Archive - 1 October 2015

Najib will hold a roundtable meeting with Italian industry leaders on Saturday afternoon.

Adnan says the content of the sermon was on the right track.

The seven have been missing since Aug 23.

It says this is despite the availability of high speed broadband packages.

They are Zarinah Anwar, the former chairperson of the Securities Commission, and Sharifah Sofianny.

Northeast district chief says no one has informed the police of the supposed gathering at Komtar.

However the friendly moment doesn't stop journo Adrian Wong from trying to grill Hamzah Zainuddin.

This is because the Domestic Trade Ministry does not want to be seen as bowing down to red shirts.

Gerakan's Andy Yong takes the minister to task for his remark, saying the country will never be progressive with the likes of him around.

Exco says this is because new team's focus is coordination between state agencies.

Last Aug 19, the Court of Appeal ordered the High Court to rehear Chew’s appeal.

Arul Kanda tells BBC that he is just a business guy tasked with delivering results for 1MDB.

At media law forum, Anna Coppola emphasises need to be thorough when doing sensitive stories.

Schools in several states had to be closed following unhealthy API readings.

It was followed by Port Dickson (127); Pasir Gudang (126) and Kota Tinggi (124).

It will do this and avoid confrontation with politicians, says its president in an inteview with BBC.

MCA senator Koh Chin Han says the party won’t sit still if the deputy minister dares to slap anyone.

Tears flow as graftbuster renames the moot court at its academy in Kevin's honour.

The Penang Islamic Council has banned the use of loudspeakers other than for the azan.

UPDATED 6.55PM | The decision departs from a previous judgment, also by the Court of Appeal.

UPDATED 5.15PM | Graftbuster chief warns they can run and ride for a certain time but will eventually be caught.

UPDATED 5.41PM | The stay is allowed pending the disposal of an application to strike out Anina Saadudin’s suit.

Exco man says leak led to Penang gov't and CM being blamed for interfering in Islamic matters.

Action can be taken if the event is found to breach party ethics and constitution, he says.

He is best known for his role as one of the key negotiators in the historic peace talks.

PM tells them, at a meeting in New York, to ignore the 'noise' coming out of Malaysia.

Proton was currently in talks with a few automobile companies in China.

The Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) is concerned about the ongoing economic and political issues the country has been facing in recent times. With the ringgit depreciating against major currencies, the cost of imports have gone up and as a direct consequence of this there has been a further rise in the cost of living.

As the ringgit drops, the struggle game gets real. How painful would it be for some of the Malaysian students living abroad to handle this crisis?

Tajuddin also tells them to stop dreaming about a ‘godfather’ coming from China to protect them.

Umno leaders represented NGOs at the Sept 16 red shirts rally, he says.

We commend the government and particularly the works minister for the foresight to consider the alternatives to Kinrara-Damansara Expressway (Kidex). (‘Alternative to Kidex’, StarBiz Sept 29, 2015).

COMMENT | Speaker’s position on proposed no-confidence against PM Najib can be contested.

Minister Ismail Sabri says Najib's busy schedule is a problem. Besides, other ministers could answer for him.

The armed conflict between the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the Sri Lankan government ended in May 2009. As result of the civil war which raged for about 30 years, hundreds and thousands of Tamil were killed in the north and east of the island of Sri Lanka, thousands went missing, thousands of young women, both combatants and non-combatants were raped and exposed to various forms of sexual violence.

Minister claims that several state governments have approached him to set  up a bumi IT hub.

Kit Siang calls them irresponsible for justifying racist red shirt rally.

UPDATED 3.10PM | Without naming them, the deputy prime minister says these people resort to slander.

UPDATED 4.11PM | Umno secretary-general cautions ex-deputy minister against being an enemy within.

Two days ago, I came across headlines that said Malaysia’s gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in 2014 has exceeded the world average for the first time.

Penang CM complains of lies being spread to create public unrest, warns he would not hesitate to take legal action.

UPDATED 3.21PM | 'Why do we want to arrest him? No such thing,' says DIGP.

UPDATED 2.10PM | Zahid says cabinet decided on this to put an end to the debates and polemics.

There are at least 260 million indigenous peoples in Asia, making it the most culturally diverse region in the world.

The former minister says the airline should operate strictly as a business entity.

UPDATED 2.08PM | Freedom of speech must not be limited with defamation and contempt, says ex-Court of Appeal judge Mohamad Ariff.

Kinabatangan MP says the session won’t be a problem, but minister Nazri Aziz thinks it will ‘burden’ PM.

COMMENT | It’s a simple question - if people are born here then they are not ‘pendatang’.

PM says his administration will shore up domestic economy and attract investments.

The federal government must explain the petrol price hike effective since last midnight.

UPDATED 12.29PM | With no objections from AG's Chambers, the challenge on the ban will be heard at later date.

UPDATED 1.30PM | DPM says the wedding reception in Indonesia was organised by his son's father-in-law.

Ex-deputy minister says country is ready for mindset change, but politicians are resistant.

MP SPEAKS | I can only hope that for once, 1MDB will stop playing word games.

PAS Ulama Wing says there’s allegation aid to schools owned by PAS members has been stopped.

There are similarities, he says, especially on political excuse and the claim that rakyat did not lose anything.

A mystery is not fun, though exciting.

YOURSAY | 'Huang's remarks were perfectly in order. It is the ambassador's duty to do so.'

He adds Najib's 1Malaysia has failed because even leaders fail to understand the concept.

COMMENT | Having no place in Umno, he ought to tread path of splinter party.

Fifty years ago, on Sept 30, 1965, when there were rumours about a planned coup against Sukarno, a group of officers mainly consisted of Presidential Guards staged a ‘countercoup’, where six generals, including General Ahmad Yani, the Commander of the Indonesian Army, were kidnapped and killed.

YOURSAY | ‘Before the eggs are laid, they are already counting the chickens.’

It's not Heart Disease, Cancer or Diabetes. Half of the people over 50 Years Old Has This Condition.

Speaker's biggest hurdle is getting the proposal approved by cabinet.

YOURSAY | ‘He should have said the property was a ‘donation’ and not for personal gain.’

Only the use of internal loudspeakers are allowed for programmes at the mosques and surau.

COMMENT | What you see of wealthy Chinese, there is a story of sacrifice.

Asean ministers meeting in KL urged to strengthen inter-faith relations.

KINIBIZ | Politicians using the oldest, saddest trick in the book to solidify their positions.

The Cheras Umno chief had slammed Nga for allegedly slandering the gov’t.

YOURSAY | ‘Salleh, if people cannot afford high-speed internet then make it affordable.’

Wan Azizah had said there is a conflict of interest as the US was also probing Najib.

MP SPEAKS | Treating him like terrorist denies him basic right to trial, the bedrock to democracy.

YOURSAY | ‘On Jan 2, 2014, New Zealand PM John Key teed off with Obama in Hawaii.’