FOR six years up to the year 2000, Ann Lee was beamed into Malaysian households three times a week as an RTM co-anchor for the 8pm news on TV2. She was also a newsreader on RTM’s Radio Four, making her a recognisable face and voice over the Malaysian airwaves. “People sometimes still come up to […]
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Liew Vui Keong (Sandakan)
By Deborah LohSANDAKAN Member of Parliament Datuk Liew Vui Keong’s response to the MP Watch: Eye on Parliament project, which asks all 222 MPs six questions. (Source: parlimen.gov.my) Name: Liew Vui KeongConstituency: Sandakan Party: Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)Years as MP: 2008-presentGovernment position: Deputy minister in the prime minister’s department Party position: President Membership in parliamentary committees or […]
Stolen Tabung Haji funds will be returned
BANGI, 19 Jan 2009: The government has assured Tabung Haji depositors that misappropriated monies will be returned in full, said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. “Depositors will not lose one sen as Tabung Haji is a corporation that is fully guaranteed by the government,” he said when commenting […]
Two Tabung Haji employees suspended
KOTA KINABALU, 17 Jan 2009: Two employees of the Sandakan branch of Lembaga Tabung Haji have been suspended over the alleged withdrawal of a sum totalling RM300,000 from the saving accounts of its members. Tabung Haji Group corporate affairs and communication general manager Abdul Rashid Hussein said an internal investigation was conducted after an account […]
Couple die in boat capsize
SANDAKAN, 17 Jan 2009: A couple were killed while three others cheated death after a fishing boat capsized in a thunderstorm off Puru-Puru, Beluran, 34 nautical miles from here yesterday. The victims were identified as Ungguh Samah, 80, and wife Jalilah Samah, 60, from Jambatan 12, Kampung Sim-Sim here. The three survivors were the couple’s […]
