Newsinbrief

Malaysia's top media group, Media Prima acquires Big Tree Outdoor, a leading outdoor advertiser to increase its revenue.

Malaysia and Singapore had asked the court in July 2003 to rule on who could lay claim to the tiny island.

Asia's largest budget carrier AirAsia on Wednesday said it may order another 60 A320 Airbus aircraft bringing the total to 160 planes to meet a surge in passenger traffic.

Lim Keng Yaik, energy, water and communications minister said the government hoped the winning bidders will roll out the WiMAX network nationwide in 2007.

A hearing to deport Cambodia's fugitive former police chief is adjourned after state prosecutors said they needed more time to prepare their case.

AirAsia is projected to carry 16 million passengers in the financial year ending next June, up from 9.31 million in the last financial year.

The rail project would cut travel time between the two airports, located south of the capital Kuala Lumpur to 11 minutes.

Works Minister S Samy Vellu said Malaysia will sign a memorandum of understanding to build elevated highways in Rawalpindi and Karachi.

Pirates attacked a German cargo ship in the busy Malacca Strait but quick action by the captain prevented the pirates from boarding.

Sime Darby today expressed optimism on securing a deal to assemble vehicles of South Korea's top automaker, Hyundai Motor for the Southeast Asian market.

Malaysia's trade surplus in September rose 10.3 percent from August to RM9.79 billion due to strong exports of electronic products.

Transport Minister Chan Kong Choy also said government investment arm, Khazanah Nasional, is currently studying the social impact of the project.

The dam is scheduled for completion in 2007 and is designed to produce 2,400 megawatts of electricity.

Heng Pov was arrested last month in Malaysia for overstaying his visa after entering the country from Singapore.

Took Leng How was convicted of strangling an eight-year-old girl with his bare hands in October 2004, in a case that gripped the city-state.

The economic growth rate will speed up in the second half of this year thanks to the rollout of major projects under a national development plan.

The discs, worth US$89,000 dollars, were detected at Johannesburg International Airport after arriving on a commercial flight.

An academic is suing a columnist who called him a "drama queen", claiming that in Malaysia's version of English known as "Manglish", the term is a homosexual slur.

Malaysia's largest highway toll-operator, PLUS Expressways, has agreed to acquire a 55-percent stake in Indonesia's toll-road company, PT Lintas Marga Sedaya.

Malaysia will allow foreign-currency Islamic bonds to be issued in its capital market in a move to promote itself as a global Islamic financial hub.