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  • Malaysia a favourite of Muslim travellers

    BERLIN: Malaysia has been named, along with Turkey and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), as one of the preferred destinations for Muslim travellers, according to a survey. The survey, conducted by DinarStandard, the leading survey institute for Muslim travel market, was presented during the International Tourism Bourse (ITB) here, the world's largest travel and tourism show by organiser Messe ...

  • DPM Turning BN into a single party must be evaluated in detail

    said the proposal to turn Barisan Nasional into a single party is rational and needs to be studied in detail to ensure its continuous support from the people. He said the 13-party coalition should look at the existing Barisan structure to see if the time had come for the formation of a single party. "This means that each component party must self-evaluate and consider whether it is time to ...

  • Chua Cops right to act against those inciting racial hatred

    said MCA supported the police action against the people who incited racial hatred. "The Opposition has instilled such hatred before during and after the general election," Dr Chua said here yesterday. "National reconciliation requires cooperation from both sides of the political divide, not just the Prime Minister," he added. ...

  • Syndicate linked to IC deal busted

    KOTA KINABALU: A syndicate that cheats foreigners into paying RM80 as processing fee for Malaysian identity cards was busted in Sabah's interior area of Keningau. Police arrested four men and a woman, aged between 37 and 50, during a raid at a hotel room on Monday. Keningau Police Chief Deputy Supt Robert Salasip said initial investigations revealed that the syndicate used a copy of a ...

  • All religions practise good teachings

    has urged people to put the good teachings contained in all religions into practice. "By learning their respective religions, understanding them and practising good morals, we will all be able to live in peace and harmony," he added. Dhammaratana also called on all religious leaders to find ways to draw people back to religion. "We cannot use the old, traditional methods any ...

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Halloween (1978) [DVD]

Halloween (1978) [DVD]

John Carpenters Halloween is a stripped down, primal horror movie. Made on a shoestring budget in the late 1970s before slasher movie was a worn-out derogatory phrase, Halloween went on to become the most economically successful independent movie at the time (made for about $300,000, it grossed some $70 million in theaters), spawned largely by word-of-mouth and surprisingly good cri ... ...

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  • Barisan mulls name change as part of its evolution

    PETALING JAYA: Barisan Nasional is mulling changing its name as part of its evolution in responding to current needs, and among the names being considered is Parti 1Malaysia. According to The Star Online, the change will enable direct individual membership while retaining current parties in the coalition, which was formed in 1973. Barisan is the successor of the Alliance, a coalition of Umno, ...

  • Painting of merry old couple covered up to prevent accident at Chew Jetty

    GEORGE TOWN: An artist who painted a mural of a merry old couple on the wooden exterior wall of a house in Chew Jetty here has whitewashed it, ironically because of its popularity. Simon Tan, 48, said he decided to do so after receiving complaints from residents that the boardwalk at the alley might give way due to the many tourists who come to take photographs of the mural. The mural gained ...

  • Politics of development pays dividend

    has delivered and now market watchers are expecting Sarawak to be robustly rewarded. Collectively, Sabah and Sarawak delivered 47 seats out of the 133 seats that gave BN its simple majority. For the stock market, the large number of Sarawakian ministers being appointed is a strong sign of the political will to push through Sarawak’s infrastructure development, and thus ensure that mega ...

  • Trio walk free after court turns down remand request

    , PAS member Tamrin Ghafar and head of the pro-Opposition movement ABU Haris Ibrahim were ordered to be released by magistrate Norashikin Sahat who rejected the police's application of remand. According to a tweet by lawyer New Sin Yew, the grounds for the magistrate's decision on Tian Chua was that the reasons given were too general and did not refer to the details of the ...

  • Ministry Marriage should not be way out for suspected rapists

    PETALING JAYA: The Women, Family and Community Development Ministry has expressed concern that marriage would become an "excuse" to escape prosecution for cases of statutory rape. ...

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