Kuantan, Malaysia

Save Malaysia Stop Lynas is moving into a new phase of campaigning following the recent election of several representatives around Kuantan who have pledged to shut down the Lynas rare earth plant.

The Cabinet unveiled by Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Razak yesterday is the most unimpressive Cabinet of all six Malaysian Prime Ministers in the nation's 56-year history.

KUANTAN: Despite a last minute change of venue, a huge crowd turned up for the Pakatan Rakyat rally to protest the 13th general election results here on Tuesday.

Save Malaysia Stop Lynas has vowed to carry on its campaign to shut down the Lynas plant after two members of parliament and three state assemblymen who had campaigned on the issue were voted in.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 13 -- With Inspector- General of Police Tan Sri Ismail Omar celebrating his 60th birthday this Friday, speculation is rife on the candidate who will replace him.

A single mother was among four drug trafficking suspects nabbed by police in Kuantan yesterday and on Saturday.

KUANTAN: Save Malaysia Stop Lynas will activate its Plan B to pressure the authorities to close down the plant in Gebeng.

Alliance Research has maintained its "overweight" call on the construction sector as the election risk has been removed, coupled with positive sector fundamentals.

Malaysian stocks got off to a racing start Monday after the ruling coalition secured another term in office by a narrow margin.

KUANTAN: Pahang Barisan Nasional retained its two-thirds majority in the state despite suffering unprecedented losses in a number of state seats.

BN has ruled since independence - so they have experience and yes, they have something for us to evaluate, says Charles Hector .

BASF and Malaysian partner Petronas Chemicals Group will invest MYR1.4bn in an integrated aroma ingredients project in Kuantan to serve the Asia-Pacific flavour and fragrance industry.

"The 13th general election fares were introduced from April 16- 28," the national airline said in a statement today.

Annualised first quarter 2013 net profit, forming 101% of our financial year 2013 forecast, was in line with market and our expectations.

Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said the government will continue to look after the welfare and defend the dignity of the armed forces, although there are groups belittling them.

The project to build a railway track from Kuantan to Kertih will be extended to Bukit Besi in Dungun and is expected to be implemented by the end of this year.

If you compare the risk from living in the vicinity of Lynas in Pahang, with the risk people face in their daily life in things they normally do, the risk is extremely small, said a leading United Kingdom rare earth expert.

PETALING JAYA: Three talented youngsters from Malaysia will get the chance of a lifetime to spend five days at the home of German League champions Bayern Munich - Allianz Arena - under the Allianz Junior Football Camp programme in August.

BASF 's first-quarter sales rose 4.8% marked by strong results in its agricultural solutions and oil and gas units, although the company said higher raw material costs hurt margins in its performance products unit.

The Standard Operating Procedures on security for senior Customs officers will be reviewed following the murder of Customs deputy director-general Datuk Shaharuddin Ibrahim, who was shot on his way to work here Friday.