Billboard canvas blown off and causes MRT service disruption
MRT commuters faced delays after an advertisement billboard’s canvas blocked the tracks of the Sungai Buloh-Kajang MRT line between the Phileo Damansara and Pusat Bandar Damansara stations.
Read more at: https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2018/10/15/mrt-commuter-face-delays-after-flooding/
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Malaysia wins two gold at Korea’s robotics competition
Malaysia won big at the International Air Sports Robotics Competition during the annual RobotWorld event held in Seoul, South Korea from Oct 10 until 13.
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GanTee vs WeeMah to slug it out for top two posts
The battle lines have been drawn with two teams – WeeMah versus GanTee – coined from the surnames of the top two candidates, slugging it out in the MCA elections.
WeeMah is made up of Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong and Datuk Dr Mah Hang Soon who are gunning for the respective No.1 and No.2 position.
The positions are also eyed by GanTee team which refers to Gan Ping Sieu and Datuk Tee Siew Kiong.
October 15, 2018
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Court of Appeal: No jurisdiction to hear Amino’s appeal
Amino Agos Suyub’s lawyers said they will apply for an immediate hearing at the Federal Court on Tuesday after the Court of Appeal on Monday said that it has no jurisdiction to hear Amino’s appeal over his three-month jail sentence.
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https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2018/10/15/rembau-ro-bid-for-stay-of-execution-of-jail-sentence-postponed/
October 15, 2018
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Prince Harry and wife Meghan expecting first baby next year
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are expecting a baby, it was announced Monday.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were said to be “very pleased” to be expecting their first child in spring 2019. The royal baby will become the seventh in line to the British crown.
Read more at https://www.thestar.com.my/news/world/2018/10/15/prince-harry-and-meghan-markle-expecting-a-spring-baby/
October 15, 2018
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After Youth Olympics win, Jin Wei now needs to up her game
Malaysia's No.1 women's singles badminton player Goh Jin Wei said she needs to work extra hard to play at the tougher senior level now and to qualify for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.
October 15, 2018
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MCA veterans demand explanation over skyscraper project
MCA veterans on Monday called on party president Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai to explain media reports on plans to redevelop Wisma MCA into a 71-storey skyscraper. However, Liow stressed that the project had been discussed several times during his tenure as the president.
October 15, 2018
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Korean Air chief indicted for embezzlement
Korean Air Lines Chairman Cho Yang-ho is indicted on charges including embezzlement and breach of trust, adding to a string of woes at the country's biggest airline group.
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https://www.thestar.com.my/business/business-news/2018/10/15/govt-aims-to-cut-felda-debts-to-rm6pt8b-by-year-end-says-azmin/
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Karaoke office: Japan inc. shifts to unusual workspaces
From tiny one-person cubicles in underground stations to camping tents under towering skyscrapers and even karaoke clubs: in workaholic Japan, salarymen are never short of a place to work.
October 15, 2018
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Respect Muslim sensitivities, Hadi says on Oktoberfest issue
PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang on Monday said the Islamist is against the Oktoberfest beer festival as the sensitivity of Muslims, who form the majority of Malaysians, must be preserved.
Read more at: https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2018/10/15/respect-muslim-sensitivities-hadi-says-on-oktoberfest-issue/
October 15, 2018
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Amanah announces first aid mission to Palu
Parti Amanah Negara (Amanah) President Mohamad Sabu said that the party youth wing has launched an aid mission to Palu, Sulawesi to see how it can assist the victims in the area which was heavily hit by earthquakes and tsunami.
Mohamad Sabu said that along with the aid mission chief Asim Abdullah on Monday.
October 15, 2018
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Annuar Musa looking forward to Anwar’s contribution parliamentary reforms
Umno secretary-general Tan Sri Annuar Musa said he is looking froward to Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s contribution to parliamentary reforms which Anwar said he would be focusing on.
The Ketereh MP said that when asked to comment on Anwar’s return to Parliament on Monday after winning the Port Dickson by-election last Saturday.
October 15, 2018
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Cradle CEO Nazrin buried again after second postmortem
The remains of former Cradle Fund CEO Nazrin Hassan have been re-buried at the Muslim Cemetery in Section 9, Kota Damansara. Nazri’s body was exhumed on Oct 8 for a second post mortem to facilitate police investigation into his death.
October 15, 2018
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PAS happy with PD performance, but will do postmortem
PAS party president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang said PAS will be doing a postmortem on its performance at the recently concluded Port Dickson by-election to improve its presence in the constituency.
Despite PKR president-elect Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim winning the seat, Abdul Hadi said he was very pleased that PAS managed to pull in more votes in the by-election compared with its numbers during GE14.
Read more at: https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2018/10/15/pas-happy-with-pd-performance-but-will-do-postmortem
October 15, 2018
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Just be patient, says Guan Eng on details of new taxes
Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng has urged the people to "be patient" about the details of new taxes proposed by the government.
"The new tax, wait for two more weeks when Budget (2019) is tabled. I hope you can be patient and wait for two weeks like how others are also waiting," said Lim in response to a supplementary questioned asked by Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob (BN-Bera) who asked for details on the new taxes, the expected revenue from it and the impact on the rakyat.
Budget 2019 will be tabled in the Dewan Rakyat on Nov 2.
Read more at https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2018/10/15/just-be-patient-says-guan-eng-on-details-of-new-taxes/
October 15, 2018
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Anwar’s first press conference in Parliament as PD MP
Newly-elected Port Dickson MP, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, held a press conference after being sworn in as a lawmaker in the Dewan Rakyat on Monday morning. He told reporters that his priority would be assisting the government in implementing Pakatan Harapan’s manifesto of Parliamentary reform. Anwar also said he stood by his earlier decision of not holding any Cabinet position.
October 15, 2018
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Malaysia does not interfere with any type of warfare, answers PM on US-China trade war
Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad said the Pakatan Harapan government follows the neutral foreign policy where Malaysia does not interfere with any type of warfare, including the trade war between United States and China.
The Prime Minister added that the trade war between China and the United States has not significantly affected Malaysia when answering to a supplementary question posed by Ketereh MP Tan Sri Annuar Musa regarding Malaysia’s stand in the trade war in the Dewan Rakyat session on Monday morning.
October 15, 2018
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Dr M, Azmin and Muhyiddin on Anwar’s return to Parliament
Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad says he is happy with Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's return to Parliament. Economic Affairs Minister Datuk Seri Azmin Ali believes the joint forces of Dr Mahathir and Anwar Ibrahim will drive the country forward while Home Affairs Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin lauds Anwar’s return as a historic moment in Malaysian politics.
October 14, 2018
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Anwar sworn in as Port Dickson MP
Newly-elected Port Dickson MP Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, 71, was sworn in as a lawmaker in the Dewan Rakyat on Monday morning. The PKR president-elect won the PD by-election engineered for his return to parliament by an overwhelming majority on Saturday, bringing him closer to the premiership promised to him by the former foe, Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
October 14, 2018
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Malaysian team chalks up first ever win in World Endurance race
Jazeman Jaafar, Nabil Jeffri and Weiron Tan made history for Malaysian motorsports by chalking up their first ever win at a World Endurance Championship race. The all-Malaysian line-up emerged as the winner of the LMP2 class in the 6 Hours of Fuji race at the Fuji Speedway in Japan on Sunday.
Read more at: https://www.thestar.com.my/sport/motorsport/2018/10/14/malaysian-team-take-first-ever-win-in-world-endurance-championship-race/
October 14, 2018
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When is the first noted evolution of Toronto’s geography and name? This Canadian geographer, Rick Laprarie seems to have found something - a “cartographic birth certificate” for #Toronto dating back to 1678. When he first ordered the high-resolution digital copy, he zoomed in below the decorative beavers grazing north of present day #Orillia. There he saw it: “Tarontos Lac.” “I just about fell out of my chair,” he says. “It was incredible.” “Tarontos” was the French take on “Tkaronto,” an Indigenous word referring to the fishing weirs they used for thousands of years. Click the link in our bio to read more. | 📷: Rene Johnston / Toronto Star
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When Danny Green got to Toronto with #KawhiLeonard this year, he joked that he’d never receive any media attention, in the shadow of #theklaw. But #DannyGreen’s love for the city spans a 10-year period where he coached at @olympiaosc in Huntsville. “I fell in love with the energy,” @greenranger14 said. “It’s a lot of fun and gave me real insight on how Canadians were.” When he got the call that he was being traded, he responded “oh that sucks.” But after learning it was to the #Raptors, he said he couldn’t complain. Click the link in our bio to read more. | 📷: Steve Russell @steverussell / Olympia Sports Camp
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#tbt via @torontostararchives —Here are some outtakes from this iconic Boris Spremo photo from 40 years ago, which features 5-year-old @justinpjtrudeau, with his brother Sacha and father Pierre Trudeau.
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Readers don’t just want to weed out false news. They want help identifying quality journalism amongst all the information they find online. That’s why we started to display @_trustproject’s Trust Indicators on the @thetorontostar – joining 200+worldwide. Look for them on our site, and learn more: bit.ly/2xWmuJZ #TheTrustProject
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Change is coming to O’Connor Dr., a place where two Torontos meet — one being transit-focused downtown and the other the car-heavy suburbs. Longtime city Councillor Janet Davis recently took columnist Shawn Micallef on a tour of the area to discuss the history and future of the street. I’ve long been curious about the strip of O’Connor that begins at Woodbine Ave. and heads diagonally into what was the northeast part of the former Borough of East York, writes Micallef. As we walked I was reminded that conscientious local councillors, regardless of political stripe, have deep institutional and geographic knowledge of the areas they represent. Click on the link in the bio to read the article. | 📷: Shawn Micallef for the Toronto Star
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A win for #leafsnation. Last night, the @mapleleafs beat out @canadiensmtl in OT for a 3-2 win. Two goals from @auston_matthews, including the overtime winner and the first for new Leaf John #Tavares. If that was any indication of things to look forward too, Star sports columnist Bruce Arthur says this season is going to be a ride. Catch up by heading to www.thestar.com/sports/leafs | 📷: Richard Lautens @rlautens / Rene Johnston / Toronto Star
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Over a thousand crosses have been placed outside Queen’s Park to honour the 1,265 Ontarians who lost their lives due to the “lack of government action,” the Toronto Overdose Prevention Society said. The vigil was supported by Indigenous leaders, friends, families, and community members that lost their loved ones to remind the government about what’s at stake with their current review of these deaths. Photographer @andrewfranciswallace was there this morning to shoot photos of the vigil.
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All tomorrow night, #NuitBlanche is taking overand showcasing art, dance, interactive pieces in a new location. Where? In Scarborough. While many may think #Toronto is the best spot for @nuitblancheto, these artists are claiming some of Scarborough’s burgeoning cultural currency for their own. This year the show curated by Scarborough native @alyssacfearon is excited to bring the community to life. Photographer @steverussell was there to speak and take photos of this year’s artists.
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Have you ever felt racially fetishized? For Samantha Baker, it’s happened, and in a way that pushed her to break off her 4 year relationship. “They want to have sex with me because they’ve never had sex with a Black girl,” she said. We also spoke to three others who share their experiences of feeling sexually objectified - because of their race. To read more click the link in our bio.
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#Breaking: The Crown withdraws Roberto Osuna’s charges. In exchange, he agreed to a peace bond. The alleged victim refused to return to Toronto for the court matter. The 23-year-old was at Old City Hall for an alleged domestic incident. Read the full story on thestar.com | 📷：Richard Lautens @rlautens / Toronto Star
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New kids on the block, and some old faces. New #Raptors Kawhi Leonard and Danny Green spoke for the first time in Toronto at @raptors media day. “I’m a fun guy,” #KawhiLeonard told reporters. “I’m feeling great, ready to play basketball.” He’s joined by Danny Green, who is also excited to play in #Toronto. Reporters asked Kyle Lowry about @demar_derozan. “Our relationship is bigger than basketball,” @kyle_lowry7 said. Photographer @steverussell was at the Scotiabank Arena capturing intense photo shoots. For behind-the-scenes stuff, watch our #igstory. 🏀
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“Sex-ed saves lives.” On Thursday, students of Notre Dame High School staged a walkout protesting Ontario’s rollback of the sex-ed curriculum. Today, around 38,000 more students are expected to join in, some even heading to Queen’s Park to protest. In our second photo, we speak to 17-year-old Rayne Fisher-Quann. She’ll be leading her school William Lyon Mackenzie C.I. on a walkout Friday because scrapping the modern curriculum could be “a matter of life or death.” “We want our voices heard,” she says. Photographer @randyrizz was there to capture the scene. We will have more from today, but click the link in our bio to see the full story.
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