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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 ...

  • Tenaga unit issues RM1.62b Sukuk for Penang power plant

    's unit has issued RM1.625bil Islamic Sukuk to finance the construction of a 1,071.43 MW combined cycle gas-fired power plant in Seberang Perai Tengah, ...

  • Affin Q1 earnings decline on lower share from associate

    . It reported on Monday the share from the 33.6%-owned AAGIB declined to RM500,000 from RM19.6mil a year ago. In 2012, there was a one-off write back of RM53.2mil by AAGIB due to a change in the methodology of unearned premium reserve (UPR) computation, it said. ...

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Escape From New York [Blu-Ray]

Escape From New York [Blu-Ray]

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  • Fajar Baru posts RM1.5m net profit optimistic on growth

    posted net profit of RM1.55mil in its third quarter ended March 31, 2013, a turnaround from the net loss of RM3.9mil a year ago, supported by its construction projects. It said on Monday revenue rose 81.7% to RM68.6mil from RM25.3mil while earnings per share were 0.83 sen. For the nine months, Fajar Baru posted net profit of RM2.9mil compared with net loss of RM1.1mil in the previous ...

  • Malaysian court orders release of 3 accused of recruiting militants for Syrian violence

    KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - A Malaysian court has ordered the release of an al-Qaida-linked former army captain and two other suspects charged with inciting terrorist acts. The verdict underlines the legal limits of a security law introduced last year to replace legislation that allowed indefinite detention without trial. Authorities invoked the law for the first time in February to arrest three ...

  • Zahid promises no political interference in police force

    promised that there would be no political interference in the police force. He said the police have full jurisdiction to uphold the law. "There will be no interference whatsoever from me, my deputy or others at the ministry. "The police will carry out its law enforcement duties to the fullest extent," he told a press conference after his working visit to the Bukit Aman police ...

  • Malaysias KLCI closes nearly 8pt up IOI Corp CIMB advance

    KUALA LUMPUR: Rising retail interest in lower liners and penny stocks underpinned the broader market on Monday, as trading volume surged to nearly three billion shares. At the close, the FBM KLCI rose 7.99 points or 0.45% to 1,777.15, lifted by gains in plantation ...

  • Hot Stock Instacom rebounds to day high confirms RM205 mil Sarawak job

    Reset KUALA LUMPUR (May 20): Instacom Group Bhd rebounded to its intraday high in afternoon trade after the firm said it has secured a RM205 million telecommunication network and infrastructure project in Sarawak.At 3.28pm, the exchange's 10th most-active stock rose as much as three sen or 8% to 42.5 sen with some 32 million shares done.The stock which has been actively traded since morning ...

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