Archive for January 3rd, 2017
More than 20 killed, dozens injured after fire on Indonesian tourist boat
Twenty three people were killed and dozens injured on Sunday after a fire ripped through a boat carrying nearly 250 people to islands north of the Indonesian capital Jakarta, [...]
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Indonesia: 5 dead, 17 injured after boat catches fire in Jakarta river
At least five people were killed and 17 others were injured after a boat caught fire along Angke river, North Jakarta on Sunday. Ferry Budiharso, a spokesman for the Thousand [...]
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Indonesian pilot fired after slurred cockpit announcement
An Indonesian pilot who stumbled through airport security and repeatedly dropped his belongings before making a slurred announcement to his 154 passengers from the cockpit [...]
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‘Future world’s richest man’ MLM in Malaysia again
THE multi-level marketing company started by Chinese national Zhang Jian – the self-proclaimed “future richest man in the world” – is said to be [...]
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Migrants in Malaysia: Employers start paying foreign workers’ tax
Around six lakh Bangladeshi migrants in Malaysia would be benefited as the Southeast Asian country’s government has asked employers to pay the levy of foreign workers. [...]
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Malaysia condemns Istanbul nightclub attack
Malaysia has strongly condemned the attack by a gunman at a nightclub in Istanbul, Turkey which claimed the lives of 39 while 69 others were injured. Wisma Putra in a [...]
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Bittersweet 2016 for human rights in Malaysia
In a year filled with heartaches and reminders that rights can be severely restricted, there was also cause for good cheer as Malaysians scored victories along the way. Here [...]
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Will Malaysia face a shortage of nurses by 2020?
IN 2005 to 2010, with the mushrooming of nursing schools in the country, concern was expressed over a glut of nurses being churned out in the healthcare sector, with as many [...]
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Malaysia: Fireworks injure 10 people at Pandamaran Sports Complex celebration POSTED ONLINE
Malaysia’s Port Klang faced a major accident on Sunday as 10 people suffered burns caused by fireworks during New Year’s day celebration at the Pandamaran Sports [...]
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HIV in the Philippines: Condom distribution to ‘hopefully’ start in 2017
Thee Philippines is facing one of the fastest-growing epidemics of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in the Asia-Pacific region. According to official statistics, HIV [...]
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From Syria to Burma, many people continue to suffer from violence
From the siege of Aleppo in Syria to the frightening percentages of children at risk in Yemen, many people faces hard living conditions in war-torn places all around the [...]
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Burma’s auto market set to take new direction
Myanmar, long known as a used-car paradise, is undergoing a drastic change in its automobile industry as the government tries to cultivate local production by restricting [...]
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Singapore’s first baby of 2017 arrives after emergency op
A healthy baby boy is the Republic’s first newborn of the year. Ms Syazwani Mohamed and Nor Hazwan, both 29, welcomed their first child, Hazim Syukri, at 12.26am [...]
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