BERNAMA The Malaysian National News Agency articles from April 2010

BERNAMA The Malaysian National News Agency archives from April 2010

CONCERTED EFFORTS NEEDED TO PROMOTE BORNEO AS PREMIER ECOTOURISM DESTINATION.
April 30, 2010... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KUALA LUMPUR, April 30 (Bernama) -- Concerted efforts by the relevant government agencies and the private sector are needed to promote Borneo as a premier eco-tourism destination in the world,...

POLICE SUBMIT PAPERS ON FATAL SHOOTING OF YOUTH.
April 30, 2010... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency SHAH ALAM, April 30 (Bernama) -- The police have submitted the investigation papers on the fatal shooting of Aminulrasyid Amzah, 15, to the deputy public prosecutor, said Inspector-General of...

SINGER AMY SEARCH ORDERED TO PAY BOY RM18,000 IN DAMAGES.
April 30, 2010... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KUALA LUMPUR, April 30 (Bernama) -- The Sessions Court here today ordered singer Amy Search to pay RM18,000 in damages to a boy who was scalded by spilt hot tomyam soup at his restaurant. Judge...

M'SIA TO SHOWCASE BIO-XCELL, BIOTECH ADVANTAGES AT BIO CHICAGO.
April 30, 2010... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KUALA LUMPUR, April 30 (Bernama) -- Malaysia is set to "sell" its Bio-Xcell initiative and biotechnology advantages to biotechnology movers and shakers attending the world's largest biotechnology...

RM17.3 MILLION WORTH OF PIRATED ITEMS SEIZED THIS YEAR.
April 30, 2010... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency PUTRAJAYA, April 30 (Bernama) -- The Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Ministry seized RM17.3 million worth of pirated items through 346,718 enforcement actions throughout the country...

MINISTRY PROPOSES PAYMENT SCHEMES FOR ENERGY-EFFICIENT GOODS.
April 30, 2010... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency PUTRAJAYA, April 30 (Bernama) -- The Energy, Green Technology and Water Ministry has proposed that financial institutions provide instalment payment plans for energy-saving goods such as solar...

MACC: TRAFFIC OFFENDERS TOP NUMBER OF BRIBE GIVERS.
April 30, 2010... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency PUTRAJAYA, April 30 (Bernama) -- The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) arrested 64 people between January and April this year for offering bribes involving RM200,000 in cash. MACC...

POLICE TO SEND REINFORCEMENTS TO SIBU TOMORROW FOR BY-ELECTION.
April 30, 2010... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KUCHING, April 30 (Bernama) -- A total of 2,000 police personnel will be deployed for the Sibu parliamentary by-election next month. Sarawak police commissioner Datuk Mohmad Salleh said today...

NEW HORSE-PITAL OPENS IN TERENGGANU.
April 30, 2010... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency SETIU, April 30 (Bernama) -- Staff at a hospital which today begins operations at the Terengganu International Endurance Park (TIEP) here, are horsing around. Now, hold your horses. It's not...

SYABAS TO CUT WATER SUPPLY TO DEFAULTERS IN KL, SELANGOR.
April 30, 2010... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KUALA LUMPUR, April 30 (Bernama) -- Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor Sdn Bhd (Syabas) will begin cutting water supply to consumers with overdue water bills from tomorrow until May 15 in several areas...

MAN GET A DAY'S JAIL AND RM2,300 FINE FOR STEALING JEANS.
April 30, 2010... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KUALA LUMPUR, April 30 (Bernama) -- For stealing a pair of jeans a handphone sales assistant was jailed a day and fined RM2,300 by the Magistrate's Court here today. Magistrate Nor Azah Kasran...

MOSAIC MAKER ORDERED TO ENTER DEFENCE FOR MURDER.
April 30, 2010... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency PENANG, April 30 (Bernama) -- The High Court here today ordered a mosaic layer to enter his defence on a charge of murdering a 21-year-old man four years ago. Justice Datuk Mohd Zaki Mohd...

DEAN: NEW DOCTORS MUST DO COMPULSORY SERVICE BEFORE WORKING ABROAD.
April 30, 2010... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KUALA LUMPUR, April 30 (Bernama) -- A university dean wants the government to prevent newly-minted doctors from working abroad -- unless they completed the minimum three-year compulsory service in...

65 UMRAH PILGRIMS CLAIM AGENT TOOK THEM FOR A RIDE.
April 30, 2010... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency LANGKAWI, April 30 (Bernama) -- Sixty-five people who had paid for a trip to perform the 'umrah' pilgrimage in Mecca claimed that the agent for the trip had absconded. A representative of the...

PANEL WILL NOT CARRY OWN PROBE INTO FATAL SHOOTING OF TEEN.
April 30, 2010... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency PUTRAJAYA, April 30 (Bernama) -- The special panel set up following the fatal shooting of a 15-year-old teenager in Shah Alam on Monday, will monitor police investigations into the case and not...

LEE: THE REAL BATTLE IS AGAINST MYSELF.
April 30, 2010... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KUALA LUMPUR, April 30 (Bernama) -- World number one and All-England champion Datuk Lee Chong Wei believes that the real battle which he will be facing in the coming Thomas Cup finals is none...

ONLINE REGISTRATION FOR SPORTS ASSOCIATIONS AND CLUBS.
April 30, 2010... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KUALA LUMPUR, April 30 (Bernama) -- The Sports Commissioner's office will introduce an online system to speed up the registration of sports associations and clubs. Sports Commissioner Datuk Nik...

ATM DROP OUT KHALID JAMLUS JOINS T-TEAM.
April 30, 2010... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency SETIU, April 30 (Bernama) -- Former National striker Muhamad Khalid Jamlus who was dropped by Armed Forces for indiscipline in January, has joined T- Team from Terengganu. T-Team team manager...

SUHARDI SETS SIGHT ON ASIAN GAMES.
April 30, 2010... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency SUNGAI PETANI, April 30 (Bernama) -- National senior rider Suhardi Hassan proved his worth when he won the fourth stage of the Tour of Malaysia 2010, today. Hailed from Kangar, he finished the...

POLICE REPORT LODGED AGAINST NIZAR.
April 30, 2010... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency SHAH ALAM, April 30 (Bernama) -- Three groups lodged a police report today against Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin alleging that the Member of Parliament for Bukit Gantang had made a...

H1N1: ANOTHER FATALITY INVOLVING 40-YEAR-OLD MAN.
April 30, 2010... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KUALA LUMPUR, April 30 (Bernama) -- Another report of a fatality linked to the influenza A (H1N1) virus has been received by the Health Ministry today, said the Director-General of Health, Tan Sri...

JALAN BARAT IN PJ TO BE RENAMED JALAN DR V. DAVID.
April 30, 2010... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency PETALING JAYA, April 30 (Bernama) -- Jalan Barat, one of the main roads in the city, will be renamed Jalan Dr V. David, in honour of the veteran trade unionist and parliamentrian. The man who...

AIRMAN KILLED IN ROAD ACCIDENT.
April 30, 2010... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency SEREMBAN, April 30 (Bernama) -- An air force personnel was killed in an accident at Km 281.6 of the North-South Expressway here last night. Police said Mohd Ridzuan Abu, 28, was riding a...

CVLB TO OFFER PUBLIC SERVICE VEHICLE LICENCE TO "KERETA SAPU" OPERATORS.
April 30, 2010... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KOTA KINABALU, April 30 (Bernama) -- The Commercial Vehicle Licencing Board (CVLB) will offer public service vehicle licence to owners and drivers of "kereta sapu" (pirate taxis) in a bid to...

PUBLIC URGED TO DISCARD MISCONCEPTION ON REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH EDUCATION.
April 30, 2010... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KUALA LUMPUR, April 30 (Bernama) -- The community needs to discard their negative perception towards Reproductive, Social and Health Education (PKRS) as being a subject that teaches teenagers on...

SARAWAK BN MPS ARE VERY EFFECTIVE, SAYS SALANG.
April 30, 2010... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency SIBU, April 30 (Bernama) -- Silence is not only golden, but very effective, in as far as the Sarawak Barisan Nasional (BN) is concerned. This, in essence, sums up the strength of the state BN,...

CALL FOR BIGGER ALLOCATION FOR EDUCATION IN SABAH, SARAWAK.
April 30, 2010... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency PENAMPANG, April 30 (Bernama) -- The Sabah and Sarawak Bumiputera Special Committee has urged the federal government to provide a bigger allocation for education in Sabah and Sarawak especially in...

MALAYSIAN SPENDS ZAKAT ON HOUSING FOR PADANG QUAKE VICTIMS.
April 30, 2010... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency DUBAI, April 30 (Bernama) -- A Dubai-based Malaysian businessman is embarking on a project to build 200 low-cost houses for earthquake victims in the city of Padang in West Sumatra, Indonesia. ...

FOCUS ON CREATIVITY, REINVENTION, NAJIB TELLS WORKERS.
April 30, 2010... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KUALA LUMPUR, April 30 (Bernama) -- Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak wants workers to make creativity and reinvention as their focus this year in an effort to enhance productivity and transform the...

SIB CASE OVER THE WORD "ALLAH" SET FOR HEARING ON JUNE 24.
April 30, 2010... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KUALA LUMPUR, April 30 (Bernama) -- The Sidang Injil Borneo (SIB) has failed to reach an out-of-court settlement with the Home Ministry over the use of the word "Allah" in its Christian books. ...

KEDAH KARATE SQUAD TARGET THREE GOLD MEDALS IN SUKMA.
April 30, 2010... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency SUNGAI PETANI, April 30 (Bernama) -- The Kedah karate squad have set a three-gold target for the SUKMA, hosted by Melaka, in June. "Based on our team's success of winning four gold medals at...

ANOTHER EXTENSION LIKELY FOR KKIA UPGRADING PROJECT.
April 30, 2010... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KOTA KINABALU, April 30 (Bernama) -- With less than a month to go and only 86 per cent completed, upgrading works for the runway of the Kota Kinabalu International Airport (KKIA) is likely to face...

DO RE MI CAFE OWNER LODGES POLICE REPORT AGAINST LIM GUAN ENG.
April 30, 2010... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency PENANG, April 30 (Bernama) -- Johar Ismail, the owner of the tree-top Do Re Mi Cafe here, today lodged a police report alleging that Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng had made defamatory remarks...

A-G WANTS FURTHER PROBE ON BOY'S FATAL SHOOTING - S'GOR CPO.
April 30, 2010... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency SHAH ALAM, April 30 (Bernama) -- Selangor Chief Police Officer (CPO) Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar said the Attorney-General has directed the police to carry out further investigation into the fatal...

MARA WILL RESUME KUALA KANGSAR MRSM CONSTRUCTION NEXT YEAR.
April 30, 2010... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency IPOH, April 30 (Bernama) -- Mara will resume construction of the stalled Kuala Kangsar Mara Junior Science College (MRSM) next year under the 10th Malaysia Plan. Its director-general, Datuk...

TRANSPORT UNION WANTS AMENDMENTS TO THREE LABOUR BILLS DONE PROFESSIONALLY.
April 30, 2010... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KUALA LUMPUR, April 30 (Bernama) -- The Peninsular Malaysia Transport Workers Union has asked Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak to ensure that proposed amendments to the three core labour...

GOVT MAY MAKE CHANGES TO PROPOSED PLAN TO UPGRADE BRICKFIELDS.
April 30, 2010... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KUALA LUMPUR, April 29 (Bernama) -- The government is willing to make changes to the proposed plan to upgrade Brickfields into a township known as "Little India" for the benefit of all parties. ...

STATEMENT BY TUN ABDULLAH AHMAD BADAWI ON TWO OIL EXPLORATION FIELDS.
April 30, 2010... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KUALA LUMPUR, April 30 (Bernama)-- Following is a statement issued by former prime minister Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi on the exchange of letters between Malaysia and Brunei Darussalam dated March...

ABDULLAH SAYS CABINET APPROVED BOUNDARY PACT WITH BRUNEI.
April 30, 2010... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KUALA LUMPUR, April 30 (Bernama) -- Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said he signed a land and sea boundary agreement with Brunei in March 2009 in which two overlapping offshore exploration fields came...

UMNO BRANCHES NATIONWIDE TO CONVENE GENERAL ASSEMBLY STARTING TOMORROW.
April 30, 2010... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KUALA LUMPUR, April 30 (Bernama) -- Umno branches throughout the country will convene their general assembly starting tomorrow to June 15. Data shows that Umno membership as of last October...

WATER DISRUPTION IN PETALING ON MAY 12.
April 30, 2010... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KUALA LUMPUR, April 30 (Bernama) -- Several areas in Petaling are expected to experience water disruption on May 12 following pipe displacement works to facilitate the construction of a Malaysian...

HULU SELANGOR WIN REJUVENATES MIC.
April 30, 2010... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KUALA LUMPUR, April 30 (Bernama) -- The Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC), which took a severe knock in the 2008 general election, appears to have endeared itself with more Indian voters this time...

1MALAYSIA CLINIC OPENS IN HULU SELANGOR.
April 30, 2010... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency HULU SELANGOR, April 30 (Bernama) -- Hardly a week after wresting the Hulu Selangor parliamentary seat, Barisan Nasional (BN) today fulfilled another promise it made before the by-election. It...

BANK GIVES RM200,000 TO TWO CHILDREN'S CHARITY HOMES.
April 30, 2010... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KUALA LUMPUR, April 30 (Bernama) -- More than RM200,000, collected by OCBC Bank (Malaysia) Berhad staff in a charity drive last month, were handed over to two children's charity homes today. ...

RED SHIRTS APOLOGISE TO HOSPITAL.
April 30, 2010... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency BANGKOK, April 30 (Bernama) -- Thailand's Red Shirt protestors today appologised to the Chulalongkorn Hospital here for "storming" the premise last night in searching for troops there. Red...

MALAYSIA NEEDS MORE LOCAl AVIATION TRAINERS - DCA.
April 30, 2010... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency MELAKA, April 30 (Bernama) -- The Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) is striving to produce more local aviation trainers to prevent the country from being too dependent on aviation trainers from...

MACC RECORD STATEMENT FROM KICKDEFELLA.
April 30, 2010... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency PUTRAJAYA, April 30 (Bernama) -- The Malaysian Anti Corruption Commission (MACC) today confirmed that statement was recorded from blogger Kickdefella, Syed Azidi Syed Abdul Aziz with regards to...

SYABAS SEAL ILLEGAL PUMP HOUSE, WATER SUCTION TANK AT SERENDAH GOLF RESORT.
April 30, 2010... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KUALA LUMPUR, April 30 (Bernama) -- Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor Sdn Bhd (SYABAS) has seized a pump house and suction tank at the Serendah Golf Resort as the club had been operating the pump...

CORPORATE BODIES URGED TO CONTRIBUTE TO CHILDREN'S TRUST FUND.
April 30, 2010... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KUALA LUMPUR, April 30 (Bernama)-- The Prime Minister's wife, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor has proposed the formation of a trust fund to be known as the 1Malaysia Children Trust Fund with...

VARSITY ENTRANCE RESULTS FOR SPM CANDIDATES OUT TOMORROW.
April 30, 2010... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KUALA LUMPUR, April 30 (Bernama) -- Students who applied for places in public higher educational institutions using their Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SMP) results or equivalent can check on the...

MALBATT 1 RETURNS HOME SAFELY FROM LEBANON.
April 30, 2010... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency SUBANG, April 30 (Bernama) -- The 307-member Malaysian battalion (Malbatt 1) returned home today, upon completion of the peace mission under the United Nations Interim Force In Lebanon (Unifil)....

PORT KLANG ASSEMBLYMAN JOINS UMNO.
April 30, 2010... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KUALA LUMPUR, April 30 (Bernama) -- Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak today received the application form to join Umno from Port Klang assemblyman Badrul Hisham Abdullah, who quit Parti...

GRANNY SHOCKED FAMILY MEMBER TEAMED UP WITH ROBBERS.
April 30, 2010... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency MUAR, April 30 (Bernama) -- A 75-year-old grandmother had the shock of her life when family member teamed up with two teenage boys and a woman to rob her of her cash and jewellery at their home in...

PRODUCTIVITY OF WORKERS WILL INCREASE WITH REASONABLE INCOME, SAYS DR CHUA.
April 30, 2010... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KUALA LUMPUR, April 30(Bernama) -- MCA welcomes the establishment of a minimum wage council saying that it will not only improve the standard living of workers but also drive productivity and...

RESIDENTS PANIC AS SAND-LIKE OBJECTS FALL FROM THE SKY.
April 30, 2010... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency JAKARTA, April 30 (Bernama) -- Forensics from the Indonesian police force gathered samples of sand-like specimens that fell from the sky on three houses in Duren Sawit here yesterday, believed to...

SINGLE IDENTITY CARDS FOR INDONESIANS.
April 30, 2010... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency JAKARTA, April 30 (Bernama) -- The Indonesian government will ensure each citizen in the country only owns one single identity card after the 2010 census, which begins tomorrow, is completed, said...

SELANGOR GRAND IMAM DEFENDS QARI TITLE.
April 30, 2010... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KLANG, April 30 (Bernama) -- Selangor mosque's grand imam Ahmad Mustaffa Mohd Sidin, 36, defended the Qari title in the state level Quran Recital assembly 4131H/2010 here tonight. Ahmad...

PART OF STATE ASSEMBLY BUILDING CEILING GIVES WAY.
April 30, 2010... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency PENANG, April 30 (Bernama) -- The Penang State Assembly is due to sit on Monday but suffered the misfortune of a portion of the ceiling in the sitting hall collapsing today. However, there were...

1.49 MILLION TAXPAYERS SUBMITTED INCOME TAX FORM VIA E-FILING.
April 30, 2010... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KUALA LUMPUR, April 30 (Bernama) -- A total of 1,493,837 taxpayers submitted their income tax return forms via e-filing as at midnight today, slightly less than the target of 1.5 million set by...

BOEING, TAAG LINHAS AEREAS DE ANGOLA ANNOUNCE ORDER FOR TWO 777-300ERS.
April 30, 2010... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KUALA LUMPUR, April 30 (Bernama) -- Boeing and Angola's TAAG Linhas Aereas de Angola (Angola Airlines) announced the airline ordered two 777-300ERs (Extended Range) in a deal that also includes...

SHARE PRICES OPEN HIGHER IN EARLY TRADING.
April 30, 2010... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KUALA LUMPUR, April 30 (Bernama) -- Share prices on Bursa Malaysia were traded higher in early session Friday, driven by gains in key heavyweights as the market took its cue from overnight...

RINGGIT OPENS HIGHER AGAINST US DOLLAR.
April 30, 2010... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KUALA LUMPUR, April 30 (Bernama) -- The ringgit opened higher against the US dollar Friday following Bank Negara's statement to relook at the economic growth forecast for this year. RHB Bank...

FBM KLCI FUTURES TRADED HIGHER IN EARLY SESSION.
April 30, 2010... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KUALA LUMPUR, April 30 (Bernama) -- The FTSE Bursa Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (FBM KLCI) futures on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives were traded higher in tandem with the steadier cash...

SHORT-TERM RATES TO REMAIN STABLE.
April 30, 2010... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KUALA LUMPUR, April 30 (Bernama) -- Short-term rates are expected to remain steady Friday on continued intervention by Bank Negara in the money market. The central bank has estimated RM20.933...

KLIBOR FUTURES, MGS UNTRADED IN EARLY SESSION.
April 30, 2010... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KUALA LUMPUR, April 30 (Bernama) -- The three-month Kuala Lumpur Interbank Offered Rate (KLIBOR) futures on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives were untraded as at 10.02am Friday. The five-year...

SHARE PRICES EXTEND UPTREND AT MID-MORNING.
April 30, 2010... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KUALA LUMPUR, April 30 (Bernama) -- Share prices on Bursa Malaysia extended its uptrend at mid-morning today on continued gains in key heavyweights as the market also took cue from the overnight...

REGUS GAINS BIG FROM BUSINESS-SAVING SERVICES DURING ICELAND ASH HAZARD.
April 30, 2010... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KUALA LUMPUR, April 30 (Bernama) -- Regus Group, the leading global provider of innovative workplace solutions, saw a whopping 400 per cent increase of clients using its video-conferencing...

OSK RESEARCH RAISES FY2010-2011 OF PLUS EXPRESSWAYS EARNINGS.
April 30, 2010... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KUALA LUMPUR, April 30 (Bernama) -- OSK Research has raised the Financial Year (FY) 2010-2011 earnings of PLUS Expressways, the toll expressway operator , by 3-6 per cent in incorporating higher...

TIN PRICE CLOSES FIRMER AT US$18,300 PER TONNE.
April 30, 2010... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KUALA LUMPUR, April 30 (Bernama) -- The tin price on the Kuala Lumpur Tin Market (KLTM) reversed recent losses, in closing the day firmer at US$18,300 per tonne on improved buying, said dealers....

SHARE PRICES EXTEND UPTREND AT MID-DAY.
April 30, 2010... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KUALA LUMPUR, April 30 (Bernama) -- Share prices on Bursa Malaysia extended its uptrend at mid-day today as the strong buying momentum continued, led by gains in key heavyweights, dealers said. ...

KUWAIT FINANCE HOUSE M'SIA LAUNCHES KFH GOLD ACCOUNT-i.
April 30, 2010... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KUALA LUMPUR, April 30 (Bernama) -- Kuwait Finance House (Malaysia) Bhd (KFHMB) aims to sell 50kg of gold under its newly-launched KFH Gold Account - i by year-end, says its Retail and Consumer...

SINGAPORE SEES STRONG EMPLOYMENT GROWTH IN Q1.
April 30, 2010... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency SINGAPORE, April 30 (Bernama) -- Singapore continued to see strong employment growth in the first quarter of this year amid the robust economic recovery, according to the Manpower Ministry. In...

FBM KLCI FUTURES TRADE HIGHER AT MID-DAY.
April 30, 2010... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KUALA LUMPUR, April 30 (Bernama) -- The FTSE Bursa Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (FBM KLCI) futures on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives were traded higher at mid-day today in tandem with the...

TURBO-MECH DEBUTS ON MAIN MARKET WITH 5.5 SEN PREMIUM.
April 30, 2010... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KUALA LUMPUR, April 30 (Bernama) -- Turbo-Mech Bhd, a regional distributor of rotating equipment for oil, gas and petrochemical industries, made its debut on Bursa Malaysia Main Market today with...

MIDA CORPORATISATION TO FOCUS ON ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE AND HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT.
April 30, 2010... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KUALA LUMPUR, April 30 (Bernama) -- The Malaysian Industrial Development Authority (MIDA)needs to empower its management, make changes to organisational structure and undertake human capital...

EAGA MULLS JV PROJECTS ON HIGH-VALUE AQUACULTURE.
April 30, 2010... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KOTA KINABALU, April 30 (Bernama) -- Private sector officials from Brunei- Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines East Asean Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA) have identified possible joint-venture investment...

PAULINE HANSON HOUSE TAKES OFF MARKET AFTER BACKLASH.
April 30, 2010... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency MELBOURNE, April 30 (Bernama) - Former MP and One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has taken her Queensland home off the market following a backlash against her decision not to sell to Muslims. ...

MAp AIRPORTS REPORTS RISE IN EARNINGS AS TRAFFIC TAKES OFF.(Financial report)
April 30, 2010... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency MELBOURNE, April 30 (Bernama) -- MAp Airports has reported a lift in first quarter earnings amid rising passenger numbers. The majority owner of Sydney Airport said in a statement today,...

SHARE PRICES EXTEND UPTREND AT MID-AFTERNOON.
April 30, 2010... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KUALA LUMPUR, April 30 (Bernama) -- Share prices on Bursa Malaysia extended its uptrend at mid-afternoon, with the FTSE Bursa Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (FBM KLCI) at the highest level...

PARTICIPATION OF FOREIGN SUPPLIERS MAY BE POSSIBLE FOR GOVT PROCUREMENT.
April 30, 2010... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KUALA LUMPUR, April 30 (Bernama) -- The government, via the Finance Ministry, is studying the possibility of allowing foreign companies to participate in government procurement contracts. ...

RHB INCOME FUND DECLARES INCOME DISTRIBUTION.
April 30, 2010... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KUALA LUMPUR, April 30 (Bernama) -- RHB Income has declared a gross income distribution of 3.50 sen per unit for the financial year ended April 30, 2010. The gross distribution yield, based on...

SOUTH EAST ASIA ECONOMIC MINISTERS ON ROADSHOW TO US.
April 30, 2010... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KUALA LUMPUR, April 30 (Bernama) -- Asean Economic Ministers have organised a roadshow to the United States (US) from May 3-8 to raise the profile of the region among political and business...

SERI RATU HOTEL & SPA PORT DICKSON OFFERS TRADITIONAL MALAY/JAVANESE MASSAGE.
April 30, 2010... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency PORT DICKSON, April 30 (Bernama) -- Newly-refurbished Seri Ratu Hotel & Spa in Teluk Kemang, near here, is offering spa services to woo more visitors to this tourist spot, says general manager...

CHEVRON MALAYSIA INTRODUCES ON-THE-SPOT-REDEMPTION SERVICE.
April 30, 2010... from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency KUALA LUMPUR, April 30 (Bernama) -- Chevron Malaysia Limited (Chevron), the operator of Caltex service stations, and Maybank, launched today an "On-the- Spot Redemption" service. Chevron, in a...