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Sabah govt welcomes announcement on increased oil royalty
KOTA KINABALU: The Sabah government has welcomed the federal announcement of increasing the oil royalty to 20 per cent from the current five percent, for petroleum-producing states in this country. Chief Minister Datuk Seri Shafie Apdal in thanking the Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad who made
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RM400mil lawsuit against Musa Aman withdrawn
KOTA KINABALU: The RM400 million lawsuit filed against former Chief Minister Tan Sri Musa Aman has been withdrawn today by the plaintiff Zulkifli Kassim, according to Musa’s lead legal counsel, Tengku Fuad Tengku Ahmad. Prior to this, the plantiff has initiated the legal action claiming Musa had misappropriated
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Govt urged to explain 'dubious' items exempted from SST
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Parents and teachers hail practical black school shoes
KUALA LUMPUR, July 19 - Teachers and parents supported today the government’s move to switch from white school shoes to black ones. Speaking to Malay Mail, National Union of Teaching Profession...
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Jakim will not be dissolved, IKSIM's fund frozen
KUALA LUMPUR: The government will not dissolve the Malaysian Islamic Development Department (Jakim) but instead review its role and structure, the Dewan Rakyat was told. Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, Dr Fuziah Salleh said the move was necessary to empower its position as a Federal-level
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Malaysia's first 3R centre of excellence to be built in Putrajaya
PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia’s first 3R (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle) centre of excellence will be built in Presint 5, here, by the end of the year. Alam Flora Sdn Bhd chief executive officer Datuk Mohd Zain Hassan said the centre would function as a recycling education hub, and would have a library and a reused
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Spillover effect expected in AirAsia deal with Airbus
KUALA LUMPUR: AirAsia Group Bhd's US$30 billion deal with Airbus would create a spillover effect to the Malaysian economy should the European airframe manufacturer decided to invest in Malaysia. Chief executive officer Tan Sri Tony Fernandes said the low-cost carrier was happy to facilitate foreign
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News New Straits TimesGroceries are SST-exempted
PETALING JAYA: Consumers can now heave a huge sigh of relief as groceries are among the items exempted from the Sales and Services Tax (SST), which comes into force this September.Royal Malaysian Customs Department (JKDM) director- general Datuk Sri T. Subromaniam issued a list of exempted items at the
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Spillover effect expected in AirAsia deal with Airbus
KUALA LUMPUR: AirAsia Group Bhd's US$30 billion deal with Airbus would create a spillover effect to the Malaysian economy should the European airframe manufacturer decided to invest in Malaysia. Chief executive officer Tan Sri Tony Fernandes said the low-cost carrier was happy to facilitate foreign
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[Exclusive] Najib: GST more effective and transparent tax system than SST
KUALA LUMPUR: Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, who introduced the Goods and Services Tax (GST) during his administration, stands firm that the tax system is better than the Sales and Service Tax (SST). The effectiveness of the returns was also much better than SST. Najib said this in response
