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  • Hindu board in Malaysia files complaint over missing gold

    A Hindu endowment board that conducts the affairs of the Hindu community and temples in a Malaysian state has lodged a police complaint after three gold bars went missing from its office. The Penang Hindu Endowment Board lodged the complaint May 17 over the three gold bars that went missing Dec 26 last year from its office in Georgetown, capital of Penang state, the Malaysian Star reported ...

  • Malaysian Indian Congress leader denies quitting party post

    K.P. Samy, a member of the Central Working Committee (CWC) of the Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC), has denied reports that he would quit the post as he was not offered a senatorship in the upper house of the Malaysian parliament. "I had merely offered to step down to give way to younger leaders but the president urged me to stay on," the Malaysian Star quoted him as saying in a press conference ...

  • Malaysian Indian Congress to hold working committee meeting May 23

    The Central Working Committee (CWC) of the Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) will hold its meeting Thursday, thereby setting into motion the process of holding the party's presidential election. Party vice president M. Saravanan said the CWC members will mainly discuss the formation of the election committee, the New Straits Times reported Monday. Formed in 1946, MIC is one of the oldest ...

  • EPF invests additional US$1.3b overseas

    increased its overseas investments by US$1.30bil in global real estate, bonds and equities during the first quarter of 2013 (Q1 2013). It said on Tuesday this was part of its diversification strategy to expand its overseas investments. At the end of Q1, 2013, EPF total overseas exposure was 17.55% of its total investment cost. However, ...

  • AmIncome Flexi bond fund to attract RM200m investments

    Flexi bond fund. The three-year closed-ended fund, targeted at investors seeking regular income and potentially higher returns than fixed deposits but lower risk than equities, was launched on Tuesday. AmIncome Flexi 3 had already garnered RM60mil in assets since its offer period opened on May 9, 2013, AmInvest director of retail funds Ng Chze How told reporters at the launch event. The first ...

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Black Hawk Down

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  • MIDA Investments up 44 on-year to RM49.3b in Q1

    KUALA LUMPUR: Investments rose 44% on-year to RM49.3bil in the first quarter ended March 31, 2013, the Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA) said. ...

  • Low’s Cabinet appointment will not change his principles says Tunku Aziz

    . "Why should his principles change if he joins the Government? I believe that his principles have remained the same and are intact," he said of the new Minister in the Prime Minsiter's Department. He also said the Opposition can no longer manipulate the issue of corruption and abuse of power against the Government now that the former Transparency International-Malaysia (TI-M) ...

  • Saturday rally near Amcorp Mall to go on despite official warning

    KUALA LUMPUR: A rally set to take place next to Amcorp Mall this Saturday will go on as planned, despite official warnings not to do so. "Yes, [it's] on," said Suara Rakyat 505 spokesman Badrul Hisham Shaharin via text message when contacted. He was referring to ...

  • Merged Education Ministry to have workforce of half a million

    said the process of merging the Education Ministry and the Higher Education Ministry is expected to be completed within a month. "The process of merging should not be too complicated. Each ministry already had well-defined tasks previously, with the Education Ministry in charge of primary and secondary levels while the Higher Education Ministry was looking after higher education ...

  • Security guards jailed for killing alleged Nigerian conman

    SHAH ALAM: Two security guards have been jailed for causing the death of a Nigerian who allegedly cheated them. The High Court here sentenced T. Kumar, 29, to seven years in jail for causing the death of 27-year-old student Nwabudike Emmanuel Chukwma, while V. Ganesan, 29, was sentenced to one year in jail for causing hurt to the deceased. They were initially charged with murder but pleaded ...

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