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  • Sarawak CM says he will not interfere in federal cabinet appointments

    KUCHING (May 20): Sarawak Chief Minister Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud today reiterated his stand not to interfere in the recent appointment of federal Cabinet ministers, which seems to have evoked dissatisfaction among members of Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS) and the Sarawak Progressive Democratic Party (SPDP), two Barisan Nasional (BN) component parties in the ...

  • RHB Research Penang next thematic property play

    KUALA LUMPUR (May 20): RHB Research has maintained Overweight on the property sector and said the opening of the Penang Second Bridge (PSB) in Sept will have a massive asset value unlocking ...

  • Maybank considering internal external candidates for CEO

    . After becoming group chief financial officer (CFO) of Maybank in November 2008, he went on to head BII, which is Maybank's Indonesian unit, in December 2011. The other possible candidates included Maybank Investment Bank ...

  • Two handicraft makers to hang for drug trafficking

    JOHOR BARU: Two men were sent to the gallows by the High Court here on Monday after they were found guilty of drug trafficking. Justice Samsudin Hassan handed down the sentence on Mohamad Sharudin Md Isa, 52, and Mohamad Yusof Mohamad Ali, 30, after finding that the prosecution had succeeded in establishing the case. The two men, both handicraft makers, were charged with trafficking in 426.78gm ...

  • Malay Press Zahid ready to face censure motion

    Reset PETALING JAYA (May 20): Home Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi is not intimidated by Lim Guan Eng's call for the minister to retract his statement calling Malaysians to emigrate if they were unhappy with the nation's political system.Ahmad Zahid said he was prepared to face the repercussion suggested by the DAP secretary-general and the party's parliamentary leader, ...

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Escape From New York [Blu-Ray]

Escape From New York [Blu-Ray]

There has always been a sense of dystopianism and apocalyptic anxiety in the science fiction genre, and the 1970s--with its worldwide recession, oil shortages, Vietnam conflict, and ever-present tensions between the capitalist West and communist East--helped fuel a special ... ...

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  • Malay Press Villagers hail temporary logging halt in Kedah

    Reset PETALING JAYA (May 20): Residents living in areas stricken by extensive logging in Changlun, Kedah have welcomed the Kedah BN government's decision to temporarily cease and review all logging activities, Berita Harian reported.Residents living in Kg Wang Perah, near the Bukit Perangin Permanent Forest Reserve, said the decision was much-needed as residents were worried they would have ...

  • Malaysia hydropower meeting to open amid controversy

    KUCHING, Malaysia (AFP) - The world hydroelectric industry's decision to meet in a Malaysian state where dams have uprooted rainforests and native peoples is drawing bitter fire from environmental and tribal groups. The International Hydropower Association's (IHA) four-day biennial meeting to push "sustainable hydropower" opens on Tuesday in Kuching, the languid capital of ...

  • Adnan Yaakob announces new portfolios for 10 excos

    (Rural Development, Agriculture and Agro-based Industries). He said a special committee on unity would be formed to strengthen racial integration among the people. Adnan said the committee would be chaired by him, while its members would be appointed by the state executive council in due course. "We have already identified several personalities to be members of the committee which include ...

  • Guan Eng should apologise to me says Zahid

    should apologise to him for misinterpreting his call for groups that do not accept the country's electoral system to move to countries where the system suits them. "He has misinterpreted my statement," he told reporters after meeting Home Ministry's heads of departments and agencies here on Monday. Dr Zahid also said he would not retract his statement. Lim who is Penang Chief ...

  • Rafizi reveals eight not allowed to vote during GE13

    PETALING JAYA: PKR has revealed the names of eight people who were not allowed to vote in the May 5 polls because their votes had already been cast. PKR ...

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