRS providers and their range of schemes. The 9.30am to 2pm free exhibition programme would also feature talks by PRS providers. PRS are voluntary long term investment schemes ...
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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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