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SC chief to quit over E&0 scandal
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 4 — Tan Sri Zarinah Anwar will step down as Securities Commission (SC) chief next month after coming under pressure over the market regulator’s role in Sime Darby’s acquisition of a 30 per cent stake in property group E&O last August, The Straits Times reported today.
According to the Singapore daily, Zarinah, the first ... Read More
Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and PKR leaders “loh sang” at the party’s Chinese New Year open house for the Batu constituency at SJK (C) Jinjang Selatan February 1, 2012. — Picture by Choo Choy May
Perkasa cries double standards over BN’s white packets
By Yow Hong Chieh
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 4 — Perkasa Youth today accused Barisan Nasional (BN) of double standards over the group’s recent use of white ang pow packets, pointing out that the ruling pact was giving out similar ... Read More
Loan scheme for unqualified home buyers violates EPF Act, say Pakatan reps
By Yow Hong Chieh
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 4 — Putrajaya’s plans to use RM1.5 billion from the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) to give home loans to unqualified buyers is in breach of the EPF Act 1991, which sets out permissible ... Read More
1 Care in its ‘final stages’, say Health Ministry officials
By Yow Hong Chieh
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 4 — Putrajaya’s controversial 1 Care scheme, which critics claim will tax citizens and businesses monthly to foot the country’s growing healthcare bill, has already entered its “final ... Read More
Sugar deal inked above market price as subsidy bill spikes
By Lisa J. Ariffin
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 3 – Malaysia signed a long-term sugar supply deal at a fixed price of US$26 (RM78.20) per hundred pounds last month despite global prices for the commodity hovering around US$23, ... Read More
Shahrizat says NFCorp test from Allah, vows to fight on
SEPANG, Feb 3 — Wanita Umno chief Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil says she plans to continue leading the women’s wing of the party despite the National Feedlot Corporation (NFCorp) scandal implicating ... Read More
Special scheme won’t undermine EPF, says Najib
By Shazwan Mustafa Kamal
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 3 — The use of RM1.5 billion from the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) in a scheme offering home loans to those who cannot qualify for bank financing will not be detrimental to EPF ... Read More
The Economist says ‘so much for the great reform programme’
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 3 — Influential international current affairs magazine The Economist has suggested that Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak may be courting electoral disaster because the reforms he ... Read More
Minister defends scheme to lend EPF money to unqualified home buyers
By Shazwan Mustafa Kamal
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 3 — The government was forced today to allay fears that RM1.5 billion from the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) would be lost in a scheme offering home loans to those who cannot qualify ... Read More
‘1 Care’: Talk of financial impact on taxpayer ‘premature’, says Health Ministry
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 3 — The proposed “1 Care” healthcare scheme will not inflict unnecessary financial costs on Malaysians, Bernama Online reported the Health Ministry as saying today.In a statement issued ... Read More
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- PAS says Hadi to contest GE
- MACC ‘persecuting’ Shamsubahrin to protect NFC culprits, say lawyers
- Temporary licence needed to verify Lynas safety claims, says AELB
- Police seek four Colombians in ATM ram-raid case
- Toh Chin Chye, Taiping-born first Singapore DPM, dead at 90
- Idris Jala ‘confused’ over Malaysian-first agenda, say Pakatan reps
- MAHB’s fundraising plans for KLIA2 will dilute public interests, says Pua
- Lynas claims resin provider switch is a ‘business decision’
- Chinese voters unpredictable, says Soi Lek
- Soi Lek happy MCA man has quit over ‘white packet’ fiasco
- Dr M says Najib should delay polls
- Najib: Rosmah shopping spree ‘a wildly exaggerated story’
- Anti-1 Care group demands Putrajaya kill proposed healthcare scheme
- Fuziah: AELB, Lynas will make ‘lab rats’ of Kuantan residents
- Federal Court avoids deciding on right to religion of choice
- PAS: Why did AkzoNobel leave ‘ticking time bomb’ Lynas plant?
- PM luncheon with religious reps highlight of UN interfaith week
- PKR says MACC dragging its feet in NFC bribe case
- Anti-Lynas group aims to vote out BN to stop rare earth plant
- Don’t join pig head ‘witch hunt’, Abim tells Muslims
- Oz fare glitch issue fixed, says AirAsia
- Court disallows Tajudin’s application to adjourn cases
- CIMB takes over troubled Johor oil terminal
- Appeals court allows Beng Hock’s family to seek review of coroner’s open verdict
- Unconstitutional to bar non-taxpayers from voting, says Bersih
- Kita to be dissolved, says Zaid
- Pig’s head found outside Sentul mosque
- Guan Eng: Refusal to condemn member shows MCA backs Perkasa’s ‘racism’
- Najib’s poor leadership stalling economic reforms, says Pakatan
- Lynas gets temporary licence to start Kuantan plant
- Idris Jala: Why must I be Malaysian first?
- Key contractor pulled out of Lynas plant due to safety concerns, says NYT
- Malaysia’s opposition plots unlikely path to power
- Anwar says ‘hypocrite’ Dr M met Israeli PM
- Cut all ties with Perkasa to prove sincerity, Guan Eng tells Najib
- Putrajaya says ex-US envoy’s views biased
- Putrajaya abusing EPF to fund home loans, says Pua
- Eight foreigners drown as boat overturns
- Dissent grows over rumoured healthcare tax under ‘1 Care’ scheme
- Anwar wants Azizan to negotiate with students
- DAP condemns pig’s head at Rawang mosque, calls for calm
- Fuziah says Lynas plant will scare off other investors
- 1 Care berada di ‘peringkat akhir’, kata pegawai Kementerian Kesihatan
- “1Penjagaan 1Malaysia” tidak akan membebankan pembayar cukai, kata kementerian kesihatan
- Shahrizat tidak akan tunduk kepada tekanan untuk letak jawatan
- Hadi akur PAS tolak hasrat berundur, malah bertanding PRU13
- Kes Sosilawati: Dokumen yang dirampas mengandungi nama ahli perniagaan India
- 1 Care in its ‘final stages’, say Health Ministry officials
- Shahrizat says NFCorp test from Allah, vows to fight on
- Loan scheme for unqualified home buyers violates EPF Act, say Pakatan reps
- Sugar deal inked above market price as subsidy bill spikes
- The Economist says ‘so much for the great reform programme’