Kuala Lumpur - International demand for air cargo recorded a severe dip of 25 per cent for the first two months of 2009, compared to the same period last year, following a crisis in world trade activities, the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines, or AAPA, said Wednesday.
Asia Pacific airlines also suffered a drop in passenger volume for the first two months, recording a total of 22.6 million passengers or a plunge of 10.5 per cent compared to last year.
Kuala Lumpur - More than 2,500 delegates from Malaysia's ruling party gathered Tuesday to kick off the annual congress which will see a historic change of guard in its leadership.
The meeting of United Malays National Organisation, or UMNO, was initially scheduled for November, but was postponed due to political uncertainties after the party led the ruling National Front coalition through a humiliating election in March.
Kuala Lumpur - The Malaysian government on Tuesday denied launching a political crackdown after two opposition party newsletters were slapped with three-month suspensions.
Home Minister Syed Hamid Albar said Monday that Harakah of the hardline Parti Islam SeMalaysia and Voice of Justice of opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim's People's Justice Party would be banned for three months for publishing news that was "defamatory."
Kuala Lumpur - At least 900,000 Malaysians are guilty of not paying their taxes, prompting the government to track down the evaders, a news report said Monday.
There were an estimated 2 million people with taxable earnings in the country, but only 1.1 million are currently paying, Deputy Finance Minister Kong Cho Ha told parliament.
Companies fared even worse, with only 104,000 corporations paying taxes on their profits, out of the 500,000 firms registered, Kong was quoted as saying by the official Bernama news agency.
Kuala Lumpur, Mar 23 : Malaysia's Human Resources Minister Dr S. Subramaniam said that about 7.4 percent of the Indian population were eligible for JPA scholarships this year.
He said the government scholarships would be given to students with outstanding SPM results and after taking into consideration their family backgrounds.
Dr Subramanian was speaking to reporters after closing the MIC Youth's Educational Bureau's motivational seminar in Shah Alam.
Kuala Lumpur, Mar 23: Former Malaysian Indian Congress vice-president M. Muthupalaniappan, who failed in his bid to contest the party’s top post, claims that “democracy is dead” in the MIC.
He said this was evident as many of his nominations were disqualified. Muthupalaniappan said his bid for the presidency did not go down well with incumbent S. Samy Vellu from “day one”.
Kuala Lumpur - International demand for air cargo recorded a severe dip of 25 per cent for the first two months of 2009, compared to the same period last year, following a crisis in world trade activities, the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines, or AAPA, said Wednesday.
Kuala Lumpur - More than 2,500 delegates from Malaysia's ruling party gathered Tuesday to kick off the annual congress which will see a historic change of guard in its leadership.
Kuala Lumpur - The Malaysian government on Tuesday denied launching a political crackdown after two opposition party newsletters were slapped with three-month suspensions.
Kuala Lumpur - At least 900,000 Malaysians are guilty of not paying their taxes, prompting the government to track down the evaders, a news report said Monday.
Kuala Lumpur, Mar 23: Former Malaysian Indian Congress vice-president M. Muthupalaniappan, who failed in his bid to contest the party’s top post, claims that “democracy is dead” in the MIC. 
