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Dayak culture a national asset
SERIAN: The Dayak community is known for its unique culture which is not only an asset to the country but also to the tourism industry, said Communications and Multimedia Minister Gobind Singh Deo. He said that this year a Gawai
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‘EU would still use Malaysian palm oil’
KUALA LUMPUR: Outgoing Sime Darby executive deputy chairman and managing director Tan Sri Mohd Bakke Salleh is confident that Malaysian palm oil would still enter the European Union market despite a ban on using it as biofuel. This is because
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Mokhzani resigns, Mukhriz reduces stake in Opcom
KUALA LUMPUR: Tan Sri Mokhzani Mahathir, 58, resigned today as the executive chairman of Opcom Holdings Bhd due to personal reason, he said in an exchange filing which also stated his retirement tomorrow. Mokhzani, who is the second son of
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Dr M: Digital meters more accurate in recording electricity charges
TOKYO: Malaysia is transitioning to the use of digital meters to record electricity charges as it is more accurate, said Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. “We are now using a better meter. In some cases, there is a reduction
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RAM: Malaysia’s GDP to grow by 4.6 percent
PUCHONG: RAM Holdings Bhd expects Malaysia’s gross domestic product (GDP) to grow by 4.6% this year, supported by resilient private consumption. In a statement today, it said, however, lingering global and local economic uncertainties would keep exerting an impact on
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Felda settlers to get RM300 ‘duit raya’
PUCHONG: All Felda settlers will be receiving RM300 as Hari Raya assistance, as well as other arrears due to them. In a circular by the Economic Affairs Ministry signed on May 30, it is stated that the Cabinet had decided
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‘Abang Botak’ behind bars for a year
PETALING JAYA: ‘Abang Botak’, the infamous motorcyclist who smashed the windscreen of a car, will spend Hari Raya Aidilfitri behind bars after he was sentenced to one year imprisonment. Magistrate Nurshahira Abdul Salim meted out the sentence against Danial Abdullah
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Passenger assaults, shoots Grab driver
KUCHING: A Grab driver sustained head injury after being assaulted and shot with an airgun by a passenger in Jalan FAC Matang, on Thursday evening. Sarawak CID chief SAC Denis Leong Soon Kuai said the man, who was in his
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Suaram to gov’t: Release Redzuan from prison immediately
PUTRAJAYA: Suaram today called for the release of Mohd Redzuan Saibon, 36, who has been detained ‘under the pleasure of Agong’ in the Sungai Buloh Prison as a juvenile detainee since 2000. Redzuan was only 17 years old when he
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Longhouse residents: The powerful from TTDI RA marginalising us
PUCHONG: The rich and powerful from the Taman Tun Dr Ismail Residents’ Association (TTDI RA) are marginalising us. The Bukit Kiara Public Housing Residents Association chairperson V Sunderam said this after delivering a memorandum to the Prime Minister’s Office on
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