Monday, 12 December 2016 KUALA LUMPUR: People-oriented Ruler Tuanku Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah and Tuanku Hajah Haminah were accorded a symbolic royal send-off today upon completion of their five-year reign as the Yang di-Pertuan Agong and Raja Permaisuri Agong. Tuanku Abdul Halim, 89, who was proclaimed the 14th Yang di-Pertuan …
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Thursday, 8 December 2016 PETALING JAYA: Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah and Raja Permaisuri Agong Tuanku Hajah Haminah graced the Yayasan Sultanah Bahiyah (YSB) Charity Dinner 2016 here last night. The event was also to celebrate the actual birthday of Tuanku Abdul Halim, on Nov 28, and …
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Friday, 2 December 2016 KUALA LUMPUR: Three Malaysian universities made it to the top 100 list out of the 300 universities, involving 50 countries, of the Times Higher Education (THE) BRICS and Emerging Economies University Rankings 2017. According to THE website, Universiti Putra Malaysia came at the 89th place, a …
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Wednesday, 30 November 2016 IPOH: A senior citizen is appealing to her nephew to return home and to visit his parents’ graves. According to Lee Choon Yoong, 73, it was her late sister’s dying wish to have Yim Poh Wah come home to pay his respects. Yim, now 53, used …
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Tuesday, 29 November 2016 PETALING JAYA: The high global price of raw sugar, plus the falling ringgit, have pushed up prices of premium sugar this month. MSM Malaysia Holdings Bhd, the country’s largest refined sugar producer, had increased the prices of its premium sugar to wholesalers by 20% to 30% …
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Friday, 25 November 2016 BEIJING (Reuters) – The death toll in the collapse of a platform under construction at a power plant in eastern China has risen to 74, with two others injured, as China’s chief safety inspector arrived to oversee an investigation. 68 of the 74 dead have been …
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US President elect Donald Trump might have claimed climate change to be a hoax, but in a leafy spot of rural Britain, a millionaire football club owner is doing all he can to make his team as environmentally friendly as possible. The latest initiative of lower league English club Forest …
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Friday, 18 November 2016 The Health Ministry clarified that the charges for Second Class wards at the general hospitals are only being increased by 25 percent, not 50 percent. The last time the charges were increased was 34 years ago. It will not have an impact on the lower and …
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Friday, 18 November 2016 TOKYO: Malaysia will “wait and see” before making any further decision on the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement following concerns that the initiative will not come into force with the election of Donald Trump as US President. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak hoped that Japanese Prime …
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Thursday, 17 November 2016 MALACCA: A whale shark survived a 12-hour ordeal after being trapped in a fishing net and lying on the beach before finally being freed at Sungai Duyong jetty here. The fish, weighing 1.5 tonnes, was dragged to the jetty before fishermen with the aid of State …
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