Friday, January 27th, 2012 16:49:00
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Friday, January 27th, 2012 16:42:00
KUALA LUMPUR: Menara Kuala Lumpur will be extending its operation hours on Feb 1 until midnight to enable visitors to enjoy the panorama of Kuala Lumpur until late night from the Observation Deck, located at 276 metres above ground level.

Menara KL chief executive officer Datuk Zuraidah Mohd Said said the extension was in conjunction with the Federal Territories Day celebration on Feb 1.

The normal operation hours for Menara Kuala Lumpur is 9am to 10pm every day.
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Friday, January 27th, 2012 14:24:00

SUBANG JAYA: With Chinese New Year spring cleaning over, assemblyman Hannah Yeoh has urged USJ residents to be more diligent at disposing of garbage.
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Game’s up for five foreigners and two Malaysian women using old tricks to smuggle narcotics Friday, January 27th, 2012 14:18:00

KUALA LUMPUR: It has barely been a month into the new year and narcotics police have already seized RM1.5 million worth of drugs.

Yesterday, Federal Police Narcotics Criminal Investigation Department director Datuk Noor Rashid Ibrahim (pic) said the work of his personnel and their observation managed to nail down three cases involving various international drug syndicates.

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Friday, January 27th, 2012 14:10:00
KUALA LUMPUR: The National Feedlot Corporation Sdn Bhd (NFCorp) welcomes Auditor-General Tan Sri Ambrin Buang’s statement affirming the company is not “in a mess”.

In a statement issued by NFCorp yesterday, the company said Ambrin’s statement would put to rest months of public-bashing by critics over allegations of misappropriation of funds surrounding the National Feedlot Centre (NFC) project.
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Friday, January 27th, 2012 14:04:00

ADELAIDE: Australia were 50 for three in their second innings at stumps on the third day of the fourth and final cricket Test here yesterday. Australia now lead by 382 runs with seven wickets remaining.

Friday, January 27th, 2012 13:40:00
KUALA LUMPUR: Senator Dr Syed Husin Ali (pic) today filed a RM10 million suit against Utusan Melayu (Malaysia) Bhd and two others over the publication of an article allegedly defamatory of him. 

The former Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) deputy president filed the suit through the legal firm of Messrs Edwin Lim Suren and Soh at the Civil High Court registry here. 

Midfielder intends to work harder to regain place Friday, January 27th, 2012 13:05:00

KUALA LUMPUR: Harimau Muda A’s D. Saarvindran is not too downhearted despite being left out of Ong Kim Swee’s Olympic squad.

Instead, he only sees positives in it.

 

Friday, January 27th, 2012 12:56:00
KUALA LUMPUR: While Sapura coach I. Vikneswaran is celebrating their good start, he’s still wary of two teams – PHK-MSSM Kelantan and Project Negri Sembilan (PHS).

“The Kelantan side played in Div 1 last year. We have to be on our toes,” said Vikneswaran.

Sapura fired on all cylinders in their opening two matches, defeating MSSPP-USM Juniors 5-0 and Anderson Juniors 5-1.

Hafiz warns better Malaysian teams had been less fortunate Friday, January 27th, 2012 12:40:00

KUALA LUMPUR: KL Racquet Club’s (KLRC) Hafiz Hashim (pic) has warned the Thomas Cup team against being callous.

Friday, January 27th, 2012 12:28:00

KUALA LUMPUR: Demand for analytics software by the local financial services industry helped drive SAS Malaysia’s new software revenue by 21% last year.

Analytics for customer intelligence, data management, combating fraud and to mitigate risk saw the highest demand, said SAS Malaysia managing director Andrew Tan (pic).

Overall growth of 12% for 2011, with Internet ad growth ranked second Friday, January 27th, 2012 12:21:00
KUALA LUMPUR: All months of last year saw consistently higher advertising expenditure (adex) compared to 2010, said media tracking agency Aegis Malaysia.

While the period July to Nov charted an average growth of 11%, last month’s rise underwhelmed at only 5% or  RM1.1 billion. Still, the overall rise was enough to result in a year-on-year growth of 12%, amounting to RM10.8 billion last year.

The advertising amount peaked in December, which was attributed to Christmas celebrations and the Malaysian Year-End Sale.

Friday, January 27th, 2012 11:56:00

KUALA LUMPUR: Preparations for the 2012 Federal Territories Day parade on Wednesday are currently in full swing.

Checks by The Malay Mail found Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) workers busily arranging chairs at Dataran Merdeka and putting up the Federal Territory flags, while construction workers were seen hard at work setting up the main stage including props.

Friday, January 27th, 2012 11:38:00

KUALA LUMPUR: The Dewan Negara should play a more proactive role in the management of the country rather than just acting as a “rubber stamping” authority, a senator said yesterday.

Datuk Dr Firdaus Abdullah said this after his reappointment as senator at Parliament House yesterday.

“I hope we can play a more decisive role in the management of the country as opposed to just approving measures.

“My hope is to perform better than I did during my first term here,” he said.

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Friday, January 27th, 2012 11:09:00
KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court today postponed to March 9 its decision on whether former transport minister Tun Dr Ling Liong Sik should be ordered to enter his defence or freed on a charge of cheating the government in the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) project.

Judge Datuk Ahmadi Asnawi apologised for the postponement, saying he needed more time to arrive at a decision.

The court was scheduled to deliver its decision today.

Friday, January 27th, 2012 08:50:00

UNITED NATIONS: A 16kg  consignment of cocaine lost by Mexican drug traffickers has turned up in an unlikely place -- the United Nations in New York.

Police and UN officials Thursday told how two fake UN diplomatic pouches containing drugs -- which experts said had a street value of more than US$2 million (RM6.08 million) -- sparked an alert when they were delivered by accident to the global body's headquarters.

Friday, January 27th, 2012 08:39:00

Friday, January 27th, 2012 08:27:00

PETALING JAYA: The increase in the sugar subsidy has nothing to do with the upcoming general election.

Domestic Trade, Cooperative and Consumerism Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said the move to boost up the sugar subsidy was part of the government’s effort to ease the burden of the people.

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Friday, January 27th, 2012 08:22:00
KUALA LUMPUR: The country more than doubled its subsidy on sugar at the start of the year, a government source said yesterday, a signal that Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak is likely to hold off on economic reforms to appease voters in an election year.

The source, who declined to be identified, said the subsidy was raised to 54 sen, from 20 sen, to offset higher prices for imported sugar.

Friday, January 27th, 2012 08:12:00

PETALING JAYA: IT is normal for the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) to delay its inquiries until other relevant agencies have completed their job as it involves the same people and documents, says chairman Datuk Seri Azmi Khalid.

He said there were instances where witnesses refrained from giving information on a lawyer’s advice.

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