Dr Mansor cruisde to an easy wins at Penanti. He polled 6,052 votes beating his nearest opponent, Nai-Kan Ari by 5,558 votes, more than double that of his predecessor Mohammad Fairus Khairuddin who had won by a 2,219 majority against Datuk Abdul Jalil Majid of Barisan Nasional. Nai-Khan obtained 494 votes. Mansor won 32 of [...]
Proton Holdings Bhd today announced a group pre-tax loss of RM338 million for its financial year ended March 31, 2009, from a pre-tax profit of RM144 million in 2008, mainly due to an exceptional impairment of property, plant and equipment (PPE) and inventory write-down. Proton’s chairman Datuk Mohd Nadzmi Mohd Salleh said the group’s performance [...]
The official date of Gawai Dayak holidays is next Monday, June 1, but already in several towns throughout Sarawak halted for this public holidays. Schools in Kapit Division the Dayak Iban heartland had started their holidays since Thursday, May 24th to allow students and teachers heading back home for the Gawai holidays. ‘Tuak’ is a [...]
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has asked Transport Minister Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat to explain each issue that was raised in the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) audit report according to a news report. The Prime Minister said this when asked to comment on the PKFZ report after he chaired the Umno [...]
Port Klang Authority (PKA) chairman Datuk Lee Hwa Beng submitted a copy of the audit report on the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) office here today. Lee said he did so on the instruction of Transport Minister Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat. He had a short meeting with deputy [...]
International magazine Forbes.com pick up the news surrounding Port Klang Free Trade Zone scandal helping to give it an international perspective. Forbes reports on Q+A why is Malaysia Port Klang scandal is important. Malaysia’s government is to unveil later on Thursday an independent auditors report into the construction of a free trade zone in Port [...]
PricewaterhouseCooper (PWC) audit report names four politicians, including two for possibly having conflict of interest in their dealings with the Port Klang Free Trade Zone (PKFZ) project according to a news report. The four were Deputy Finance Minister Datuk Chor Chee Heung, Sementa assemblyman Datuk Abdul Rahman Palil, Backbenchers Club president also Bintulu Member of [...]
Bintulu Member of Parliament Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing owned company Wijaya Baru is currently at the center of the controversial Port Klang Free Trade Zone (PKFZ) project. PKFZ initially estimated to cost RM1.957 ballooned to RM7.453 billion once completed. PricewaterhouseCooper (PWC) in its audit report projected PKFZ cost would further increase to RM12.453 billion [...]
Starting next year, students sitting for the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) examination will only be allowed to take a maximum of 10 subjects, Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said today. In line with the decision, there would also be changes in the grading system, Muhyiddin, who is the education minister, added. “It will [...]
Registrar of Societies (ROS) said Datuk M Kayveas is still People’s Progressive Party president despite T Murugiah claimed otherwise. It a major blow to the Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister Department claimed of legitimacy as PPP new president and his attempted to unseat M Kayveas. According to a news report, Datuk Md Alias Kalil [...]
