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  • Three-fold hike in salary of Sarawak ministers assemblymen

    Reset KUCHING (May 21): The monthly remuneration of the Sarawak chief minister, deputy chief minister, ministers, assistant ministers and state assemblymen will rise by three-fold under a bill approved today by the state legislative assembly. The Members of the Administration and Members of Dewan Undangan Negeri (Remuneration, Pensions and Gratuities) Bill 2013 also provides for an increase in ...

  • Alliance full year profit up 7 to RM538mil

    earnings rose 7% to RM538.04mil in the financial year ended March 31, 2013 from RM502.63mil a year ago, underpinned by higher revenue and lower impairment charges. The banking group said on Tuesday its revenue increased 7.1% to RM1.333bil from RM1.244bil. AFG said non-interest income ratio improved to 28.7%, from 27.0% a year ago while return on equity after tax stood was 13.8%. Its total assets ...

  • Respect the rule of law Senate chief tells Karpal

    to respect the rule of law and the Federal Constitution instead of calling for the Dewan Negara to be done away with. "He is a lawyer and an MP. He should understand the Federal Constitution and look at what it says. Do not make statements that confuse the people. "I appeal to my friend to respect the rule of law and our Constitution. Do not complicate matters," Abu Zahar told ...

  • Cops urge motorists to avoid roads near Dataran PJ Thursday evening

    PETALING JAYA: Police are advising all road users to avoid the roads near Dataran Petaling Jaya on the evening of Thursday, May 23, due to a large gathering scheduled to take place there. Petaling Jaya OCPD Asst Comm Arjunaidi Mohamed said Tuesday that the Perhimpunan Kesyukuran DAP which is expected to be attended by over 10,000 people is set to kick off at 7pm which could cause traffic ...

  • Fishermen slammed for selling off free engines

    , who revealed this Tuesday, said it was "disappointing" to know that out of the 52 such engines presented by the Government for fishermen in his constituency, 11 had been sold off. He said though the fishermen sold off the engines for quick money, they lost out as they could not go out to sea to earn a living. "The engines were presented based on their needs and financial ...

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Hulk

Hulk

Ang Lees ambitious big-screen version of Hulk is much like the titular green behemoth himself: Grand in scale and purpose, it is a weighty, muscular adaptation of the popular comic book series, but its own bulk often gets in the way. At times elegant and other times clumsy, Hulk is frequently entertaining, but too often dour and humorless, the clear result of the filmmakers passiona ... ...

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  • EC Special team to find out why indelible ink was not indelible

    KUALA LUMPUR: The Election Commission (EC) has set up a special team to find out why the indelible ink used to mark voters in the 13th general election could be easily removed, said ...

  • Banting murders Thilaiyalagan never met Sosilawati and friends

    and three other individuals who were allegedly murdered on Aug 30, 2010 at Ladang Gadong, Tanjung Sepat in Banting, the High Court was told Tuesday. Therefore, counsel Gurbachan Singh, who is representing Thilaiyalagan, said there was no purpose for his client to commit such a serious crime, just because he was a worker in the farm owned by first accused, N. Pathmanabhan, knowing full well the ...

  • Sabah moves to nullify rape victim’s marriage to alleged rapist

    KOTA KINABALU: Sabah is taking steps to nullify a 13-year-old rape victim's marriage to her alleged rapist and to remove her into the care of welfare officials. State Community Development ...

  • Bumi Armadas earnings up 22 to RM109.67mil order book RM12.2b

    's earnings rose 22% to RM109.67mil in the first quarter ended March 31, 2013 from RM89.7mil a year ago. It said on Tuesday the earnings were underpinned by increased activities in its offshore support vessel, transport and installation services and floating production. Its order book was RM12.2bil of which RM7.9bil were firm contracts and the rest were optional extensions. Its revenue rose ...

  • CIMB earnings up 37.1 to RM1.386b in Q1 2013

    's earnings rose 37.1% to RM1.386bil in the first quarter ended March 31, 2013 from RM1.01bil a year ago, boosted by gain on sale of its 51% interest in ...

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