Lajim removed as Deputy Housing and Local Government Minister

KUALA LUMPUR: The Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Tuanku Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah, has consented to revoking the appointment of Datuk Seri Lajim Ukim as Deputy Housing and Local Government Minister with immediate effect, said a statement issued by the Prime Minister's Office on Tuesday. On July 28, Lajim, who is Beaufort MP, had announced that he was quitting as an Umno supreme council member, Beaufort Umno division chief and Beaufort Barisan chairman to cooperate with the opposition. However, he had chosen to remain as an Umno member and...

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S'pore reshuffles Cabinet, three new ministries created

SINGAPORE: Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will make several changes to the Cabinet and other appointments, effective Wednesday. Further changes will be made effective from Nov 1, 2012 when the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports and the Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts are restructured to form three new ministries. These will be the Ministry of Social and Family Development, Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth, and Ministry of Communications and Information, according to a statement from the...

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Sabah Annual Art Selection Programme To Promote Multi-ethnic In Sabah

KOTA KINABALU, July 27 (Bernama) -- The Sabah Annual Arts Selection programme is capable of highlighting the uniqueness of the multi-ethnic way of life in the state through works of art which could become a documentation of the community's way of life. Sabah Board of Culture chairman Datuk Seri Wences Angang said the activities could encourage the involvement of visual arts activists through the differences in the diversified themes that had been determined. Read More :  http://www.bernama....

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Kopeks Offers Special Loans To Civil Servants During Raya Period

KOTA KINABALU, July 27 (Bernama) -- The cooperative for civil servants in Sabah, Koperasi Pekerja-Pekerja Kerajaan Sabah Bhd (Kopeks), is offering up to RM15,000 in loans to the state government staff in conjunction with the Hari Raya Aidilfitri celebrations this August. Announcing this Friday, Kopeks Chairman, Datuk Maznah Abdul Ghani, said the loan facility was open to all government staff who are members of Kopeks including non-Muslims.  Read More : http://www.bernama....

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New Political Party In Sabah?

KOTA KINABALU, July 25 (Bernama) -- A group of Kadazandusuns is said to be forming a new political movement that may align itself with Pakatan Rakyat, sources said here Wednesday. To be known as the "Sabah Reform Front" (SRF), its establishment is expected to be formally announced in Dalit, Tuaran on Sunday. Read More : http://www.bernama....

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Yokogawa to supply control systems for Sabah power plant

KUALA LUMPUR: Yokogawa Electric Corp has received an undisclosed order from CTCI Consortium to supply control systems and field devices for the Kimanis combined cycle power plant, which is being built for Kimanis Power Sdn Bhd in Sabah. Read more: Yokogawa to supply control systems for Sabah power plant http://www.btimes.com.my/articles/kimagawa/Article/#ixzz21ns9dhNA ...

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Prince William and Duchess Catherine to visit Borneo rainforests

William and Catherine - who was known as Kate Middleton prior to her wedding - will arrive in Singapore on September 11 before heading to the Malaysian capital city of Kuala Lumpur and then onto the province of Sabah, Borneo. Read More:  http://www.monstersandcritics.c...

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TANKER FIRE: ONE DEAD, FOUR MISSING

27th July, 2012 LABUAN: A major fire broke out on board a tanker while it was loading methanol. A Malaysian crew member was killed, one injured while four others were missing. The deceased has been identified as Sharil Azmi Baharudin, 28, from Melaka and his body has been sent to the hospital here for a post-mortem. The vessel, MT Bunga Alpinia which is owned by MISC Berhad, caught fire at about 2.30am yesterday when it was loading methanol at the jetty of the Petronas Chemicals Methanol Sdn Bhd...

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Malaysia’s sea-food curry laksa one of ten international foods “to try before you die”

26th July, 2012 NEW YORK: Your average American might never have heard of it, but Malaysia’s sea-food curry laksa ranks among one of the ‘top 10 foods to try, before you die,’ according to the U.S. based newspaper Huffington Post. This list of the world’s most mouth-watering dishes was recently released by the newspaper. Though the sea-food curry laksa is still a rarity in many Asian restaurants, barring those that specialise in serving Malaysian or Singaporean cuisine, the newspaper seems to have done a thorough job investigating the finer...

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Have curbs on mobile phone use in schools, says Masidi

Published on: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 Kota Kinabalu: Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister Datuk Masidi Manjun said there should be restrictions to the usage of mobile phones among students in schools. He said this after handing over goodies to orphans from an orphange in Ranau known as Rumah Putera Harapan at the Square, Novotel 1Borneo, here. "Parents send their children to school to study, not play games on their mobile phones. It's as simple as that." He added that if they are allowed, then there should be restrictions...

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PM declares half-month bonus for civil servants, pensioners get special payment

KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak announced a half-month bonus with a minimum payment of RM500 for civil servants and a special payment of RM500 for pensioners. The payments will be made on Aug 9, he said. Hari Raya Aidilfitri is expected to fall on Aug 19. The bonus and special payment will benefit 1.27 million civil servants and 657,000 government pensioners. Najib said the payments were being made in view of the financial capability and fiscal position of the Government. He said the payments would involve an estimated...

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Ministry ponders proposal for social websites

THE Information, Communications and Culture Ministry is considering a proposal to register content published in social websites in an effort to resolve various issues that had cropped up of late. Its Deputy Minister Datuk Joseph Salang said this in reply to a supplementary question from Senator Muhamad Yusof Husin at the Dewan Negara yesterday. Muhamad had asked about measures the Government had taken to register websites or blogsites. Salang said Information, Communications and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim had said on Wednesday...

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Upko deputy president Bumburing quits as Tuaran Barisan chief

KOTA KINABALU: Upko deputy president Datuk Wilfred Bumburing (pic) has resigned as Tuaran Barisan Nasional division chairman. In a statement issued late Monday, Bumburing said: “I have hereby effective July 23, 2012, resigned from the post as Barisan Nasional chairman for P-170 Tuaran." He said his letter of resignation to the Barisan secretary-general was faxed to the Barisan headquarters in Kuala Lumpur and a copy was also faxed to the...

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Lajim is seeking another alternative?

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Sandakan Memorial Day

Hi all, Today i want to share about the remembrance day of the fallen heroes on the marches happened in second world war 1945. http://blog.malaysia-asia.my/2010/02/sandakan-war-memorial-park-sabah-borneo.html Some info i get from Wikipedia : The Sandakan Death Marches were a series of forced marches in Borneo from Sandakan to Ranau which resulted in the deaths of more than 3,600 Indonesian civilian slave labourers and 2,400 Allied prisoners...

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Minimum wage to be implemented once gazetted, says Jainab

18th July, 2012 KOTA KINABALU: The government has prepared an implementing mechanism to ensure the minimum wage set for the private sector does not unnecessarily burden employers or incur loss for employees. Assistant Minister of Resource Development and Information Technology, Datuk Jainab Ahmad said the mechanism would, among other things, allow allowances or regular cash payments in the calculation of a minimum wage. Further, the date of implementation for the minimum wage is six months after the order is issued. “However, to make way for...

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Good News to the folks in Sandakan

Harbour Mall in Sandakan opens for business Sandakan, Sabah - 16 July 2012: Harbour Mall opens its door for business following today's open house in Sandakan Harbour Square. This is Sandakan's FIRST air-conditioned modern lifestyle mall offering unparalleled shopping, dining and leisure experiences - all under ONE ROOF. Predicted to be the next shopping haven in Sabah, Harbour Mall kicked off with much excitement with a large scale PC Fair which runs from 16 to 22 July 2012. Located...

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More than 1,300 street children rescued since 2007, says Azizah

KOTA KINABALU: Community Development and Consumer Affairs Minister Datuk Azizah Mohd Dun disclosed that a total of 1,392 street children had been rescued since 2007 to May this year. However, she said, most of them have been released and only 65 children are still at the Kota Kinabalu Children Protection Home. “My ministry, through the Sabah Welfare Services Department is not involved with the training for job placement of the street children. The department is only involved in providing services from the welfare aspect of street children,...

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Tourist arrivals in Sabah have increased, says Masidi

KOTA KINABALU: Tourist arrivals in Sabah for the first five months this year went up 3.7 per cent in comparison to the same period last year . Minister of Tourism, Culture and Environment, Datuk Masidi Manjun, said during the same period this year, a total of 1,134,149 visitors came to Sabah, generating an estimated revenue of RM2.02 billion. Last year 1,093,578 arrived between January and May. The most significant increase was tourists from China, including Hong Kong and Macau, that numbered at 71,152 or 41.4 per cent more than last...

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Security guards at shopping centres trained by police

PUTRAJAYA: More than 25,000 security guards working at shopping centres throughout the country will be given training by the Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) at the police training camps in efforts to tackle criminal cases at such premises as reported by the media lately. Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein said a training module would be developed as soon as possible based on the module used by the police and the Ikatan Relawan Rakyat (Rela) so that it could be implemented in the near future. “The main thing is to change...

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Nod for handphones in schools

PUTRAJAYA: Students will be allowed to bring mobile phones and IT gadgets to school from next year after rules and regulations under the Education Act 1996 are amended. Deputy Education Minister Datuk Dr Wee Ka Siong said the move was in line with the implementation of the virtual teaching and learning programme, dubbed “1Bestari” which offers free WiFi. “We want to provide a virtual learning environment so that students can use their gadgets to learn. “The world is totally different now. “This is a trend. We can't stop it,” he said after...

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Liow: Time to provide incentives for staying healthy

PUTRAJAYA: The Health Ministry is looking towards promoting healthy living by rewarding Malaysians who stay hale and fit. Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said it was about time for an incentive-based system to encourage Malaysians to adopt healthy lifestyles. “It could be something like the car insurance policy where one gets NCB (no-claims bonus),” he said. For a start, he suggested that employers reward employees who did not take...

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New method to counter fake degrees

KUALA LUMPUR, July 16 (Bernama) -- To safeguard degrees from being forged, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) and the leading online job portal JobStreet.com have developed a system that enables the job portal to obtain validated degree qualifications of UTAR graduates in their system. With this new system, employers with JobStreet.com can now verify degree qualifications of UTAR graduates quickly and effectively. Information obtained from UTAR's registry includes name, class of the degree holder and convocation date. UTAR President...

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Folklore 2012

 Hey guys, just want to share some info about the 7th Sabah International Folklore Festival 2012 which is already started on 8th July and 17th July will be the closing of the event.   Those who have time to visit the event, are very welcome. Please bring along your friends and family. Sabah Borneo Aramaii!!...

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22,119 ACTIVE FIRMS IN SABAH IN 2010

11th July, 2012 KOTA KINABALU: Sabah had a total of 22,119 active business organisations in 2010, according to the 2011 Economic Census Report. Chief Statistician Dr Abdul Rahman Hasan said of this figure, 18,047 or 81.6 per cent were in the services sector, 1,443 (6.5 per cent) in manufacturing, 1,284 (5.8 per cent) in construction, 1,311 (5.9 per cent) in agriculture and 34 (0.2 per cent) in mining and quarrying. Overall, there are 662,939 business organisations in Malaysia – 591,137 in the service sector, 39,699 in manufacturing, 22,140 in...

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26,299 yet to collect new MyKads

11th July, 2012 KOTA KINABALU: As many as 26,299 applicants in Sabah have yet to claim their new MyKads, said National Registration Department (NRD) Sabah director, Ismail Ahmad. He said the total of unclaimed MyKads, from 2009 until now, includes applications for the previous version of the MyKad, 19,639, and 6,660 for the newest MyKad. Besides that, as many as 1,589 Permanent Resident applicants approved by the NRD have yet to claim their MyPRs. “Although the Sabah NRD has made the effort to track down the applicants many...

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Yee: Stop harping on KK Court House issue

11th July, 2012 KOTA KINABALU: Deputy Chief Minister, Datuk Dr Yee Moh Chai ticked the Opposition off yesterday for continuing to harp on the issue of the Kota Kinabalu Court House. “The Opposition has the habit of misleading the people by coming up with all sorts of interpretations about what would happen to the site of the Kota Kinabalu Court House in future,” he said after officiating at the Human Resource Development Department’s 24th anniversary celebration at a hotel here. He was asked to comment on the latest criticism by the Opposition...

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SARAWAK MUSIC DIVERSITY SHOWCASES AT RWMF 2012

July 9th, 2012 by Erivina Monday, 9 July 2012 – Forming the largest group members of the festival, the Sarawak Percussion & Ensemble from Sarawak will showcase purely ethnic music of Sarawak ranging from the ethnic community of Iban, Bidayuh, Orang Ulu and Melanau. 78 group members lined up, their music and instruments are as diverse, lush and poly-layered as the Sarawak’s rainforests. Headed by home-venue Musical Director, Mr Narawi Rashidi, these local musicians and artists will perform a host of rare forms of traditional music and...

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Sabah government goes into oil palm

SANDAKAN (Sabah) - Sabah's forestry director Sam Mannan calls it the 'devil's recipe'. But he said it was out of desperation that the state opted to become the operator of a massive oil palm plantation carved out of degraded forests. A total of 100,000ha in southern Sabah - an area almost twice the size of Singapore - was turned into plantations to generate revenue to conserve a much larger adjacent forest of 1.1 million hectares. With...

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EC: Only 20,000 Malaysians abroad have registered as voters

KUALA LUMPUR: The Election Commission (EC) said that only 20,000 Malaysians abroad have registered as voters for the 13th General Election and not half a million as claimed by certain parties. EC deputy chairman Datuk Wan Ahmad Wan Omar categorically denied the claim that more than 500,000 Malaysians overseas did not have the opportunity to register. He said the claim was baseless as the registration turnout at Malaysian representative offices worldwide did not match the alleged figure. "Although we hear people say more than half...

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Royalty, VIPs get first choice of free vanity reg numbers

July 09, 2012 KUALA LUMPUR, July 9 — The government will accord priority to royalty and dignitaries in their request for free vehicle registration number. Transport Deputy Minister Jelaing Mersat said the tender process for vehicle registration numbers was open to all parties, including corporations and organisations, but there were conditions attached. “However, there are seven categories of notables that qualify for a free registration number. “These are the Sultans, includng the Raja of Perlis and the Yang DiPertuan Besar Negeri Sembilan,...

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Property Search for Property Nation Sarawak World Updates Courts Parliament Columnists Opinion Honours List Tuesday July 10, 2012 Good tourism prospects for Sabah

KOTA KINABALU: Sabah can become a regional tourism centre in the East Asean Growth Area (EAGA). State Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister Datuk Masidi Manjunsaid Sabah was in the right position to be a centre for tourism in the EAGA region. The group comprises Indonesia’s Kalimantan, Brunei, southern Philippines, and Sabah and Sarawak. He said there was a wide variety of attractive destinations and products which could draw tourists into the region. “I am sure with the good working relationship with other players in the grouping,...

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