IF YOU are someone who relies on tourist arrival statistics to make decisions, preparations and reports, you would have noticed that in 2011, only the data for January was posted on Tourism Malaysia's website. The remaining 11 months' data was available

TOP QUALIFIERS: The winners posing with Sarawak Badminton Association secretary Abdul Hadi Datuk Abdul Kadir (fifth left, standing) and officials after the prize presentation.

IPOH (Feb 11, 2012): Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin began his one-day visit to Perak today with a meeting with Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir at the menteri besar's official residence here. Muhyiddin and his wife, Puan Sri Noorainee Abd

PETALING JAYA: Former Umno supreme council member Tan Sri Abdul Kadir Sheikh Fadzir says there is no need for the party’s disciplinary committee to investigate comments he made recently over vote-buying. The deputy president of Angkatan Amanah Merdeka (A

KUALA LUMPUR: Former Umno Supreme Council member, Tan Sri Abdul Kadir Sheikh Fadzir said he was ready to face Umno Disciplinary Committee if called up. Abdul Kadir, who is also deputy president of non-political movement Angkatan Amanah Merdeka, said he e

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 10 — A former federal minister from Umno told his party today to stop blaming the Chinese community for its own failure to improve the socio-economic position of Bumiputeras. Tan Sri Abdul Kadir Sheikh Fadzir told a press conference tod

“This includes the political corruption whereby one has to pay money to his own fellow party members to be elected to various posts in Umno, including the top posts. KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 10 — A former federal minister from Umno claimed today that party lead

IPOH: The state government has formed a special committee to come up with more effective and creative measures to curb tresspassing and poaching activities at the Belum-Temengor Forest Reserve. Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir said efforts

IPOH: Barisan Nasional will announce in “due course” who will be picked to contest the Sungai Siput parliamentary constituency, a seat allocated to the MIC since the first general election. “It will be a winnable candidate and not necessarily a president

With the election of the new Supreme Court chairman on Wednesday, hopes have risen for a fresh start that could revive the tarnished image of the judicial body. Hatta Ali, for three years a Supreme Court deputy chairman for supervision, beat four other S

Hatta Ali was selected on Wednesday as Indonesia’s new Supreme Court chief justice. Hatta, the court’s former deputy chief justice for supervision, comfortably beat out Ahmad Kamil, the deputy chief justice for non-judicial affairs. Legal analysts and wa

IPOH: The Perak government is likely to sign an agreement with water asset management company Pengurusan Aset Air Bhd (PAAB) before April as part of its water restructuring plan. Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir (pic) said yesterday he was

IPOH: Perak Barisan Nasional (BN) will launch its manifesto for the 13th general election soon, after it has been fine-tuned, said its chairman Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir. He said the manifesto, agreed upon by all the state BN leaders, was complete

IPOH (Feb 7): Perak Barisan Nasional (BN) will launch its manifesto for the 13th general election soon, after it has been fine-tuned, said its chairman Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir. He said the manifesto, agreed upon by all the state BN leaders, was

It is likely to complete water assets purchase in first quarter PETALING JAYA: Water asset management company, Pengurusan Aset Air Bhd (PAAB), is likely to complete its acquisition of part of the water assets in Perak in the first quarter this year. Indu

DAPs new Malay recruits are more likely to impress its non-Malay supporters than the Malay ground which it is trying to infiltrate but, in the long run, it is an astute move to tap into the changing urban demography. DATUK Ariff Sabri has been the talk o

SEREMBAN: The Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) council should step aside and allow a caretaker committee to conduct fresh elections for the grouping of some 10,000 doctors, former president Datuk Dr Abdul Hamid Abdul Kadir said. “It is time for the pr

SUNGAI PETANI, Feb 3 (Bernama) -- One in six people in the country has been afflicted with mental health illness, a statistic described by a concerned Malaysian Psychiatric Association (MPA) as 'high'. MPA president Dr Abdul Kadir Abu said the statistic

IPOH (Jan 30, 2012): The Perak government will create new industries and sectors such as shipping, solar and defence and enhance education and automotive to achieved developed state status by 2015. Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir said the