Category: General

KUALA TERENGGANU, Fishermen involved in selling diesel at sea will lose their fuel subsidy, said Fisheries Development Authority of Malaysia (LKIM) chairman Muhammad Faiz Fadzil. He said an order to close the premises will also be taken against any fisherman’s diesel sales centre that is found to be carrying out illegal activities. “We will take immediate action to close these fishermen’s diesel sales centres if there are leaks and irregularities involved. If fishermen are involved, we will cancel their eligibility to get subsidies,’ he said after officiating the Rahmah Mesra MADANI with Fishermen Programme in Pelabuhan Chendering here today. “From

GUA MUSANG, The Sri Tanjong ferry, which has been in operation for 20 years, transporting passengers and vehicles from Pengkalan Kubor, Kelantan to Takbai, Thailand, will be replaced with a new ferry expected to commence operations early next year. Deputy Works Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Maslan announced that the new ferry, owned by the Public Works Department (PWD), will cost RM8 million to replace the existing one, marking its first replacement since its inception. ‘It’s rare to hear of the PWD being involved with ferries, but the owner of this ferry is indeed the PWD. This is a significant update,

SHAH ALAM, The SkyCity tower that is being developed in the digital city of i-City here is set to become a new landmark as well as an additional attraction for the city of Shah Alam and the tourism sector in Selangor. Selangor Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari said the 60-metre (m) high tower, featuring a 600m-long glass slide built at a cost of about RM15 million, would further enhance i-City’s existing attraction to domestic and foreign tourists. ‘Based on the latest tourism data, i-City is one of the major attractions for visitors coming to Shah Alam, and I hope

JOHOR BAHRU, ASEAN member countries need to work together to address various challenges in the agriculture sector, especially involving the issue of land shortages as a result of development and population growth. Agriculture and Food Security Ministry (KPKM) secretary-general Datuk Lokman Hakim Ali said that modern farming methods should be widely used because they are capable of increasing the productivity and quality of agricultural produce. ‘The population density in all countries is increasing, so we need development, housing and industries, and these require the use of land, whether agricultural or forestry, thus affecting the production of agricultural and food products,’

KUALA LUMPUR, DAP maintains its stance of being ready to assist Barisan Nasional (BN) in the Nenggiri state by-election in Kelantan if invited to do so, said DAP secretary-general Anthony Loke. He said DAP practises the spirit of cooperation and will help campaign for the Unity Government coalition’s candidate if its assistance is needed in the by-election. “I have already said that we have a spirit of cooperation. If we are invited, we will go, but if there is no need, we will not go. There is a view that we may not be needed,” he said at a press