PETALING JAYA: Doubles shuttlers Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik will tread on an unfamiliar ground when they take on China’s He Jiting-Ren Xiangyu in the quarter-finals of the Denmark Open. On Thursday, Aaron-Wooi Yik staged a remarkable comeback to beat Indonesian old hands Mohamad Ahsan-Hendra Setiawan 16-21, 21-5, 21-15 in the second round to set up a...
SHAH ALAM: The 69th PAS muktamar (general assembly) began with a rally in support of Palestine, with the party's big names involved. The rally, near the IDCC Convention Centre here on Friday (Oct 20), saw the call of Takbir followed by prayers with party president Tan Sri Abdul Hadi Awang in attendance. The march for peace in...
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia and Palestine have agreed on the need for comprehensive efforts to end any form of violence in Gaza. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said this was reached during his telephone conversation with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to discuss the latest developments in Gaza. "We also hope that all parties can ensure humanitarian aid...
RIYADH: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has arrived here for the inaugural Asean-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Summit. The aircraft carrying the Prime Minister touched down at the King Khalid International Airport, about 35km north of here, at 8.15pm Thursday (Oct 20) local time (1.15am Friday, Oct 20, Malaysian time). Anwar and other members of the Malaysian...
SHAH ALAM: Outgoing PAS Youth Chief Ahmad Fadhli Shaari said that his biggest regret when leaving the post was that PAS has yet to make major inroads among the non-Malays and non-Muslims. The Pasir Mas MP said this at the PAS Youth Wing annual general assembly on Thursday (Oct 19) during his farewell speech. "I am not...
MELAKA: The nation’s oldest functioning place of worship, the Cheng Hoon Teng Temple in Jalan Tokong here is celebrating its 350th anniversary by showcasing its proud heritage. The temple’s chief caretaker Chan Weng Keng said his team had painstakingly searched archived century-old records of the temple to organise this year's celebration in a bid to preserve...
KUANTAN: Lynas Rare Earths will shut down its Malaysian operations, aside from its mixed rare earth carbonate (MREC) processing plant, in its December-February financial quarter. The Australian rare earth materials producer said all other operations at its plant in Gebeng here would be shut down starting from mid-November. "During the shutdown, key Malaysian cracking and leaching personnel...
KUALA LUMPUR: The state of shoebox rooms being rented out at a shoplot in Taman Maluri, Cheras, was shocking, even for the seasoned enforcement officers.The four-storey building, with its ground floor serving as a shop, had three upper levels partitioned into 78 shoebox rooms. The first floor alone contained 38 of these shoebox rooms, with 23...
KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 136 illegal immigrants occupying a luxury condominium on Jalan Munshi Abdullah here, including the penthouse unit, were detained in an operation held early Friday (Oct 20) morning. Immigration director-general Datuk Ruslin Jusoh said the raid was carried out following intelligence and complaints from members of the public who claimed that there...
SHAH ALAM: The mandate given by the people in recent elections shows confidence that PAS can be in the Federal Government, says party secretary-general Datuk Seri Takiyuddin Hassan. In his welcoming speech at PAS' 69th muktamar (general assembly) here on Friday (Oct 20), the Kota Baru MP also said PAS taking over Putrajaya was not an...
