KOTA BARU, 17 June 2009: The PAS state government in Kelantan is to claim RM1 billion from the federal government in oil royalty arrears. State Economic Planning, Finance and Welfare Committee chairperson Datuk Husam Musa said today’s meeting of the state executive council decided that Menteri Besar Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat would write [...]

KUALA TERENGGANU, 4 June 2009: Politician Datuk Dr Ahmad Ramzi Mohd Zubir pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court here to four counts of sending threatening messages through the short messaging service (SMS) to three Terengganu state assemblypersons two months ago. The political secretary to former Terengganu Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Idris Jusoh looked calm [...]

KUALA TERENGGANU, 3 June 2009: Terengganu Menteri Besar Datuk Ahmad Said has asked the Public Works Department (PWD) to check on new buildings in the state to avoid a similar incident like the one at the Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium, near here, where part of the roof collapsed yesterday morning. He said the PWD [...]

Updated 5.30pm on 3 June 2009 KUALA LUMPUR, 3 June 2009: The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) today urged the government to set up a commission of inquiry to probe the collapse of a section of the Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium roof in Gong Badak, Terengganu. Its chairperson, Tan Sri Lee [...]

(Courtesy of Tuanku Nur Zahirah Foundation) THE first time I touched silk, I fell immediately in love with the fabric. Raised on a steady diet of polyester and cotton, the cool feel of silk against my skin felt like a revelation. Silk was first developed in China and used exclusively by the emperors before its [...]

KUALA TERENGGANU, 16 May 2009: The Terengganu state government will continue to be helmed by Datuk Ahmad Said as the menteri besar, Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said today. Muhyiddin, who is also Umno deputy president, said a change of menteri besar was never raised or discussed. “Who said [there will a change [...]