31st May, 2009
KOTA KINABALU: A total of 24,269 illegal immigrants – 17,095 Filipinos, 6,667 Indonesians and 507 other nationals- were rounded up throughout last year and held at the temporary detention centres across the state.
May 29, 2009
NEW YORK: Oil prices closed above US$65 per barrel Thursday for the first time in six months as OPEC maintained crude production levels as expected and a pair of reports suggested a slightly brighter economic picture.
May 28, 2009
KUALA LUMPUR, May 28 (Bernama) — The Ministry of International Trade and Industry will remove bottlenecks in disbursing grants to the small and medium enterprises, said its deputy minister Datuk Mukhriz Tun Mahathir.
May 28, 2009
PUTRAJAYA, May 28 (Bernama) — The economy will contract by between -4.0 and -5.0 percent this year, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said Thursday.
27th May, 2009
KUALA LUMPUR: Bank Negara Malaysia has left the overnight policy rate (OPR) unchanged at two per cent.
25th May, 2009
KOTA KINABALU: Kaamatan Festival is an effective medium to promote unity, not just among Sabahans but also among the multi-racial ethnic community at the national level, said Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Haji Aman.
May 22, 2009
KUALA LUMPUR, May 22 (Bernama) — Bank Negara Malaysia’s international reserves rose to RM321.466 billion (US$88 billion) as at May 15, from RM320.4 billion (US$87.7 billion) as at April 30.
21st May, 2009
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s ranking in the world competitiveness moved up one notch to 18th position this year from 19th place last year, according to the recently released World Competitiveness Yearbook 2009.
May 21, 2009
NON-Revenue Water (NRW) will be among the main challenges for incoming Minister of Infrastructure Development Datuk Seri Joseph Pairin in terms of bringing it down to 37 per cent before the end of the Ninth Malaysia Plan (9MP).
May 21, 2009
Kota Kinabalu: Water supply in the State capital will be assured until 2050 when a RM2.8 billion dam and water treatment plant in Papar and Penampang become a reality under the 10th Malaysia Plan.
May 19, 2009
Kota Kinabalu: Sabah Democratic Action Party (DAP) welcomed the proposal to set up a State-owned private hospital at the Khidmat Complex in Karamunsing here.
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“Selamat Datang ke Malam Mesra” Bersama Datuk Raymond Tan, Adun N46 Tanjung Papat:
May 18, 2009
WASHINGTON: The worst seems to be over, President Barack Obama’s budget director said Sunday. But he also warned against taking signs of economic recovery as a reason to celebrate or delay changes in health care policy.
May 16th, 2009
Wisma Khidmat will not become a government hospital as earlier planned
KOTA KINABALU: Sabah government has decided to turn the Wisma Khidmat into a private hospital and not a government hospital as earlier planned.
