Day: September 28, 2024

BEIJING, The establishment of the first study and research centre as well as the centre of excellence in Malaysia in the field of satellite telecommunications can help the government’s efforts to expand the use of direct-to-cell technology through low earth orbit (LEO) satellites. Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil said that the centre, which will be developed by the Chinese satellite technology company, Geespace and telecommunications company, Altel, can be a platform for more studies to be conducted to see the suitability of using the technology. He said direct-to-cell technology was seen as important because it was able to help solve connectivity

KLUANG, A total of 8.89 per cent of the eligible voters in the Mahkota by-election have cast their ballots as of 9 am today, according to the Election Commission (EC). All the 20 polling centres involving 109 channels were opened simultaneously at 8 am for the 61,274 eligible voters to fulfil their responsibility of electing the new state assemblyman. The weather was good and checks by Bernama at several polling centres showed that voting was proceeding smoothly. The polling centres will close at 6 pm, after which vote-tallying will be conducted at Dewan Tunku Ibrahim Ismail here. There are 66,318

BEIJING, The establishment of the first study and research centre as well as the centre of excellence in Malaysia in the field of satellite telecommunications can help the government’s efforts to expand the use of direct-to-cell technology through low earth orbit (LEO) satellites. Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil said that the centre, which will be developed by the Chinese satellite technology company, Geespace and telecommunications company, Altel, can be a platform for more studies to be conducted to see the suitability of using the technology. He said direct-to-cell technology was seen as important because it was able to help solve connectivity

KUCHING, Sarawak, the newly crowned King of the Pool at the 2024 Malaysia Para Games (Para SUKMA) here, have drawn up a strategic blueprint to produce swimmers for the national team who can make waves on the world stage. This development was shared by Sarawak’s para swimming head coach, Sarini @ Syarbini Kedri, who revealed that five other coaches have been assigned to different divisions such as Miri, Sibu and Kuching to unearth and nurture young talents. ‘Alhamdulillah for being the overall swimming champions by winning 17 golds to surpass the 15-gold target. This success is firstly due to us

KUALA LUMPUR, The National Fishermen’s Association (NEKMAT) hopes the 2025 Budget, to be tabled by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim next month, will continue to provide petrol and diesel subsidies, as well as the cost of living allowance to the fishing community. Chairman of NEKMAT Board of Directors, Abdul Hamid Bahari said this is to ensure the fishermen can cover the cost of their daily operations and continue to improve their standard of living. “NEKMAT has almost 100,000 members and we hope that the government can continue to provide subsidised petrol and diesel to them, including in Sabah and