KUCHING: Deputy Domestic Trade and Consumers Affairs Minister Chong Chieng Jen should have the courage to tell the truth about the grass-cutting issue after the truth came out, said Sarawak United Peoples’ Party (SUPP) secretary Tnay Li Ping. Tnay in a press statement said, Chong had accused the grass-cutting contractors
KAPIT: Bukit Goram assemblyman Jefferson Jamit Unyat yesterday inspected the progress of the riverbank and slope protection project at the waterfront along Jalan Kubu Lama here. The project involves the extension, beautification and landscaping of the existing Kapit Express Terminal up to Fort Sylvia. “After the project has been completed,
GEORGE TOWN: The Penang Department of Occupational Safety and Health (Dosh) is in the final stages of completing its investigations into the landslide at the Bukit Kukus paired road project site in Paya Terubong on Oct 19 last year. In a statement yesterday, Dosh said the papers would be finalised
BUTTERWORTH: A company manager pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court here yesterday to nine counts of conspiring with his brother, who is a lecturer at Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), to appoint his company as supplier of goods worth more than RM160,000 to the university. Mustafa Kamal Mohamed, 48, made
NEW YORK: Ford and Volkswagen are preparing to announce a strategic partnership, including in areas such as self-driving and electric autos, a person with knowledge of the matter told AFP on Wednesday. The announcement could come Tuesday during this year’s Detroit auto show, the person said. The organizers of the
BEIJING: Tesla boss Elon Musk has been offered a “green card”, China said Thursday, a privilege enjoyed by an elite group of foreigners, including several Nobel laureates and a former NBA star. Musk was in China for the ground-breaking of Tesla’s first overseas factory, which will allow it to sell
KUCHING: Kim Hin Industry Bhd has formed two new companies in Australia, its most important export market for ceramic tiles. Wholly-owned subsidiary Ceramica Indah Sdn Bhd (CISB) incorporated the two subsidiary firms – Amber Franchising Pty Ltd and Australian Tiles Pty Ltd last week. Both companies have a paid-up capital
BRUSSELS: Unemployment in the eurozone fell in November, data showed on Wednesday, as joblessness in Europe neared pre-crisis levels. Eurostat said the jobless rate in the single currency area fell to 7.9 percent in November, a 10-year low and down from a revised 8.0 percent for the previous month. Unemployment
OTTAWA: Canada’s central bank has maintained its key lending rate at 1.75 percent, citing a continued slowing of the global economy and fears over a US-China trade war. The Bank of Canada said the economy “has been performing well overall,” but forecast it will grow by only 1.7 percent this
PATTANI (Thailand): Four Thai civil defence volunteers were gunned down yesterday at a school in the kingdom’s south with students just metres away, as bloodshed greets the 15th year of an insurgency in the Malay-Muslim border zone. The culturally distinct region that borders Malaysia has seen rebels fight against the
