PETALING JAYA: A small fire broke out at the IOI Puchong Mall when a Chinese New Year decorative booth burst into flames. When contacted, Selangor Fire and Rescue Department assistant director Ahmad Mukhlis Mukhtar said the incident occurred on Saturday (Jan 27) and added that a distress call was received at around 7.20pm. "Passers-by extinguished the fire...
KUALA LUMPUR: Several main roads and highways around the capital will be closed in stages from 9 am to 10 am tomorrow for the rehearsal of the 16th Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah's departure ceremony. Kuala Lumpur Enforcement and Traffic Investigation Department chief ACP Sarifudin Mohd Salleh said that full closure would...
PETALING JAYA: MCA has extended its condolences to the family of party veteran Datuk Wong Seng Chow who passed away on Thursday (Jan 25). "The former party vice-president's departure was a great loss to the party and people," said Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong on his Facebook on Saturday (Jan 27). "Wong was serving in the...
KUALA LUMPUR: The new pension scheme that was recently announced is only a proposal and no decision has been made on the matter, says Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. In response to various concerns voiced regarding the new pension scheme, the Prime Minister said that the proposal would be brought to Parliament as it required...
KUALA LUMPUR: "Hancur badan dikandung tanah, budi yang baik dikenang jua" (Until the body is disintegrated, all good deeds will be remembered). This Malay proverb may aptly describe Muhammad Wafi Zabidi’s appreciation towards Raja Permaisuri Agong Tunku Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah. Muhammad Wafi, 34, who is a cook at Istana Negara, said he would never forget...
BUKIT MERTAJAM: He took a curtain call finally after spending four decades “married” to the school where he studied and taught. “I came to school with my hair all black and now I am going away with my hair all white,” said K. Sundaresan with a laugh. The 60-year-old studied from Form One to Form Six at...
KOTA KINABALU: The government should start the proposed abolition of pension schemes by reviewing the benefits for elected representatives, says Libaran MP Datuk Suhaimi Nasir. "It is unfair to civil servants who on average have served more than 30 years before being eligible to pension benefits, while elected representatives who have only served for five years...
BUTTERWORTH: A team of divers is working to re-clamp the 1,350mm pipeline at the riverbed of Sungai Perai, and it is expected to be completed by midnight. Perbadanan Bekalan Air Pulau Pinang (PBAPP) chief executive officer K. Pathmanathan said that one of the three steel plates, each weighing 100 kg, has been successfully installed while the...
KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Najib Razak is accountable for his every action as the prime minister, finance minister and chairman of the board of advisors of 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB), the High Court was told on Friday (Jan 26). Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) senior officer Nur Aida Arifin testified that Najib, or the 1MDB management, had...
KUALA LUMPUR: Former Dewan Negara president Tun Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar has been appointed the eighth Yang Dipertua Negeri of Sarawak. The appointment takes effect Friday (Jan 26). He received the instrument of appointment from Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah in a ceremony at Balairung Kecil, Istana Negara here Friday. Also in attendance...
