Category: General

KUALA LUMPUR, The decision regarding the doctrine of GISB Holdings Sdn Bhd (GISBH) will only be known after receiving the consent of the Conference of Rulers, which will convene in October, says Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Religious Affairs), Datuk Dr Mohd Na’im Mokhtar. He said the National Council for Islamic Religious Affairs (MKI) Muzakarah Committee, chaired by Datuk Dr Nooh Gadot and attended by all state muftis, would be meeting to discuss the matter from tomorrow until Sept 26, before the consent is sought. ‘A special paper prepared by Jakim (Department of Islamic Development Malaysia) on GISBH will

KANGAR, The sales value recorded by 10 Perlis entrepreneurs during the Malaysia Agriculture, Horticulture and Agrotourism (MAHA) Exhibition 2024, from Sept 11 to yesterday (Sept 22), was RM394,787.40 which exceeded the set target of between RM200,000 and RM250,000. Perlis Federal Agricultural Marketing Authority (FAMA) director Mohd Anzara Azizan said the sales value was based on five clusters namely the Perak Pavilion, Kingdom of Agrofood, Food Empire and Viral, Foodtruck Fiesta and Agrobazaar Online. ‘In MAHA 2024, a total of 10 entrepreneurs from Perlis successfully participated in sales involving 13 sales lots at the Perak Pavilion, Kingdom of Agrofood, Food Empire

KOTA BHARU, The Kelantan state government has presented incentives worth RM251,000 to 37 2024 Malaysia Games (SUKMA) medal-winning athletes and their coaches. State Youth, Sports, Non-governmental organisation (NGO) and Community Unity Committee chairman Zamakhshari Muhamad said the incentives were based on the categories, including individual and team events. “In 2024 SUKMA, Kelantan won seven gold, 13 silver and 17 bronze medals, so for individual events, gold medallists are given RM2,500, silver medallists, RM2,000 and bronze RM1,500, while team events with three to six players received RM3,000 for gold, RM2,500 for silver and RM2,000 for bronze. “For team events with seven

KUCHING, Rain or shine, wheelchair-bound Chow Mei Hsia never misses her table tennis training. Her discipline and hard work paid dividends today when she clinched the women’s singles wheelchair table tennis Open gold medal at the 2024 Malaysia Para Games (Para SUKMA) at Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan (China) Chung Hua No. 3 here. The 45-year-old shared that she would travel to training on her three-wheeled motorcycle to attend training daily and even fell ill due to being drenched during heavy downpours. But she’s glad everything has worked out well and she managed to mark her final Para SUKMA outing with a

PUTRAJAYA, The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has arrested a Bangladeshi company director on suspicions of being involved in a syndicate smuggling in foreigners using the ‘Counter Setting’ modus operandi. An MACC source said that the man, in his 50s, was arrested in an operation around the Klang Valley at 8 pm yesterday, and is believed to be a syndicate agent tasked with bribing enforcement officials to allow foreigners into the country illegally. ‘The man is believed to have offered bribes between RM200 and RM25,000 to enforcement officials in return of protecting, aiding and not taking enforcement action against foreigners who