Rosmah wants closer ties between Bakisa, other welfare bodies

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July 15, 2010, Thursday

KOTA KINABALU: The close relations between the Sabah Barisan Nasional Elected Representatives’ Wives Charitable Organisation (Bakisa) and other welfare bodies in the country must be further strengthened in the interest of national solidarity, said the Prime Minister’s wife, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor.

Miti, EPU working on gas supply issues: Mustapa

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15 July 2010

KUALA LUMPUR: The Ministry of International Trade and Industry (Miti) together with the Economic Planning Unit (EPU) will be putting up a joint paper to address the gas supply issue, its Minister Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed said Wednesday.

雅虎網絡應用大調查 國人上網一半聽音樂一半看新聞

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15 July 2010

很多人知道, 到底我國網民上網都在做些甚麼? 最近, 雅虎(Yahoo!) 與市場研究公司思緯 (Synovate), 在我國進行了一次大規模的全國城市網民 應用大調查, 并公佈了初版 Net Index 研究數據報告發現, 國人最喜歡在家里上網, 而且上網最主要的活動就是找資訊!

Paper to address gas supply issues to be presented to Cabinet soon

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15 July 2010
A COMPREHENSIVE paper to solve issues affecting natural gas supplies to industries in Malaysia will be presented to the Cabinet soon.

The paper is being prepared jointly by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (Miti) and the Economic Planning Unit (EPU).

Nuclear a potential source of power for Malaysia

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July 15, 2010

KOTA KINABALU: Malaysia needs to look closely into the possibility of developing a competitive and stable source of power for long-term use, a chemical engineering expert, Dr Rosalam Sarbatly said yesterday.Rosalam is an associate professor and the Dean of University Malaysia Sabah School of Engineering and Information Technology.

Prices of sugar, petrol, LPG, diesel to go up Friday

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July 15, 2010
Subsidy removed for RON 97 petrol

KUALA LUMPUR: From Friday, the subsidies for sugar, petrol, liquefied petroleum gas and diesel will be cut as part of the gradual subsidy rationalisation programme, according to a statement from the Prime Minister’s office on Thursday.

The price of sugar will go up 25sen to RM1.75 per kg; LPG will go up 10sen to RM1.85 per kg; petrol RON95 will be up 5sen to RM1.85 per litre and diesel will be up 5sen to RM1.75 per litre.

500 Sabah Chinese leaders for talks with PM

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July 15, 2010
 
Kota Kinabalu: About 500 Chinese leaders and representatives from all registered bodies and associations in Sabah will have a dialogue with Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak on July 18 here.

Sabah’s first home-skilled petrochem grads

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July 15, 2010
 

Kota Kinabalu: Sabah’s fledgling oil and gas industry will mark another chapter with the graduation of Tun Ahmadshah Oil and Gas Academy’s (TAS) first batch of 49 students who are ready to work in the industry.

Chemical, petrochemical industry set to recover

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15th July, 2010

KUALA LUMPUR: The chemical and petrochemical industry is poised for recovery this year based on better overall performance in the first five months, International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed said yesterday.

PM underlines 4 challenges

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15th July, 2010

PUTRAJAYA: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak yesterday underlined four big challenges the Finance Ministry would have to clear to push forward the country’s economy to high income status.