Category: General

GEORGE TOWN, The Penang government plans to establish more ‘Streets of Harmony’ across the state to promote and strengthen unity among the people, said Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow. He said there were currently four ‘Streets Of Harmony’ on the island. These ‘Streets of Harmony’ are where houses of worship for various religions are situated nearby. There are in the Kapitan Keling Mosque area in George Town, Seberang Jaya and Bukit Mertajam and the latest one is in Bayan Baru, which is opened today area. “We are also planning to have one in Ampang Jajar, Butterworth,’ he told reporters after

KLUANG, The Election Commission (EC) announced that as of 2 pm, 38.53% of the 61,274 voters in the Mahkota state assembly by-election have cast their ballots. Voting is taking place at 20 polling centres with 109 voting streams, and will continue until 6 pm. EC chairman Datuk Seri Ramlan Harun stated that the commission is targeting a voter turnout of over 60% for this by-election. So far, the weather in Kluang remains favourable, although the Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia) has forecasted rain in the afternoon. Once the voting process concludes, the ballot counting will be conducted at the respective polling

KLUANG, A total of 29.08 per cent of the 61,274 electors eligible to vote in the Mahkota by-election today have cast their ballots as of noon, according to the Election Commission (EC). Voting at the 20 polling centres, which have 109 streams, started at 8 am and will end at 6 pm. EC chairman Datuk Seri Ramlan Harun said they are expecting a voter turnout of more than 60 per cent. After the polling ends, vote counting will be done at the polling centres before ballots are taken to Dewan Tunku Ibrahim Ismail for vote-tallying. The results are expected to

CYBERJAYA, The Selangor state government aims to build 60,000 affordable housing units under the Rumah Idaman initiative by 2027, said Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari. He said the momentum of house construction under the initiative is going well with 40,000 units currently in the process of awaiting related approval. “The (Rumah Idaman Initiative) which is in the pipeline means (in) approval and waiting for the planning permission process and building permission and so on for approximately 40,000 units. “The 10,000 units are under construction which we are targeting first, by 2026 or 2027 we will have 60,000 units (houses

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