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KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 27 — Malaysian businesses have been urged to explore business opportunities in India as the country is the largest trading partner for Malaysia among South Asian countries.

Taman Negara in Malaysia is the world’s oldest rainforest. It has flourished since the land rose from the sea during the Jurassic era, around 130 million years ago.

MANILA, Philippines – The potentials of tourism can not be overlooked. More and more, the Philippine government is turning to tourism as a rich source of foreign exchange revenues.

Despite being front-paged by Umno newspaper Utusan, the much-threatened Datuk T sex video sequel drew a big yawn, reflecting the low esteem the Malaysian public held for Prime Minister Najib Razak’s party which has been blamed for sinking the country into unprecedented depths of gutter politicking.

KUALA LUMPUR: Police have arrested seven people – two women and five foreigners – and seized a total of RM1.53mil worth of drugs in three separate raids.

By Muna Khalid IPOH, Jan 27 — Sitiawan is a coastal town in Perak and its name is said to have been derived from the Malay word ‘setiakawan’ that literally means solidarity.

KUALA LUMPUR: The International Monetary Fund expects Asean economies, including Malaysia, to slow because of the external headwinds and weakening internal demand.

Why patriotic Malaysians must unite as one and in loud and clear voice demand for a RCI into the RM336.64 million NFC/NFCorp “cattle condo” scandal First, that there is something very rotten about the RM336.64 million National Feedlot Centre /National Feedlot Corporation “cattle condo” scandal – what with a RM250 million soft loan at 2% interest to … (more)

A day after revealing on Tuesday that it encountered a $40 million blowout in related construction costs at its controversial LAMP advanced materials refinery plant, n miner Lynas Corp.

BorneoPost : KUALA LUMPUR: That toy may look attractive, but beware! It could pose hidden dangers to your children.

Following are the main stories in Malaysian newspapers. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

The ringgit strengthened 1.5 percent to 3.0375 per dollar as of 6 p.m. in Kuala Lumpur yesterday, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

This is not an article about Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s sodomy trial. But in case anyone is interested to hear my two-cents worth on the trial, I have two questions.

Homegrown ensemble Hands Percussion’s outreach programme, Balik Kampung, received overwhelming support from students and villagers of small town Kodiang in Kedah recently.

Last Saturday, when two young Malay professionals from Perak both of whom UiTM law graduates, Fairuz Azhan and Dyana Sofia announced joining the DAP, close on the heels of similar announcements by Hata Wahari, former President of National Union of Journalists and two wellknown bloggers Mohd Arif Sabri or known as Sokmongkok AK47 on the blogosphere … (more)

kadri said in the Malaysia Forum:

badan PBB untuk urusan pembangunan, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), merilis laporan indeks pembangunan manusia/human development index (IPM/HDI) dari 187 negera di dunia. Laporan itu menempatkan Indonesia pada posisi 124 dengan skor IPM sebesar 0,617. IPM merupakan indeks komposit, yakni gabungan dari indeks harapah hidup, indeks pendidikan, dan indeks pendapatan, yang menggambarkan tingkat kapabilitas dan kaulitas manusia suatu wilayah/negara yang tercermin melalui tingkat kesehatan, pendidikan, dan pendapatan per kapita. Dalam prakteknya, penghitungan IPM yang dilakukan UNDP melibatkan variabel-variabel berikut: angka harapan hidup (life expectancy at birth)−kemungkinan umur yang bakal dicapai saat lahir, rata-rata lama sekolah (mean years of schooling), harapan lama sekolah (expected years of schooling), serta PDB per kapita dalam dollar PPP (gross national income per capita). Dengan skor IPM sebesar 0,617, itu artinya kualitas pembangunan manusia Indonesia termasuk kategori medium (medium human development) menurut UNDP, seperti halnya China dan India, dua negera yang saat ini kinerja ekonominya dianggap terbaik di Asia, bahkan dunia. Tetapi jangan senang dulu, karena skor IPM Indonesia sebetulnya masih di bawah rata-rata untuk kawasan Asia Timur dan Pasifik (East Asia and Pacific). Sekedar diketahui, rata-rata skor IPM untuk kawasan ini adalah 0,671. Bahkan, dikawasan ASEAN pun sebetulnya kita tidak terlalu menggembirakan. Kita kalah dari Singapura (0,866), Brunai Darussalam (0,838), Malaysia (0,761), Thailand (0,682), dan Filipina (0,644).

KUALA LUMPUR: The Royal Malaysian Customs Department is projecting tax collection of RM32 billion this year, after breaching the RM30 billion mark for the first time last year.

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia-India bilateral trade has bright prospects to hit US$15 billion this year, Indian High Commissioner to Malaysia Vijay K. Gokhale said today.

MetroGraphic Equipment will provide the presses, enhance customer care, while increasing the iSys Label customer base in Malaysia.

This Chinese New Year will usher in the Water Dragon. The Dragon is a creature of myth and legend.

A December 2005 file photo of a Russian-made YAK-130 trainer jet at the LIMA 05 international airshow in Langkawi island, Malaysia.

Kuala Lumpur, Jan 23:Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak has stressed the need for a blueprint to promote Tamil education in the country.

Ilhavo, Portugal – SADIF Investment Analytics, announces a new summary due diligence report covering the following companies: Report Summary for: Ibraco Berhad is an average quality company with a neutral outlook.

PEACE TALKS UPDATE. I read the joint statement issued by the GPH and MILF panels after last week’s latest round of talks in Malaysia.

The Tourism Authority of Thailand expects the Chinese New Year to lure 300,000 international arrivals to the country.

The Attorney-General’s appeal against Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s acquittal in the Sodomy2 charge by the Kuala Lumpur High Court, expressing the determination of the top UMNO leaders to want to see Anwar in jail.

KUALA TERENGGANU, Jan 23 — Sensational cyclist Anuar Manan will lead Malaysia’s charge at the Asian Cycling Championship in Kuala Lumpur on Feb 14.

KOTA KINABALU: Sabah Wildlife officials are ushering in the year of the dragon by nursing an abandoned Borneo pygmy elephant calf rescued at a plantation in the east coast Lahad Datu district.

The Federal Opposition has called for a crackdown on potential rorters after revelations new-home grants are being offered to Malaysian buyers whose adult children are permanent residents.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – Motorola Mobility will provide Malaysia’s Asian Broadcasting Network the equipment and services to launch the country’s most advanced digital cable TV network in the second quarter of 2012.

Lebanese media have lashed out at the UN Interim Force, which includes Indonesian soldiers, in Lebanon, calling it an “impotent” bystander after a deadly border skirmish between Lebanese and Israeli forces.

KUALA KLAWANG, Jan 23 — The 1Malaysia concept inspired by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak is accentuated through the organising of open houses for numerous celebrations in the country.

A classic Hainanese coffeeshop breakfast: coffee and charcoal-grilled toast with butter and kaya,usually accompanied by a soft-boiled egg About eighteen months ago Dave and I were approached by the editor of a new Dutch food magazine called Sabor .

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 23 — Gerakan party president Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon tonight wished all Malaysians celebrating the Chinese New Year a very happy, healthy, peaceful and prosperous year.

THE Malaysia-Chile Free Trade Agreement, which takes effect in 2012, will rekindle activities placed on the back burner due to the regional financial crisis.

The company is formerly known as Lee Wah Bank Limited. UOB Malaysia is engages in providing a range of commercial and personal financial services through its subsidiaries and associate companies.

With the festive Chinese New Year celebration starting tomorrow and Monday being a public holiday, long queues were seen yesterday at the Kuala Lurah Control Post and at Tedungan, Limbang, as many Bruneians and Malaysians crossed the border to return to or visit their families and friends, to celebrate the Lunar New Year.

Everywhere Najib goes, he keeps stressing the same message that it is “very important” for Umno and the BN to be re-elected in the next general election so that the party can deliver its promised transformation.

ALOR SETAR: Police busted a drug party at an oil palm plantation in Kubang Menerong, near Pokok Sena here, and detained 33 men who were high after taking ganja and cough syrup.

X INNIAN kuaile; Sin-ni khoai-lok ; or Sun nin fai lok : there are more than eight Chinese dialects and languages to pick from when wishing Happy New Year to our fellow Malaysians.

Disclosures of financial scandals involving top Umno politicians in recent months are set to put political patronage under the spotlight in a year in which a general election is expected, observers say.

THE impenetrably black liquid swirled around the goblet seductively, tempting me with its velvety smoothness.

MANILA, Philippines – We – Indonesia and I – started on the wrong foot. Think travel tax that cut a huge chunk out of my travel budget to broken luggage and being presumed pregnant.

SINGAPORE: Long-distance train tickets to Malaysia have been sold out as thousands of Malaysians working in Singapore head home for a reunion with their families, ahead of the Lunar New Year.

Segambut Member of Parliament Lim Lip Eng today slammed DBKL over the lack of transparency by their refusal to reveal the details of the recently approved RM2.3 billion DBKL Budget for 2012.

KOTA KINABALU: The body of a newborn baby with its umbilical cord still intact was found dumped in the city’s garbage disposal centre in Kayu Madang, Telipok, near here.

Vincent Thian / The Associated Press Archives A child plays in front of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysiai 1 2s landmark Petronas Twin Towers.

With the closer approach of the 13th General Elections, whatever the date decided by the Prime Minister to dissolve Parliament, one common aspiration uniting Malaysians is gathering momentum – the possibility and potential for change of power at the federal level for the first time in the nation’s 54 year history.

Sebagai tujan pesta GAY

Malaysia’s first gay-themed movie has been a hit at the box office but an official from the conservative Islamic party Thursday called for it to be banned despite its anti-homosexual ending.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 8 – Malaysia is now the 10th most attractive destination for foreign direct investment (FDI), jumping 11 spots from 2010 in a recent survey of corporate executives. Singapore leapt to seventh place from 24th while Indonesia, which attracted US$13 billion in inflows last year, jumped to ninth from 20th place. Vietnam, however, fell two spots to 14th while Thailand came in 16th.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 20 – Indonesia’s foreign direct investment (FDI) hit a record US$19.3 billion (RM59.8 billion) last year, the highest in the region, and is expected to rise another 25 per cent this year despite the gloomy global economy.

In contrast, Malaysia only pulled in about US$10 billion (RM31 billion) last year, same as Vietnam, considered among the other top growing economies in Southeast Asia.

IPOH: While some perceive that Malay and Indian voters have returned to Barisan Nasional but not the Chinese, Perak Mentri Besar “It is the same scenario whenever I go to the ground to meet the people,” Dr Zambry told The Star during an interview at his official residence here.

West Australians booked on budget airline AirAsia X to London and Paris for flights later this year have had their plans thrown into disarray with last week’s shock announcement that the airline is dropping its only European services.

Asia’s economic growth may be settling into a middling pace that is too slow to provide significant global support but too fast to warrant aggressive policy easing.

IT MAY still be early, but the guessing game on the man to lead Proton Holdings Bhd into a new era has begun.

I am Kitt said in the Malaysia Forum:

Dimana Aslinya Indonesia situkang klaim – Raja Maling ?? 1) Nama negaranya saja diciplak dari nama negara India. Sebab itu mereka marah sangat jika nama mereka disingkat2kan menjadi INDON… * wikipedia – The name Indonesia derives from the Latin Indus, meaning “India”, and the Greek nesos, meaning “island”.The name dates to the 18th century, far predating the formation of independent Indonesia.In 1850, George Earl, an English ethnologist, proposed the terms Indunesians. 2) Bukan setakat nama negara saja, matawang negara tersebut, Rupiah juga mengambil nama dari matawang India, Rupee. 3) Malah, prinsip negara mereka yang menyerupai Rukunegara dinamakan Pancasila. Sebenarnya, Pancasila adalah ajaran dasar moral agama Buddha. 4) Selain nama negara, jata negara Indonesia juga tidak asli. Diciplak dari budaya Hindu iaitu burung Garuda. Terus nama jata negara dipanggil Garuda Pancasila yang dibentuk pada tahun 1945. 5) Sudahlah diciplak dari budaya Hindu, rekabentuk jata negara tersebut ditiru bulat2 dari negara Thailand yang terlebih dahulu mempunyai jata negara. Jata negara Thailand mula mengguna simbol burung garuda pada jata negaranya pada tahun 1885. 60 tahun kemudian, ia ditiru oleh Indonesia. 6) Jata Indonesia Jata Thailand Bendera negara itu menggunakan warna merah putih. Mereka menggunakan warna jalur merah di atas dan putih dibawah kerana takut disamakan dengan negara Poland. Untuk makluman, Republik Poland telah merdeka jauh lebih lama sebelum Indonesia. 7) Bendera Indonesia Bendera Poland Dimanakah aslinya Indonesia itu? Nama negara dan matawang dari negara India, jata negara dari budaya Hindu, rukun negara dari agama Buddha, bendera dari Poland? Tidakkah mereka tahu bahawa nama negara, nama matawang, jata negara dan bendera adalah identiti sesuatu bangsa. Jika semua yang tersebut, tidak asli, dimanakah aslinya mereka? Kesimpulannya; Indonesia adalah Bangsa yang Tamak Haloba, The Real Maling & Tukang Klaim yang sebenar..

Sara-Timur has two development projects in the peninsular KB Sentral at Bandar Baru Tunjong in Kota Bahru, Kelantan; and Mersing Laguna in Johor.

As expected, little has changed in the Malaysian judicial system despite a new Chief Justice and Prime Minister Najib Razak’s grandiose pronouncements of moderation and reform.

KUALA LUMPUR: Perusahaan Otomobil Nasional Bhd is putting aside RM200.5 million capital expenditure this year to improve existing production lines, products, sales and after-sales services.

Beyond enacting the wave-like motion of a dragon ‘swimming’, dragon dance performances offer a storyline filled with auspicious signs.

An archaeologist has defended the existence of Hang Tuah, pointing out that although no specific studies had been done on the matter, he was convinced that the legendary warrior was not a mythical figure.

GEORGE TOWN: Police raided a gay fitness centre in Pulau Tikus here where patrons are required to show their private parts before they are allowed entry.

MetroGraphic Equipment will provide short to mid run label solutions, enhancing customer care, while increasing the iSys Label customer base in Malaysia.

“In this day and age of information and communication technology, it is not just the young people who want to jump on the bandwagon, but the old people too,” he said in his announcement during a meet-the-people session in Lembah Pantai here.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 20 — Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said Malaysia offered the best package as a country in terms of standard of living and amenities.

Pantai Kuta Bali saat ini memang sangat kotor. Fakta di lapangan menunjukkan pantai yang menjadi ikon pariwisata Bali tersebut minim fasilitas umum dan banyak plastik sampah rumah tangga.

Student activist Adam Adli addresses protesters outside Malaysia’s high court in Kuala Lumpur on Jan.

Malaysia’s opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim waves to his supporters after he was acquitted of sodomy charges as he leaves the courthouse in Kuala Lumpur.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 20 — Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia is to field 80 per cent new faces in Selangor in the next general election to recapture all five seats it lost in the state in the last general election, in 2008, Selangor Gerakan liaison chairman Senator A. Kohilan Pillay said Friday.

Scientists working in the dense jungles of Indonesia have “rediscovered” a large, gray monkey so rare it was believed by many to be extinct.

The Indonesian contingent, under intense gunfire and shelling between the two opposing forces, retreated and returned to their base, but two soldiers accidentally separated from the main group and got trapped in the situation. The stunned and exhausted soldiers were helped by some locals.

The Indonesian contingent, under intense gunfire and shelling between the two opposing forces, retreated and returned to their base, but two soldiers accidentally separated from the main group and got trapped in the situation. The stunned and exhausted soldiers were helped by some locals.

On Monday, Indonesian Defense Minister Purmono Yusgiantoro, flanked by the country’s military leadership, announced that after 10 years of frugality on the part of the military designed to give precedence to political reform, the country was now entering an intensive period of military procurement.

But with no shortage of friends, and adequate levels of defense funding for the first time in well over a decade, Indonesia seems close to standing up as a regional power. Furthermore, by maintaining a friendly distance from both China and the United States, as Jakarta seems determined to do, it can once again become a leader of non-aligned countries, and an anchor of stability in the Asia-Pacific.

KUALA TERENGGANU: Four people were killed in a tragic accident involving three vehicles at Jalan Sultan Mizan near Taman Semarak Gong Badak here Wednesday.

Indonesia had its sovereign debt rating raised by Moody’s to investment level for the first time in 14 years on Wednesday, citing the country’s resilience to large external shocks.

Is there a conspirary within the highest echelon of the Federal Government and Khazanah to transfer valuable and strategic land owned one way or the other by the government in and around Kuala Lumpur as well as other parts of the country to the hands of Tan Sri Syed Mokhtar Al-Bukhary? a The latest purchase of Proton by DRB-Hicom gives Syed Mokhtar … (more)

Malaysian cartoonist Zunar holds copies of his comic books that have been banned by the Malaysian Home Ministry in Kuala Lumpur in June 2010.

Paul Tan Chee Ing, the Catholic prelate, says that prime minister Najib Razak is merely paying lip service when he talks about fostering moderation in Malaysia but leaves “demagogues unchallenged” when they make irrational claims.

The ‘Anything But Umno’, better known by the acronym ABU, movement got a boost today when Hindraf pledged its support to oust Umno from Putrajaya in the next GE.

The Malaysian government is in the midst of negotations with foreign car makers for the latter to set up electric and hybrid vehicle assembly and distribution points here, says Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry, Datuk Mukhriz Mahathir.

Malaysia will host the World Robot Olympiad in Kuala Lumpur from Nov 9-12. Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin who attended the pre-launch of the WRO said the opportunity to host the WRO must be optimized by producing more competent students in the field of science and technology.

Indonesia’s Trade Minister has hailed the country’s entrance into an exclusive club – one in which South-east Asia’s largest economy has joined such money-making giants as China, India and South Korea.

Kebutuhan guru Bahasa Indonesia di Australia ternyata cukup tinggi. Hal ini terjadi karena semakin banyaknya warga, termasuk siswa di negeri Kanguru itu, yang tertarik mendalami bahasa Indonesia.