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  • 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, ...

  • 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 ...

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  • 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 ...

  • Malaysia’s economy ‘to pick up pace in 2H2013’

    May 20, 2013 KUALA LUMPUR, May 20 - The Malaysian economy will pick up pace and grow further in the second half of this year following the moderate performance in the first quarter, says a leading banker. Maybank president and chief executive officer Datuk Seri Abdul Wahid Omar said the moderation in the gross domestic product (GDP) growth in the first quarter reflected the weak economic ...

  • Penang to set up panel to probe handing of money to voters

    Printer Friendly GEORGE TOWN: Penang will be setting up a state inquiry commission to investigate the alleged handing out of money to voters in 10 constituencies where Pakatan Rakyat candidates lost. Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng said the inquiry was crucial, as the State Government had lost faith in the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission. According to lawyer Tommy Thomas, the inquiry can be ...

  • Lim accuses IGP Zahid of playing politics tells them to curb crime

    Printer Friendly GEORGE TOWN: The country's new police chief and home minister should stop "playing politics" and start keeping Malaysians, tourists and investors safe from crime and harm, DAP's Lim Kit Siang said Sunday. The DAP advisor's criticism today follows both Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar and Home Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid ...

  • Special team to check forest destruction

    Printer Friendly Kuala Lumpur: The Natural Resources and Environment Ministry will set up a special team with the respective state governments to look into the destruction of forests and hill slopes in the country. Its Minister Datuk Seri G. Palanivel said the ministry had plans to save forests and hill slopes from destruction as preventive measures were better than remedial work. Noting that ...

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