May 18th
WASHINGTON, May 18 — The suspension of US sanctions barring investment in Myanmar in response to political reforms in the poor southeast Asian state gives a green light to US firms queuing to scout for business in one of the last frontier markets. “Today we say to American business: invest in Burma and do it responsibly,” Secretary of State …
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May 18th
KUALA LUMPUR, May 18 — The federal government has allocated RM2.8 billion to 4,374 schools all over the country, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin announced today. This “financial assistance” is said to benefit 5.4 million students enrolled in national and government-aided schools and will be given out to schools by instalments from next month. “It is the …
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May 17th
KUALA LUMPUR, May 17 — Is another body necessary to represent lawyers in the country? The answers are yes and no
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May 16th
KLANG, May 16 – WCT Bhd, a civil engineering and construction company, hopes to secure contracts worth RM1 billion, out of RM5 billion worth of contracts the group is bidding for internationally and locally, says independent non-executive chairman Datuk Ahmad Sufian. The company is mostly bidding for infrastructure projects and 40 per cent of the …
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May 16th
SINGAPORE, May 16 – Singapore Airlines Ltd (SIA) , which is struggling with weak load factors, said today it will suspend services to Abu Dhabi and Athens from Oct 26 due to weak demand. SIA, the world’s second-largest carrier by market value, currently flies to and from Abu Dhabi three times a week. The Singapore flag carrier flies to the Greek ..
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May 14th
BRUSSELS, May 14 — Output at factories in the euro zone unexpectedly fell in March, the latest in a series of disappointing numbers signalling that the bloc’s recession may not be as mild as policymakers hope. Industrial production in the 17 countries sharing the euro fell 0.3 per cent in March from February, the EU’s statistics office Eurostat …
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May 14th
SHAH ALAM, May 14 — The Election Commission (EC) has formed monitoring enforcement teams in Pahang and Selangor to ensure smooth running of 13th general election. Its deputy chairman, Datuk Wan Ahmad Wan Omar, said the teams were formed in each of the 14 parliamentary constituencies in Pahang and 56 state constituencies in Selangor.
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May 14th
KUALA LUMPUR, May 14 — PAS leader Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat today told Tan Sri Harussani Zakaria to stay out of politics, slamming the Perak mufti for saying PAS had strayed from Islam.
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May 12th
SHAH ALAM, May 13 — Selangor will not follow Putrajaya in holding elections if they are held before the second half of the year, insisting that it has “obligations” to meet before going to the ballot box as speculation mounts of a possible general election in June. Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim told The Malaysian Insider that the RM300 million Selangorku …
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May 9th
KUALA LUMPUR, May 9 – Oman’s National Gas Company (NGC) is looking at possibly expanding Shell’s west Malaysian LPG (liquified petroleum gas) distribution operations which it bought today for an undisclosed sum. NGC said that it would be looking at introducing new applications and retail methods for the LPG operations in Malaysia. “There will be …
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