KUALA LUMPUR – DAP’s Lim Guan Eng has labelled the recently announced Employees Provident Fund (EPF) 5.8 % dividend payout for 2010 as inadequate. In a statement issued to Malaysian Mirror today, the DAP Secretary-General said that he was dissappointed over the RM21.61 billion payout by EPF taking into account that there was a 40% [...]
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February 11th, 2011 
Diana My aunt is a lawyer with her own firm of Advocates and Solicitors in Shenton Way, Singapore back in the 1990s and she is now retired from work but not from the internet. She keeps herself active by surfing to the various web sites and read up blogs of interests to keep her mind active [...]
RM688m mixed project in Iskandar on drawing board
December 17th, 2010 Diana By BUSINESS TIMES WCT Bhd (9679), a construction and property outfit, will undertake a mixed commercial project in Johor next year featuring retail, offices and apartment blocks. The RM688 million project, located in Medini, in Iskandar Malaysia, will be WCT’s second development in Johor after 1Medini Residences. 1Medini comprising 1,332 condominium units worth RM600 million, [...]
Cahya Mata unit in RM380mil JV to build hotel, apartments
December 4th, 2010 Diana PETALING JAYA: Cahya Mata Sarawak Bhd, through 51%-owned subsidiary CMS Land Sdn Bhd, has signed a joint-venture agreement to build, own and manage a four-star hotel and service apartments at the Kuching Isthmus in Sarawak. It told Bursa Malaysia yesterday that it had signed the agreement with Premier Cottage Sdn Bhd (PCSB), Boulevard Jaya Corp [...]
Paul the World Cup octopus dies in his tank in Germany
October 27th, 2010 Diana The above video shows Oracle Octopus predicts Spanish win for FIFA world cup finals. So farewell… Paul the octopus, famous for predicting football results Paul the octopus, an unlikely star of the 2010 World Cup who predicted the outcome of eight matches, has died at an aquarium in Germany. Staff at the Sea Life centre [...]
PNB to start 10-year Warisan Merdeka project with 100-storey tower
October 22nd, 2010 Diana By THE STAR KUALA LUMPUR: Permodalan Nasional Bhd (PNB) will be undertaking the Warisan Merdeka development over three phases in 10 years starting with the 100-storey tower next year. At a press conference yesterday to explain PNB’s plans for the project, president and group chief executive Tan Sri Hamad Kama Piah Che Othman said the [...]
IMF chief warns global recovery ‘in peril’
October 19th, 2010 Diana SHANGHAI (AFP) – – International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn on Monday warned that the global recovery would be “in peril” if the world’s major economies did not continue to work together. “The spirit of cooperation must be maintained. Without that, the recovery is in peril,” Strauss-Kahn said in closing remarks to a meeting of [...]
Singapore to conserve historic train station
October 19th, 2010 Diana Singapore vowed Monday to conserve a historic train station after neighbouring Malaysia cedes ownership of railway land in the city-state. Foreign Minister George Yeo said the Tanjong Pagar station, built during British colonial rule over the two countries, would be protected. The building, located in an obscure corner of Singapore’s port and business district, will [...]
MRT will boost property prices
October 16th, 2010 Diana PETALING JAYA: The proposed mass rapid transit (MRT) system is expected to be one of the main contributing factors to boost property prices adjacent to the MRT stations. CB Richard Ellis (M) Sdn Bhd executive director Paul Khong said the MRT stations generally had a positive impact on nearby property values in most cases. “Being [...]
Now <50% People Use Internet Explorer
October 6th, 2010 Diana For the first time, the browser share for Microsoft Internet Explorer has fallen below 50%, largely due to the rise and rise of Google Chrome browser which continues to gain popularity every day, attracting millions of users. StatCounter Global Stats reveal that Microsoft IE fell to 49.87% in September followed by Firefox with 31.5%. Google’s [...]
