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4 hrs ago | Malaysian National News Agency

Upgrading Work At Ipoh Airport To Start Early Next Year

Work to upgrade the Sultan Azlan Shah Airport here will begin early next year as soon as a contractor for the project is appointed by the Transport Ministry, said Finance Minister II, Datuk Seri Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah.

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22 hrs ago | The Star Online

High commisioner happy with opening of cultural centre

KUALA LUMPUR: Indian High Commissioner Ashok K. Kantha, who bids farewell to Malaysia on Monday, is signing off with a major accomplishment near the end of his stint.

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Fri Nov 06, 2009

The Star Online

Govt scraps end-of-life policy for vehicles

KUALA LUMPUR: The Govern-ment has agreed to pull back the introduction of an end-of-life policy for vehicles, after taking into account the people's views and feedback.

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bali-news-views.blogspot.com | Hiroka

MAS Offers Three Daily Flights To Bali

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 4 -- Malaysia Airlines is flying three daily flights from Kuala Lumpur to Bali from Wednesday, with the additional flight departing Kuala Lumpur everyday at 12.25pm and arriving in Bali at 3.20pm.

Its senior general manager, network and revenue management, Dr Amin Khan, said customers could now travel anytime at their convenience as the daily flights were timed every three hours, with departures at 8.45am, 12.25pm and 3.20pm.

He said in a statement today that demand had been picking up, especially with passengers from other countries flying to Kuala Lumpur and connecting onwards to Bali.

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New Straits Times

Rosmah's honesty benefits the needy

PUTRAJAYA, Fri: The discovery of a precious box belonging to Saudi Prince Saud Al-Saud in a cruise boat carrying the Malaysian prime minister and his family while on holiday in the south of France in August has brought good fortune to those in need in Malaysia.

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New Straits Times

Malaysia remains optimistic of Swedish tourist arrivals

STOCKHOLM: Malaysia is confident that it will continue to receive a steady flow of tourists from Sweden although the Malaysia Airlines no longer operate direct flights between Stockholm and Kuala Lumpur.

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Thu Nov 05, 2009

The Star Online

Parliament: Make Sept 16 a compulsory holiday

KUALA LUMPUR: An Opposition Member of Parliament has suggested that the Government gazette Sept 16 as a compulsory holiday under the Employment Act 1955.

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Malaysia Sun

Malaysian engineer accomplishes fuel feat at 21 km per litre

Malaysia Sun Monday 2nd November, 2009 Kuala Lumpur, November 2 : An electrical engineer in Malaysia has accomplished a fuel feat at 21 km per litre.

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inilah.com | Hiroka

RUU Rahasia Bikin Negara Indonesia Kacau

INILAH.COM, Padang - Kehadiran RUU Rahasia Negara yang dipaksakan dapat membuat Indonesia menjadi negara tanpa hukum. Apalagi RUU tersebut tumpang tindih dengan aturan hukum yang lainnya.

"Rumusan pasal-pasal RUU ini bertentangan dengan 3 UU sebelumnya. Ini menunjukkan RUU tersebut dirancang tanpa perhitungan. Akhirnya menjadikan negara menjadi kacau tanpa hukum akibat aturan hukum saling tumpang tindih," kata praktisi hukum Rahmat Wartira di Padang, Sabtu (5/9).

Salah satu pendiri LBH Padang ini menuturkan, RUU Rahasia Negara bertentangan dengan UU 14/2008 tentang Keterbukaan Informasi Publik (KIP), UU 40/1999 tentang Pers, dan UU 31/1999 tentang Pemberantasan Tindak Pidana Korupsi.

Menurut dia, bila RUU Rahasia Negara menjadi UU, berarti menutup keterbukaan informasi yang sudah dibuka UU KIP. Akibatnya, RUU Rahasia Negara akan mensahkan hal-hal prinsip yang menganggu ketertiban negara. Begitu pula dengan keran kebebasan pers yang sudah terlaksana melalui UU Pers pada akhirnya bisa dibatalkan.

"Jadi akan tidak terelakkan apabila ada 2 UU yang saling bertentangan. Yang satu membolehkan kebebasan pers, sedangkan yang lain melarang," ujar Rahmat.

Pengacara senior Sumbar ini menegaskan, RUU Rahasia Negara apabila disahkan akan menghambat pemberantasan korupsi di Indonesia yang sudah diwadahi UU Pemberantasan Tipikor. Dalam pemberantasan korupsi sesuai amanat UU tersebut, ada partisipasi publik dalam memberikan informasi tentang korupsi. Dalam UU ini, masyarakat yang memberikan informasi tersebut justru dilindungi. Namun pada RUU Rahasia Negara justru sebaliknya, masyarakat bisa dianggap membocorkan rahasia negara.

"Menjadi aneh apabila 1 UU membatalkan 3 UU sekaligus. Kalau itu terjadi, negara menjadi kacau dan negara tanpa hukum," cetusnya.

RUU Rahasia Negara saat ini masih dalam pembahasan di DPR. RUU ini rencananya akan disahkan pada September-Oktober mendatang. Keberadaan RUU ini mendapat penolakan dari kalangan pers. RUU Rahasia Negara terdiri atas 11 bab dan 52 pasal dan sebagian besar dianggap menghambat kebebasan pers.

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malaysia.news.yahoo.com | Hiroka

306 ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS DETAINED CONSTRUCTION SITE

JOHOR BAHARU, Nov 5 (Bernama) -- The Johor Immigration Department detained 306 illegal immigrants working as labourers at the construction site for the Seri Alam District Police Headquarters, at Jalan Rimba near Masai, here during an operation codenamed 'Ops Kutip' today.

Johor Immigration Assistant Director (Enforcement Division), Masri Adul said the two-hour operation, which began at about 10.30 am, was conducted by 128 personnel from the department following a tip-off.

"The immigrants comprised Indonesian, Myanmar, Nepalese and Bangladeshi nationals who had committed various offences under the Immigration Act including not following the procedures stipulated, overstaying, using fake travel documents, not having travel documents and abusing their visit pass," he said when contacted today.

Masri said the raid on the construction site was the first carried out by the Immigration Department since the construction project for the police station started a year ago.

He said the immigrants were sent to the Pekan Nenas Detention Centre, Pontian for further investigation.

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The Straits Times

M'sian Prince wins suit

A MALAYSIAN prince won a defamation suit on Thursday against his teenage wife who accused him of sexual and physical abuse after she fled back home to Indonesia.

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Daily Times

Pakistan and Malaysia agree on joint ministerial trade committee

The decision was made in a meeting between Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and Malaysian Minister for International Trade and Industry Dato Mustapa Bin Mohamed in Kuala Lumpur.

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Wed Nov 04, 2009

inilah.com | Hiroka

Republik Indonesia Pengakses Situs Porno Terbesar?

05/11/2009 - 11:01

INILAH.COM, Jakarta- Menteri Komunikasi dan Informatika (Menkominfo), Tifatul Sembiring mengatakan Indonesia menjadi negara dengan pengakses situs porno terbesar di dunia.

"Indonesia sampai saat ini paling besar mengakses situs porno," kata Tifatul Sembiring di Jakarta.

Ia mengatakan, pihaknya prihatin bila selama ini internet hanya dipergunakan untuk mengakses situs yang tidak bermanfaat.

Kenyataan itu menjadi fakta pahit yang harus dihadapinya yang mendorong Tifatul menyosialisasikan cara memanfaatkan informasi yang benar dan baik.

"Kita akan kembangkan program INSAN yakni internet sehat dan aman," katanya.

Menurut dia, internet adalah giant library atau perpustakaan raksasa yang menyediakan segala macam bentuk informasi.

Hal ini membutuhkan kesadaran, katanya, untuk membentuk Indonesia informatif yang bermanfaat.

Oleh karena itu, ia menghimbau masyarakat untuk menggunakan produk teknologi dan informasi termasuk internet untuk keperluan yang lebih produktif.

Menteri menyatakan tekadnya untuk membentuk visi Indonesia informatif yang berarti masyarakat yang aware terhadap informasi.

"Ini artinya masyarakat yang rasional, underbase of information knowledge yang tidak berdasar pada provokasi dan isu-isu," katanya.

Pihaknya juga mengaku sangat memahami perkembangan kebutuhan masyarakat yang informatif, murah, dan terjangkau.

"Kita masih memiliki indikator yang rendah mulai dari penetrasi komputer yang masih 8 persen, internet 12,2 persen, pengembangan software 80 ribu, dan pengembangan hardware 5.800. Kami harap angka ini bisa dilipatgandakan melalui pameran ini," katanya.[ito]

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The Star Online

Court wants full trial for suit by Nurin's dad

KUALA LUMPUR: The civil suit brought by the father of murder victim Nurin Jazlin Jazimin over the circulation of pictures of her post-mortem on the Internet must be decided by way of a full trial, the High Court here ruled.

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Bloomberg.com - Asia

Najib Says Malaysian Economy May Exit From Recession Earlier Than Forecast

Malaysiaa s economy may emerge from its recession earlier than the government predicted previously as stimulus measures help boost local demand, Prime Minister Najib Razak said today.

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Kyodo News

Japanese woman arrested for drugs at Malaysia airport

A 30-year-old Japanese woman has been arrested on suspicion of attempting to smuggle 4.7 kilograms of methylamphetamine into the country through Kuala Lumpur International Airport, the official news agency Bernama reported Monday.

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Tue Nov 03, 2009

kosmo.com.my | Hiroka

Cara terbaik promosi Malaysia

Oleh: NOOR HASLIZA NUSI

"ORANG Amerika sangat teruja apabila mendengar nama Malaysia. Sebut sahaja Malaysia, mereka akan membayangkan Menara Berkembar Petronas dan Menara Kuala Lumpur sambil memuji seni bina kedua-dua bangunan tersebut.

"Itupun selepas mereka diberitahu mengenai kecanggihan dan kepesatan Malaysia menerusi buku yang dibawa dari sini. Jika tidak, hampir 80 peratus daripada mereka tidak tahu kewujudan negara kita di dalam peta,"luah pelajar yang mengikuti program AFS (American Field Service) Antarabudaya Malaysia, Deanna Anuar, 17, mengenai pandangan golongan remaja Amerika Syarikat (AS) terhadap negara ini.

Bukan itu sahaja, segelintir daripada rakan-rakannya di sana tidak mengetahui bahawa Malaysia mempunyai penduduk pelbagai bangsa. Mereka sebaliknya menganggap Malaysia adalah sebuah negara Islam.

Menyedari itu, Deanna mengambil pendekatan serius dengan membawa sebuah buku mengenai Malaysia pada setiap masa. Sama ada di sekolahnya, Logan High School, Ohio mahupun di rumah, dia menjadikan buku sebagai medium penyebaran maklumat.

Diberi masa enam bulan untuk tinggal bersama keluarga angkat di Logan, Ohio, Deanna, berkata, dia sentiasa mengamalkan konsep saling bertukar pendapat dengan mereka.

Selain memperkenalkan kemakmuran dan kecanggihan Malaysia, cara lain yang digunakan Deanna untuk mempromosikan negaranya adalah dengan bertukar-tukar bahasa.

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The Star Online

Sime Darby to supply 500 million litres of groundwater in 2013

SEOUL: Sime Darby Bhd's energy and utilities division, Sime Darby Energy Sdn Bhd, expects to supply 500 million litres per day of groundwater for public consumption by Dec 31, 2012.

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Military-World

Pakistan seeks involvement in new US strategy on Afghanistan

Pakistan said Sunday it wants to be consulted over the United States' new strategy on Afghanistan, saying that its expertise and coordination are vital to success.

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Mon Nov 02, 2009

New Straits Times

Former Perlis Mufti released on bond

KUALA LUMPUR, Mon: Former Perlis Mufti Dr Mohd Asri Zainul Abidin was today released on bond without surety by the Gombak East syariah lower court, near here, following his arrest last night.

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