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Selangor exco says ECRL 3.0 proves Perikatan federal govt a ‘big bully’ Posted by: superadmin - 04-06-2021, 11:50 AM - Forum: Business. Economy and Investment - No Replies KUALA LUMPUR, April 5 — Putrajaya acted like a “big bully” in steamrolling through the latest version of the ambitious East Coast Rail Link (ECRL), Selangor executive councillor Datuk Teng Chang Khim said today. Teng — in charge of investment, trade, industries and small and medium enterprises in Malaysia’s most developed state — claimed the Perikatan Nasional (PN) federal government did not engage the Selangor state government prior to changing back to an old and questionable route drawn up when the Barisan Nasional (BN) was in power. “Under Section 20A of the Town and Country Planning Act, the Federal Government shall consult the Planning Committee of the state for such a proposed development. “A meaningful consultation is one that satisfies the needs of both parties and not one that favoured by one party without the permission of the other,” he said on Facebook. - More -   Interview w/ Rushan Abbas, Uyghur Activist and ex-Guantanamo Bay Translator Posted by: superadmin - 04-05-2021, 10:02 PM - Forum: Interesting Videos - No Replies   Japan just recorded its earliest cherry blossom bloom in 1,200 years Posted by: superadmin - 04-05-2021, 08:09 PM - Forum: International News - No Replies Japan just recorded its earliest cherry blossom bloom in 1,200 years. Scientists warn it's a symptom of the larger climate crisis (CNN)Think of Japan in the spring, and the image that comes to mind is likely the country's famous cherry blossoms, also known as "sakura" -- white and pink flowers, bursting across cities and mountains, petals covering the ground. The flowers, which experience a "peak bloom" that only lasts a few days, have been revered in Japan for more than a thousand years. Crowds celebrate with viewing parties, flocking to the most popular locations to take photos and have picnics underneath the branches. But this year, cherry blossom season has come and gone in the blink of an eye, in one of the earliest blooms on record -- and scientists warn it's a symptom of the larger climate crisis threatening ecosystems everywhere. Yasuyuki Aono, a researcher at Osaka Prefecture University, has gathered records from Kyoto back to 812 AD from historical documents and diaries. In the central city of Kyoto, cherry blossoms peaked on March 26, the earliest in more than 1,200 years, Aono said. - More -   ‘Untouchable’ publicity seeker – the foolish exploits of fugitive, Nicky Posted by: superadmin - 04-05-2021, 08:00 PM - Forum: Local News - No Replies PETALING JAYA: Fugitive crime lord, Nicky Liow Soon Hee, was a self-absorbed lawbreaker hooked on publicity, an FMT review of his pictures and videos on social media shows. The 33-year-old “Datuk Seri” acted with impunity to publicly display his hunger for money, power and fame. Nicky’s conceited attempts at gaining big shot status also hinged on his social service that made him a hero in some people’s eyes. The headlines last week were all about the founder of the Winner Dynasty Group, who now it has emerged, charmed people into a state of awe with well-publicised donations to social and religious bodies and government agencies. Were Nicky’s generous handouts through his foundation, Yayasan Winner Emperor Sedunia, aimed at winning favours from the government and law enforcement, as well as to be loved by the public? A beneficiary of donations by the foundation told FMT it was difficult to see Nicky as a crime kingpin and “Malaysia’s youngest philanthropist”. - More -   ‘Debt disaster’ will derail recovery this year, says Anwar Posted by: superadmin - 04-05-2021, 07:53 PM - Forum: Business. Economy and Investment - No Replies PETALING JAYA: The record level of household income debt-to-GDP ratio, which has hit 93.3% at the end of 2020, is very concerning, says opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim. He said the previous record of 87.5% in June 2020 at the height of the first wave of Covid-19, was already a dangerous mark. In a Facebook post today, Anwar said the bulk of the liabilities was tied to homeowner and vehicle debts due to the effects of the movement control order implemented by the government, as well as “dangerously high” credit card debt. He said the people did not have any control over their fate as they were forced to seek out more loans and take on more debt, thus condemning them to debt traps. - More -   Malaysia’s cabotage issue: Three questions for Wee Ka Siong Posted by: superadmin - 04-05-2021, 06:53 PM - Forum: Business. Economy and Investment - No Replies PETALING JAYA, April 5 — Transport Minister Datuk Seri Wee Ka Siong has recently responded to our post about MyIX’s statement on the new submarine cables by Facebook to Singapore and Indonesia. In case you missed it, MyIX had issued a statement describing the new submarine cables as a huge win for Singapore and Indonesia but a significant loss for Malaysia. MyIX which is known as the Malaysia Internet Exchange is an initiative under the Malaysian Communications Multimedia Commission (MCMC) and it’s Malaysia’s only non-profit national internet exchange body operated by the industry. MyIX is managed by a committee consisting of local Internet Service Providers (ISP) such as TIME dotcom, Maxis, YTL Communications, MyKris Asia, Celcom Axiata, Redtone, TT dotcom and Telekom Malaysia. Some of its international members include Akamai, Alibaba, Amazon, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Netflix and Telenor. For the past few months, MyIX has called upon the government to reinstate the cabotage exemption for foreign vessels to conduct undersea cable repair works or risk losing out more foreign direct investments (FDI) to neighbouring countries. The cabotage issue is seen as a stumbling block for Malaysia to position itself as an investor friendly country for submarine cable investments which will provide a robust and reliable internet infrastructure. It appears that Wee wasn’t too pleased when former Transport Minister Anthony Loke shared our post on Facebook with the caption “Thanks to Wee Ka Siong for his ‘brilliant’ strategy of protecting one company at the expense of the nation’s interest!” In his response on Facebook, Wee described this publication (SoyaCincau) as an untrusted source and had accused his predecessor as trying to be a hero ahead of his party elections. You can read the full post on his Facebook page. - More -   Ex-AG Apandi testifies that he never ordered to close Najib’s 1MDB, SRC cases Posted by: superadmin - 04-05-2021, 06:43 PM - Forum: Local News - No Replies KUALA LUMPUR, April 5 — Former attorney general Tan Sri Mohamed Apandi Ali said today he had never ordered investigations into Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) and SRC International Sdn Bhd cases to be “closed”, including those that were classified as “no further action”. Testifying in his lawsuit against DAP’s Lim Kit Siang at the High Court, Apandi said any investigators could have reopened the probe if new evidence resurfaced. “I challenge Lim to show that I had closed the investigations and disallowed further investigations into both 1MDB and SRC International cases,” he was quoted as saying by Free Malaysia Today. Apandi was also quoted as saying that throughout his 47 years in the civil service, legal practice and judiciary, he had never committed any wrongdoing. - More -   LG scraps its smartphone business as losses mount Posted by: superadmin - 04-05-2021, 03:26 PM - Forum: Business, Economy and Investment - No Replies LG Electronics said on Monday it would close down its loss-making smartphone business. In January, the South Korean electronics giant said it was looking at all options for the division after almost six years of losses totalling around $4.5bn (£3.3bn). LG had made many innovations including ultra-wide angle cameras, rising to third largest smartphone maker in 2013. But bosses said the mobile phone market had become "incredibly competitive". While Samsung and Apple are the two biggest players in the smartphone market, LG has suffered from its own hardware and software issues. As LG struggled with losses it had held talks to sell part of the business but these fell through. It still ranks as the third most popular brand in North America but has slipped in other markets. LG phones are still fairly common in its domestic South Korean market. "LG's strategic decision to exit the incredibly competitive mobile phone sector will enable the company to focus resources in growth areas such as electric vehicle components, connected devices, smart homes, robotics and artificial intelligence," it said in a statement. - More -   The Myanmar beauty queen standing up to the military Posted by: superadmin - 04-05-2021, 03:03 PM - Forum: Politics - No Replies Speeches by beauty pageant contestants rarely make headlines. But when Han Lay, Miss Grand Myanmar, spoke out last week against alleged atrocities committed by her country's military, her speech turned heads. "Today in my country Myanmar ... there are so many people dying," she said at the Miss Grand International 2020 event in Thailand. "Please help Myanmar. We need your urgent international help right now." A little over a month ago, Han Lay, who is 22, was on the streets of Yangon, Myanmar's largest city, protesting against the military. The unrest in Myanmar began two months ago when the military seized control of the country, undoing a democratic election in which Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) party won by a landslide. When tens of thousands of people took to the streets nationwide to protest the coup, the military used water cannon to disperse them. After a week, the response escalated to rubber bullets and then live ammunition. The deadliest day of the conflict came last Saturday, when more than 100 people were killed. A local monitoring group puts the overall death toll at more than 500. According to Save the Children, 43 of those killed were children. - More -   Zuraida: Putrajaya looking to extend home ownership campaign till end of 2021 Posted by: superadmin - 04-05-2021, 02:57 PM - Forum: Local News - No Replies KUALA LUMPUR, April 5 — The government is looking to extend the Home Ownership Campaign (HOC) until the end of this year, says Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Zuraida Kamaruddin. She informed that she had requested Finance Minister Datuk Seri Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz to allow the extension. “However, the MoF will probably review the conditions, and they will be a little different from the existing ones," she told reporters after attending Malaysia's Best Managed and Sustainable Property Award 2021 here, yesterday. Meanwhile, Zuraida said as of Feb 28, 2021, a total of 34,354 units of houses worth RM25.6 billion were successfully sold for the 2020-2021 HOC campaign, with discounts totalling RM4.3 billion. - More - Pages (1039): « Previous 1 … 925 926 927 928 929 … 1039 Next » Jump to page: