Malaysia News

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 24 -- The Dewan Rakyat was told Tuesday that public perception that the use of the RON95 petrol could damage the car's engine is inaccurate.

Malaysia Debt Ventures Bhd expects to approve over RM4.9 billion fund to locally-incorporated companies engaged in the information and communications technology , biotech and emerging technology sector by March next year.

Malaysia Sun Tuesday 24th November, 2009 Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 24 : The Islamic Fashion Festival VIII has been launched in style in Kuala Lumpur, featuring designs from Royal Terengganu Songket and Muslim wear designers.

South East Asia News.Net Tuesday 24th November, 2009 Kuala Lumpur, November 24 : A group of Malaysian sex workers are reportedly using pornographic movies to distract clients before robbing them off their belongings.

23rd November, 2009

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia Airlines (MAS) meraih kejayaan berganda apabila dianugerahkan “Syarikat Penerbangan Lima Bintang” untuk tahun kelima dan anugerah “Kakitangan Kabin Terbaik Dunia” untuk kali ketujuh oleh Skytrax, sebuah organisasi bebas di United Kingdom berpengalaman 20 tahun dalam penyelidikan syarikat penerbangan.

MAS diiktiraf sebagai syarikat penerbangan lima bintang oleh Skytrax sejak 2005 manakala anak kapalnya meraih anugerah untuk kakitangan kabin terbaik dunia sejak 2001-2004, 2007, 2009-2010—terbanyak bagi mana-mana syarikat penerbangan.

“Ini adalah berita yang sangat baik terutama ketika dalam situasi yang sangat sukar ini di mana semua petugas telah bekerja keras bagi menghasilkan produk dan perkhidmatan terbaik yang sangat diperlukan oleh pelanggan. Apa yang menjadi keutamaan mereka, adalah keutamaan kami,” kata Pengarah Urusan/Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif (CEO) MAS Tengku Datuk Azmil Zahruddin.

“Pengiktirafan ini akan mendorong kami untuk menggandakan usaha bagi menghasilkan produk dan perkhidmatan yang lebih berkualiti. Anak kapal kami memberikan perkhidmatan terbaik dan telah berterusan mengekalkan nama syarikat dan Malaysia berada di tempat tertinggi untuk bersaing dalam industri penerbangan. Mereka menjadi contoh terbaik untuk negara memberi layanan mesra,” katanya lagi.

MAS sebelum ini turut dipilih sebagai “Syarikat Penerbangan Terbaik di Asia” oleh 180,000 industri profesional melalui undian global yang dikendalikan oleh ‘World Travel Awards”.

Pengiktirafan lain yang diterima MAS tahun ini termasuk memenangi Syarikat Penerbangan Terbaik oleh Malaysia Airports Holding Bhd, menduduki tempat ketiga untuk kategori Syarikat Terbaik oleh Aviation Week, meraih tempat kelapan bagi kategori Syarikat Penerbangan Terbaik Dunia oleh Smart Travel Asia dan terpilih antara 10 syarikat penerbangan terbaik yang pertama kali dianjurkan menerusi talian laman web penerbangan “Global Local Monitor”.

KUALA LUMPUR: The Saudi Arabian government is doing its best to control accommodation and transportation costs during the haj season and is constantly improving facilities for pilgrims.

SUNGAI PETANI, Nov 22 -- Three in a family were killed in an accident when the van they were travelling in skidded and hit a tree at Km 108.8, North-South Expressway here this Sunday's morning.

KUALA LUMPUR: Adult Malaysians should get periodical dental checks once or twice a year while children should get them once every six months for early detection of any dental problem, said Kuala Lumpur Deputy Director of Health , Dr Ahmad Bujang.

KUALA LUMPUR: The second autopsy on political aide Teoh Beng Hock's remains has been completed but the results are only likely to be disclosed when the inquest into his death resumes on Dec 9. Teoh's sister Teoh Lee Lan said the family was given a short briefing after the autopsy at the Sungai Buloh Hospital by Thai forensic pathologist Dr Pornthip ...

The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China , which received a banking license last week to operate in Malaysia, will establish banking operations in Kuala Lumpur with the setting up of a subsidiary bank in the country.

SOUTHEAST Asia's biggest budget carrier AirAsia plans to list on the Thai and Indonesian stock exchanges in a bid to tap the region's capital markets despite a turbulent year for airlines.

NEW YORK: Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak's visit to New York from Sunday will pave the way for a shift in relations between Malaysia and the United States , especially in the economic sphere, according to those in the diplomatic circle.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 22 -- Five lawyers were detained in May this year, when they refused to adhere to police warning to disperse from an illegal gathering, a Human Rights Commission of Malaysia public inquiry was told Sunday.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 22 -- The flood situation in Terengganu and Kelantan has taken a turn for the worse with all districts in Terengganu affected except for Kuala Terengganu.

The body of a Malaysian opposition activist who died in police custody has been exhumed after a pathologist said there was an 80% chance he was killed.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 22 -- Cuepacs is asking the government to write off the housing loans taken by all civil servants who are medically boarded out during service.

Malaysian low-cost carrier AirAsia is planning to make Bangkok a hub next year to expand connectivity to Indian cities, a senior company official said Friday.

KUALA TERENGGANU, Nov 21 -- The use of contaminated fish to make crackers, a favourite snack in the state, has been identified as among the sources of cholera outbreak Terengganu, Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said.

Malaysian police arrested two Iranian nationals on charges of possessing 4 kilograms of methamphetamines worth about 1 million ringgit , reports said Tuesday.

Two American Latin tourists were charged in the Sessions Court here with robbing a German diamond trader last month.