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  • Malaysian Indian Congress to hold its polls in 2014

    The organisational elections of the Malyasian Indian Congress (MIC), including the presidential election, will be held in 2014, a media report said Saturday. The party's acting president G. Palanivel said that the presidential election will be held between January and March next year and this will be followed by elections of other top office-bearers. Formed in 1946, the MIC is one of the ...

  • Preparations on for Sikh festival in Malaysia

    Preparations are on for the four-day festival of Barsi, said to be the largest Sikh event outside of the Punjab state in India, in Gurdwara Sahib Malacca in the Malaysian state of Malacca, starting May 30. The festival commemorates the death anniversary of Sant Baba Sohan Singh Ji, a Sikh saint who lived in Malacca and passed away in 1972 at Ipoh General Hospital near the Malaysian capital of ...

  • Anwar broke agreement to accept election results

    Printer Friendly Kuala Lumpur: Former Indonesian Vice-President Jusuf Kalla has accused Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim of reneging on a secret deal to respect the outcome of Malaysia's 13th General Election which he brokered between Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and the opposition leader. The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Saturday that Jusuf had revealed that a written agreement ...

  • Single party proposal not for now Upko

    Printer Friendly Kota Kinabalu: A Sabah Barisan Nasional (BN) component party has opined that the proposal to turn the BN into a single party is not ready for implementation yet. United Pasokmomogun Kadazandusun and Murut Organisation (Upko) Secretary-General Datuk Wilfred Madius Tangau said the proposal can only be implemented after the year 2020 and not now. Nevertheless, he said, the ...

  • Single party People can decide if time is right

    Printer Friendly Putra Jaya: The people and members of the Barisan Nasional (BN) can decide whether the time is right to turn BN into a single party with a new name in line with the current political changes, said BN Secretary-General Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor. He said the proposal, which was made before the 13th General Election (GE13), had been revived and should be given serious ...

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Gone In 60 Seconds

"Gone in 60 Seconds," this summer's Jerry Bruckheimer-produced would-be blockbuster, is actually a remake of a 1974 cult car-crash flick written, produced, directed by, and starring a Hollywood stuntman named H.B. Halicki. ...

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  • Check on cyber troopers

    Printer Friendly BAGAN DATOH: The Home Ministry, via the police, will work together with the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) as well as the Malaysian Cyber Security to check immediately the channelling of contents which violate the social media law by certain cyber trooper groups. Home Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said the immediate action was to ensure ...

  • Dont let rapist off hook Jainab

    Kota Kinabalu: State Community Development and Consumer Affairs Minister Datuk Jainab Ahmad Ayid on Saturday appealed to DPP (Deputy Public Prosecutor) to put behind bars without bail the 40-year-old restaurant manager who raped a 13-year-old girl. "God knows what he can do to the 13-year-old. She should be protected. If his intentions are pure, why didn't he marry her in the first ...

  • Labuan MCA Chief fails to get elected into Chinese clan association

    Printer Friendly Labuan: Labuan MCA Chairman Datuk Chin Hong Vui failed to make it to the committee of the Labuan Kwang Wei Siew Association in its elections held during the association's 43rd annual general meeting here recently. Chin, who was the Secretary-General of the association, garnered merely 49 votes out of a total of 159 votes cast, making him the biggest causality in the ...

  • Focus on the development of rural schools says Yap

    Tawau: The Education Ministry will focus on the development of rural schools to narrow the gap of such schools with those in the urban areas. Deputy Minister I, Datuk Mary Yap Kain Ching, said this was based on the 2013-2025 National Education Plan covering from physical, academic, teaching and learning improvements to addressing the issues raised by the communities. She said the Government ...

  • Maximus No private land will be used for Sabah marine park

    KOTA KINABALU: Privately-owned land will not be acquired in the creation of a marine park in northern Sabah, said Energy, Green Technology and ...

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