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  • Task force formed to salvage Camerons

    CAMERON HIGHLANDS: A special task force to be set up under the Natural Resources and Environment Ministry will work with the Pahang Government to tackle the widespread ravage of Cameron Highlands. But even as ...

  • Stern action to be taken against the culprits

    . He said he had directed his enforcement officers to conduct a raid in the wake of The Star's report yesterday over the extensive clearing of slopes in Pos Terisu. Over 40ha of land spread over four valleys and hills were found stripped of forests in less than a month, with the areas levelled for vegetable farming. Ahmad said his office had no prior knowledge of the activities, as the ...

  • Dept Less than 1 of forests being illegally logged

    IPOH: Less than 1% of the more than 4.7 million hectares of forest reserves in the peninsula are being illegally logged. Peninsular Malaysia Forestry Department ...

  • Take action against Kian Ming voter told

    urged the voter to take action against DAP’s Ong for the grievance and to serve as a lesson to others. ';You cannot judge a Malaysian by his appearance or skin colour. It is very irresponsible to make such accusations. ';The voter should lodge a police report and proceed with the legal process,'; he said yesterday. It was reported that Ong had recently apologised for his ...

  • Second-term Selangor MB Khalid outlines his plans for development of the state

    who secured a second term as Mentri Besar after Pakatan Rakyat retained the state in the 13th general election. RAZAK AHMAD reports. Q: What are your immediate priorities? A: We are in the midst of reviewing all our work in the last five years to find out what has been successful and what needs to be corrected. We are reviewing our social aid programmes to see if they have really reached the ...

Movie Review

There's Something About Mary

There are two possible responses to the Farrelly Brothers' new movie, "There's Something About Mary": either you will think it childish, stupid, juvenile, and sick, and walk out of the theater in the first half hour; or you will think it childish, stupid, juvenile, and sick, and walk out of the theater after the movie is over with tears in your eyes from laughing so hard. Since 1994's "Dumb and Du ... ...

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  • MPs can earn up to RM10000 per month

    PETALING JAYA: Elected Members of Parliament can earn up to RM10,000 in monthly perks and allowances. According to Statute Paper No. 235 of the Members of Parliament (Remuneration) Act 1980, MPs are afforded monthly allowances such as for entertainment (RM1,500), personal driver (RM1,200), travel (RM1,500) and telephone (RM900). It said MPs are also paid an allowance of RM200 per day when they ...

  • DAP unhappy over U-turn

    said it was already agreed upon in a Thursday meeting with Khalid that PAS would be getting three seats together with a candidate for the state assembly Speaker’s post. ';Last night, we found out a different set of names. We want to know why. There was no problem on Thursday. It was a quick half-an-hour meet,'; he was quoted as saying in an online news portal here yesterday. On ...

  • Abdul Wahid and Low taking huge pay cuts

    chief executive officer Wahid earned RM6.26mil from the banking giant last year, according to data from Bloomberg. The Star had also reported that Wahid took home RM2.96mil for the six months ended Dec 31, 2011, which is the new financial year end for the banking group. His total remuneration was RM4.68mil and RM4.7mil for the financial years (ended June) of 2011 and 2010 respectively, ...

  • Organisers of Penang ceramah to be called up by police

    GEORGE TOWN: Police will haul up several state Pakatan Rakyat leaders for organising Saturday night’s thanksgiving ceramah without obtaining proper approval from the authorities. George Town OCPD Asst Comm Gan Kong Meng said police would soon call up several Pakatan leaders, including Deputy ...

  • Visually-impaired Faiq swims across Penang Channel

    BUTTERWORTH: Visually-impaired Faiq Adnan almost gave up his swim across the Penang Channel after having being bitten by jellyfish numerous times. But the 23-year-old student persevered and successfully completed his task, to the delight of his supporters. Faiq, who has been blind since birth, was greeted with loud cheers and the beat of the kompang as he emerged from the sea at the Bagan Ajam ...

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