Terengganu, Malaysia

KUALA TERENGGANU, Dec 19 -- The Terengganu Social Welfare Department has made preparations to face yet another wave of floods in the state following bad weather over the last few days.

KUALA TERENGGANU, Dec 15 -- The authorities have been able to mobilise 3,000 Rela and Civil Defence Department volunteers to combat street crime earlier than scheduled early next year.

KUALA TERENGGANU, Dec 16 -- The Terengganu government has approved applications to set up a nursing college and a medical college in the state, Menteri Besar Datuk Ahmad Said said Wednesday.

Promoting the General Welfare in Malaysia: The government of the state of Terengganu initiated a campaign in November to halt the growing divorce rate by offering pre-marital classes in sensuality.

KUALA TERENGGANU, Dec 15 -- Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein said some bloggers, unlike local journalists, do not adhere to the rules and ethics of journalism in their bid to garner popularity.

KUALA TERENGGANU, Dec 13 -- A happy holiday outing here for a family of seven from Johor turned into a tragedy when a father-in-law and a son-in-law drowned while bathing at the Rantau Abang, Dungun beach on Sunday morning.

THE government will approve an additional allocation for flood victims to ease their burden, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.

KUALA TERENGGANU: Several senior officials from Tereng-ganu's Public Works Depart-ment are expected to be transferred out of the state or re-designated by the end of the year in a massive management shake-up. A number of its architects and technicians have received letters this month informing them of their transfers and re-designations. It is also ...

KUALA TERENGGANU: Police are on the hunt for three men, believed to be of Middle Eastern descent, who stole RM900,000 worth of jewellery in Wednesday's 10-minute daylight heist.

KUALA TERENGGANU: A teenager with a history of sleep walking, walked to her death from the balcony of her home in Kampung Banggol Nyior in Tepoh, 30km from here, Saturday.

A total of 299 flood victims in Pahang have been evacuated since this morning, bringing the total as at 5pm to 335.

KUALA TERENGGANU, Sat: A 14-year-old girl was drowned during the third wave of floods that struck Terengganu since Tuesday.

The flood situation in Terengganu on Saturday in the wake of the third wave of flooding in the east coast states has improved considerably and more evacuees are to be allowed to return home if the weather gets better.

KUALA TERENGGANU, Dec 4 -- The number of flood evacuees at the relief centres in Terengganu until 8pm on Friday was 2,667 from 3,103 in the afternoon after the flood situation improved.

KUALA TERENGGANU : The number of flood evacuees in Terengganu has risen to 3,608 on Friday morning from 3,473 recorded on Thursday night.

KUALA TERENGGANU, Nov 27 -- The body of a man, in the early stage of decomposition, was found at an abandoned house in Kampung Paya Teluk Ketapang, Seberang Takir near here Friday afternoon.

KUALA TERENGGANU, Dec 2 -- The number of flood victims in Terengganu has risen to 1,444 as at 8pm compared to 1,293 in the afternoon, a National Security Council spokesman said on Wednesday night.

Residents in the East Coast of peninsular Malaysia can brace themselves for more heavy rain until Friday morning.

Greetings from Kuala Terengganu, the venue of the Monsoon Cup. I arrived a couple of hours ago direct from Valencia, right in time for the day's practice races.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 30 -- The Malaysian Meteorological Department Monday issued a first category warning that strong winds and rough seas in waters off Condore and Samui will continue until tomorrow.