Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia

KOTA KINABALU : Former Sabah chief minister Datuk Seri Salleh Said Keruak has suggested that direct membership to Barisan Nasional be made possible to ensure the coalition remain strong and relevant.

KOTA KINABALU: The gruesome murder of a teenage girl whose body was found in a retention pond near Jalan Semarak in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday has led to Malaysia Crime Prevention Foundation vice-chairman Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye to ask what has seriously gone wrong in society.

KOTA KINABALU, Dec 25 -- Three men were seriously injured, including one whose right leg was severed, believed to be in an amok incident at a house in Kampung Sembulan Baru, here, yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 25 -- Christians held open house on Friday to celebrate Christmas, carrying on the Malaysian tradition of sharing festive occasions with family and friends.

KOTA KINABALU, Dec 24 -- Malaysia needs a strong biomass policy to encourage investors to be involved in renewable energy by utilising the country's oil palm industry.

Kota Kinabalu: Two siblings were found burnt to death in a fire that destroyed three wooden houses on stilts in a squatter colony at Jalan Bunga Raya, Kepayan, here, Monday night.

Kota Kinabalu: A 29-year-old worker of a wire netting company in Inanam, near here, was killed after being rammed by a six-tonne lorry, Monday.

Kota Kinabalu: The issue of coal-fired plant should be finally put to rest permanently as it goes against new Government policies and commitments in both the Coral Triangle Initiative and the ongoing Copenhagen Climate Summit, said Green Surf Saturday.

The Rubber Industry Smallholders Development Authority will open an office in Kota Kinabalu, its first in Sabah, early next year to develop the rubber industry and help the smallholders there.

KOTA KINABALU: Conservation efforts should target the people to make sure environmental campaigns and activities show results.

Malaysian WiMax operator Packet One Networks revealed that it expects to launch commercial services in East Malaysia by July of 2010 .

KOTA KINABALU, Dec 16 -- Kota Kinabalu is expected to have 2,296 hospital beds by 2012 from 1,060 beds currently.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 16 -- The national Christmas open house is to be held at the Padang Merdeka in Kota Kinabalu on Dec 27.

PACKET One Networks Sdn Bhd expects to launch its WiMAX service in East Malaysia as early as July next year.

DAP National Deputy Chairman and MP for Kepong Dr Tan Seng Giaw calls for the true improvement in the power generation, distribution and maintenance of the electricity supply in the whole country including Sabah Sarawak and other states.

KOTA KINABALU: The Sabah Development Corridor has received more than RM4 billion in investments from the private sector to date.

BANK of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa will visit Malaysia from tomorrow to Saturday to attend a seminar co-hosted by the Central Bank of Malaysia and the Bank for International Settlements, the BOJ said in Tokyo yesterday.

Kota Kinabalu: A man, in his 40s, fainted after his car skidded and rammed into a lamp post at the traffic light junction at Jalan Kepayan, here, Wednesday.

Kota Kinabalu: Sergeant Che Mahaleng Che Soh could not help but think about his own children when helping to pull out the many dead victims, many of them still in their youth.

KOTA KINABALU, Dec 3 -- As of November this year, the Sabah Public Works Department has completed 70 projects or 13.6 per cent of the 514 projects listed in its current development programmes.