KLIA and klia2 will be renamed KLIA Terminal 1 and KLIA Terminal 2, Transport Minister Loke Siew Fook has announced. Loke said the ministers believe that this will improve the business and performance of the airport, and help it compete with other international airports in the region. However, he did …
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The death toll from the earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria this week reached 16,000 today as hope faded and many people found life 72 hours after the disaster and frustration caused by the slow delivery of aid. A Turkish government official said the tragedy had caused “tremendous difficulties” for …
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At least four people have been killed and several houses damaged after a shallow 5.2 magnitude earthquake struck Indonesia’s eastern Papua region today, the monitoring agency said. The epicenter of the earthquake was 1km from Jayapura, the capital of Papua province, at a depth of 10km, according to the Indonesian …
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A Hong Kong judge today sentenced two pro-independence groups to five years in prison, stressing that there will be no tolerance for advocating violent opposition to China. Choi Wing Kit, 21, and Chris Chan, 26, are among the popular student-led group Returning Valiant, which uses social media and street kiosks …
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A two-year-old boy was rescued from the rubble of a collapsed building in the southern city of Antakya today, 79 hours after a massive earthquake hit the area this week, killing more than 19,000 people in Turkey and Syria. . Footage from the Turkish Humanitarian Aid Foundation (IHH) showed rescue …
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Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has promised that the government will reduce bureaucratic practices that can hinder businesses and entrepreneurs from helping make Malaysia a rich country. According to Bernama, Zahid said it was “forced” for Malaysia to get out of the trap of the middle class and become …
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The prison department urgently needs a halfway house for convicts, because 15 of the country’s prisons only accept men. The Deputy Commissioner General of Prisons, Ibrisam Abd Rahman, hopes that NGOs will be involved in giving those who were arrested in the past half, as well as prisoners who have …
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Six years ago, a Nigerian man was sentenced to 12 years in prison for two counts of drug abuse. The Court of Appeal also ordered that Ngonadi Chibuzor Innocent, 44, be flogged 20 times. During today’s event, Barrister Afifuddin Ahmad Hafifi told the three-member bench that the Attorney General’s Chambers …
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Stopping the use of foreign workers, as ordered by Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, will reduce wages by 80%, according to the Federation of Malaysian Employers. Its CEO, Syed Hussain Syed Husman, called the move “timely” as employers face many challenges in managing the costs of their jobs. “The decision to …
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The children of former minister Jamaluddin Jarjis, who was killed in a helicopter crash in 2015, did not allow the Federal Court to proceed with their appeal for the transfer of shares in Rantai Wawasan Sdn Bhd worth RM1.044 billion. a list of their homelands. Ikhwan Hafiz Jamaluddin, 35, and …
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